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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 15
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
CENSUS. Provides relative to provisions in Title 43 which are limited in applicability to
political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 43:140(5), 142(B), 171(B), 200(5), and 201(C), relative to2
provisions of Title 43 (Public Printing and Advertisements) of the Louisiana Revised3
Statutes of 1950, which are limited in applicability to certain political subdivisions4
or local areas based upon population classifications; to specify applicability to one5
or more political subdivisions or local areas; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 43:140(5), 142(B), 171(B), 200(5), and 201(C) are hereby amended8
and reenacted to read as follows: 9
§140. Definitions 10
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed11
to them in this Section: 12
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(5) "Office" shall mean the newspaper's principal public business office and14
need not be the place at which the newspaper's printing presses are physically15
located. A newspaper shall have only one principal public business office; however,16
any newspaper with a principal business office in a parish adjoining Jefferson17 SB NO. 15
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Parish which within one year prior to June 1, 1986, has actually published official1
proceedings of any municipal corporation, parish council, police jury, or school2
board of a parish having a population of not less than four hundred thousand and3
adjoining the parish where the newspaper maintains its principal public business4
office, in Jefferson Parish shall be deemed to be published in an office physically5
located in both the parish where the newspaper maintains its principal business office6
and the adjoining parish Jefferson Parish.7
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§142. Qualifications of newspaper9
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B. The provisions of this Section relating to the five year requirement shall11
not contravene any contract existing between any governing body and a newspaper12
on and prior to May 11, 1970; nor shall the five year requirement herein be applied13
in assessing the qualifications of a newspaper which was in existence on May 11,14
1970; nor shall any provision of this Chapter prohibit a publication from becoming15
an official journal in a parish having a population of not less than four hundred16
thousand Jefferson Parish when the publication has actually published official17
proceedings within one year prior to June 1, 1986 of any municipal corporation,18
parish council, police jury, or school board within that parish Jefferson Parish.19
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§171. Selection of newspaper21
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B. The provisions of this Section relating to the five year requirement shall23
not contravene any contract existing between any governing body and a newspaper24
on and prior to May 11, 1970; nor shall the five year requirement herein be applied25
in assessing the qualifications of a newspaper which was in existence on May 11,26
1970; nor shall any provision of this Chapter prohibit a publication from becoming27
an official journal in a parish having a population of not less than four hundred28
thousand Orleans or Jefferson Parish when the publication has actually published29 SB NO. 15
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official proceedings within one year prior to June 1, 1986 of any municipal1
corporation, parish council, police jury, or school board within that parish Jefferson2
or Orleans Parish.3
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§200. Definitions5
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed6
to them in this Section:7
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(5) "Office" means the newspaper's principal public business office and need9
not be the place at which the newspaper's printing presses are physically located. A10
newspaper shall have only one principal public business office; however, any11
newspaper with a principal business office in a parish adjoining Jefferson Parish12
which, within one year prior to June 1, 1986, has actually published official13
proceedings of any municipal corporation, police jury, or school board of a parish14
having a population of not less than four hundred thousand and adjoining the parish15
where the newspaper maintains its principal public business office, in Jefferson16
Parish shall be deemed to be published in an office physically located in both the17
parish where the newspaper maintains its principal business office and the adjoining18
parish Jefferson Parish.19
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§201. Judicial advertisements and legal notices; parishes outside parish of Orleans21
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C. The provisions of this Section relating to the five year requirement shall23
not contravene any contract existing between any governing body and a newspaper24
on and prior to May 11, 1970; nor shall the five year requirement herein be applied25
in assessing the qualifications of a newspaper which was in existence on May 11,26
1970; nor shall any provision of this Chapter prohibit a publication being selected27
to publish judicial advertisements and legal notices in a parish having a population28
of not less than four hundred thousand Jefferson Parish when the publication has29 SB NO. 15
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actually published official proceedings within one year prior to June 1, 1986 of any1
municipal corporation, parish council, police jury, or school board within that parish2
Jefferson Parish.3
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tim Prather.
DIGEST
Claitor (SB 15)
Proposed law, contained in Title 43 (Public Printing and Advertisements) of the Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950, legislates with regard to classifications of parishes, municipalities,
or other political subdivisions or local areas according to population by limiting the
application of laws based upon specific classifications to one or more parishes,
municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas, as follows:
CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
R.S. 43:140(5) -
Defines "office" relative
to the selection of
official journals of
political subdivisions
Parish having a
population of 400,000+,
Orleans excepted
Jefferson and
Orleans
parishes
(both 1980,
1990, 2000
census),
East Baton
Rouge Parish
(2000 census)
Jefferson
Parish
R.S. 43:142(B) -
Provides relative to an
out-of-parish journal
being the official
journal of political
subdivision of certain
parishes
Parish having a
population of 400,000+,
Orleans excepted
Jefferson and
Orleans
parishes
(both 1980,
1990, 2000
census),
East Baton
Rouge Parish
(2000 census)
Jefferson
Parish
R.S. 43:171(B) -
Provides relative to an
out-of-parish journal
being the official
journal of "other
political subdivision"
(i.e., not parishes or
municipalities) of
certain other parishes
Parish having a
population of 400,000+
Jefferson and
Orleans
parishes
(both 1980,
1990, 2000
census),
East Baton
Rouge Parish
(2000 census)
Jefferson and
Orleans
parishes SB NO. 15
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CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
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R.S. 43:200(5) -
Defines "office" relative
to the selection of
official journals for
judicial advertisements
Parish having a
population of 400,000+,
Orleans excepted
Jefferson and
Orleans
parishes
(both 1980,
1990, 2000
census),
East Baton
Rouge Parish
(2000 census)
Jefferson
Parish
R.S. 43:201(C) -
Provides relative to an
out-of-parish journal
publishing judicial
advertisements for
certain other parishes
Parish having a
population of 400,000+,
Orleans excepted
Jefferson and
Orleans
parishes
(both 1980,
1990, 2000
census),
East Baton
Rouge Parish
(2000 census)
Jefferson
Parish
(Amends R.S. 43:140(5), 142(B), 171(B), 200(5), and 201(C))