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SENATE BILL NO. 15
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
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
Parish which within one year prior to June 1, 1986, has actually published official18
proceedings of any municipal corporation, parish council, police jury, or school19
board of a parish having a population of not less than four hundred thousand and20
adjoining the parish where the newspaper maintains its principal public business21
office, in Jefferson Parish shall be deemed to be published in an office physically22
located in both the parish where the newspaper maintains its principal business office23
and the adjoining parish Jefferson Parish.24
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§142. Qualifications of newspaper26
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B. The provisions of this Section relating to the five year requirement shall1
not contravene any contract existing between any governing body and a newspaper2
on and prior to May 11, 1970; nor shall the five year requirement herein be applied3
in assessing the qualifications of a newspaper which was in existence on May 11,4
1970; nor shall any provision of this Chapter prohibit a publication from becoming5
an official journal in a parish having a population of not less than four hundred6
thousand Jefferson Parish when the publication has actually published official7
proceedings within one year prior to June 1, 1986 of any municipal corporation,8
parish council, police jury, or school board within that parish Jefferson Parish.9
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§171. Selection of newspaper11
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B. The provisions of this Section relating to the five year requirement shall13
not contravene any contract existing between any governing body and a newspaper14
on and prior to May 11, 1970; nor shall the five year requirement herein be applied15
in assessing the qualifications of a newspaper which was in existence on May 11,16
1970; nor shall any provision of this Chapter prohibit a publication from becoming17
an official journal in a parish having a population of not less than four hundred18
thousand Jefferson or Orleans Parish when the publication has actually published19
official proceedings within one year prior to June 1, 1986 of any municipal20
corporation, parish council, police jury, or school board within that parish Jefferson21
or Orleans Parish.22
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§200. Definitions24
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed25
to them in this Section:26
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(5) "Office" means the newspaper's principal public business office and need28
not be the place at which the newspaper's printing presses are physically located. A29
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newspaper with a principal business office in a parish adjoining Jefferson Parish1
which, within one year prior to June 1, 1986, has actually published official2
proceedings of any municipal corporation, police jury, or school board of a parish3
having a population of not less than four hundred thousand and adjoining the parish4
where the newspaper maintains its principal public business office, in Jefferson5
Parish shall be deemed to be published in an office physically located in both the6
parish where the newspaper maintains its principal business office and the adjoining7
parish Jefferson Parish.8
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§201. Judicial advertisements and legal notices; parishes outside parish of Orleans10
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C. The provisions of this Section relating to the five year requirement shall12
not contravene any contract existing between any governing body and a newspaper13
on and prior to May 11, 1970; nor shall the five year requirement herein be applied14
in assessing the qualifications of a newspaper which was in existence on May 11,15
1970; nor shall any provision of this Chapter prohibit a publication being selected16
to publish judicial advertisements and legal notices in a parish having a population17
of not less than four hundred thousand Jefferson Parish when the publication has18
actually published official proceedings within one year prior to June 1, 1986 of any19
municipal corporation, parish council, police jury, or school board within that parish20
Jefferson Parish.21
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: