Louisiana 2011 1st Special Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB2 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 2
BY SENATOR KOSTELKA 
REAPPORTIONMENT.  Provides for redistricting of Louisiana's congressional districts.
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 18:1276.1 and to repeal R.S. 18:1276, relative to congressional districts; to2
provide for the redistricting of Louisiana's seven congressional districts into six3
congressional districts; to provide relative to the terms of members of congress4
serving on the effective date of the Act; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to5
provide relative to positions and offices, other than congressional, that are based6
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pon congressional districts; to provide for the effectiveness of the Act; and to7
provide for related matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1.  R.S. 18:1276.1. is hereby enacted to read as follows:10
ยง1276.1.  Congressional districts
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A. Louisiana is divided into six congressional districts, and the qualified12
electors of each district shall elect one representative to the United States House13
of Representatives.14
(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,15
14,
 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
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37,
 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,
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65,
 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87,
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88,
 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 117, 118,
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119,
 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, 192, 198,
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199,
 246, 247, 248, 1-GI, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K,
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3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 14-K, 16-K, 17-K,5
18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K, 34-K, 35-K and 1-L of Jefferson Parish;6
Lafourche Parish; Precincts 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21,7
4-22, 4-23, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 5
-17, 5-18, 7-41, 7-42, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5,
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14-6, 14-7, 1
4-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17, 14-20, 16-1,
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16-1A, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 	17-1, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19 and 17-20 of Orleans10
Parish; Plaquemines Parish; St. Bernard Parish; St. Tammany Parish; and11
Precincts 15,
 17, 18, 26, 27, 27A, 28, 28A, 33, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 44, 45,
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45A, 46,
 47, 48, 49, 70, 70A, 71, 72, 72A, 73, 74, 111, 111A, 115B, 117, 119, 120,
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120A, 120B, 121,
 121A, 121B, 122, 122A, 123, 124, 125, 127, 127A, 129, 129A,
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133,
 133A, 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D, 139, 141, 141A, 143, 145, 149, 149A
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and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish.16
(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 28, 36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48,17
49,
 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1,
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2-2, 5-1, 5-2 and 6-2 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10,19
1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27,20
1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38, 1-45, 1-50, 1-51, 1-58, 1-61, 1-62,21
1-63, 1-67, 1-68, 1-77, 1-84, 1-85, 1-86, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94, 1-95, 1-100, 1-101,22
1-104, 2-1, 2-2, 2-9, 2-11, 2-16, 2-20, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-27 and 2-30 of East Baton23
Rouge Parish; Precincts 1,
 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13A, 13B, 13C, 14A, 15, 16, 19,
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19A, 20,
 21, 22 and 23 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 57, 104, 107, 108, 115, 116,
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131,
 133, 138, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 170, 171, 172, 173,
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174,
 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A, 179B, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 187,
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188,
 189, 190, 191, 193, 194A, 194B, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 197C, 200, 201, 202,
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203,
 204, 205, 210, 211, 212A, 212B, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A,
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216B, 217,
 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A, 232B, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238,
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1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11
-G, 12-G, 13-G, 13-KB,
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15-K, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 29-K, 30-K, 31-K, 33-K, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W,3
4-W, 5-W, 6-W and 7-W of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1,4
2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-6A, 2-7, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19,5
3-20, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11,6
5-12, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10,7
7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15, 7
-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-20, 7-21, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25,
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7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B,
 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-34, 7-35, 7-37,
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7-37A, 7-40, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20,10
8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 8-28, 8-30, 9-1, 9-3, 9-3A, 9-4, 9-5, 9-5A,11
9-6B,
 9-6C, 9-6D, 9-6E, 9-6F, 9-7, 9-8, 9-8A, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14,
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9-15, 9-16, 9-17,
 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25, 9-26, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-28E, 9-29, 9-30,
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9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B,
 9-31D, 9-32, 9-33, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B,
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9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-39, 9-39B,
 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C,
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9-41D, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B,
 9-43C, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I,
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9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L,
 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F,
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9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 9-45, 9-45A,18
10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5,19
11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5,20
12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1,21
13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14,22
13-15, 13-16, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-21, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26,23
15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13,24
15-13A, 15-13B,
 15-14, 15-14A, 15 -14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F,
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15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A,26
15-18B,
 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, 	15-19C, 16-5,
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16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11,28
17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15 and 17-16 of Orleans Parish; Precincts 1-1,29 SB NO. 2
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1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of St.1
Charles Parish; St. James Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3,2
2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-8, 4-9, 5-2, 5-5, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 and 7-7 of3
St. John the Baptist Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 3-1A, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5 and 5-1 of4
West Baton Rouge Parish.5
(3) District 3 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-2B, 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-4A,6
1-4B,
 1-5A, 1-5B, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 2-2, 5-2A, 5-2B, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A, 6-3B,
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6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6
-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15 and 6-16 of Acadia
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Parish; Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; Iberia Parish; Lafayette Parish;9
Precincts 1-2 and 1-5 of St. Martin Parish; St. Mary Parish; Terrebonne Parish;10
and Vermilion Parish.11
(4) District 4 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3A,12
3-3B, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-5, 7-2, 7-3 and13
7-4 of Acadia
 Parish; Allen Parish; Beauregard Parish; Bossier Parish; Caddo
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Parish; De Soto Parish; Jefferson Davis Parish; Natchitoches Parish; Precincts15
C11, C13, C14, C15, C17, C18, C19, C21, 	C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28,16
C30, C31, C32, C33, C34, C35, C36, C37, C38, C39, C40, C41, C42, S1, S2, S4,17
S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11, S13, S14, S15, S16, S17, S18, S19, S20, S21, S22, S23,18
S24, S25, S26, S27, S28 and S29 of Rapides Parish; Red River Parish; Sabine19
Parish; Vernon Parish; and Webster Parish.20
(5) District 5 is composed of Avoyelles Parish; Bienville Parish; Caldwell21
Parish; Catahoula Parish; Claiborne Parish; Concordia
 Parish; East Carroll
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Parish; Evangeline Parish; Franklin Parish; Grant Parish; Jackson Parish; La23
Salle Parish; Lincoln Parish; Madison Parish; Morehouse Parish; Ouachita24
Parish; Precincts 1,
 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10B, 13A, 14, 16A, 16B, 17, 18, 19A, 20B
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and 21
 of Pointe Coupee Parish; Precincts C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9,
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C10, C20, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15,27
N16, N17, N18, N19, N20, N21, N22, N23, N24, N25, N26, N27, N28 and N29 of28
Rapides Parish; Richland Parish; St. Landry Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7,29 SB NO. 2
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2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-1A, 3-1B,
 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-4A, 3-5, 3-6, 3-9, 4-1, 4-1A, 4-2,
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4-3, 4-4, 4-4A, 4-5, 4-6, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2A, 6-3, 6-3A, 6-3B,
 6-4, 7-1,
2
7-1A, 7-2A, 7-3, 7-4, 7-4A, 8-1, 8-3, 8-4, 8-4A, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4 and 9-5 of St.3
Martin Parish; Tensas Parish; Union Parish; West Carroll Parish; and Winn4
Parish.5
(6)  District 6 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,6
13,
 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41,
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43, 58, 60 and 61 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 	2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-3, 5-4,8
6-1, 7-1, 7-2, 8-1 and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12,9
1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-46, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-52,10
1-53, 1-54, 1-55, 1-56, 1-57, 1-59, 1-60, 1-64, 1-65, 1-66, 1-69, 1-70, 1-71, 1-72,11
1-73, 1-74, 1-75, 1-78, 1-80, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-87, 1-88, 1-89, 1-90, 1-97, 1-98,12
1-99, 1-102, 1-103, 1-105, 1-107, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-10, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14,13
2-15, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-21, 2-25, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-31, 2-32, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4,14
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-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19,
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3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 3-24, 3-25, 3-26, 3-27, 3-28, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31, 3-32, 3-33,16
3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-37, 3-38, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-42, 3-43, 3-44, 3-45, 3-46, 3-47,17
3-48, 3-49, 3-50, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53, 3-54 and 3-55 of East Baton Rouge Parish;18
East Feliciana Parish; Precincts 4,
 5, 6A, 13, 14, 14B, 15A, 15B, 17, 17A, 18, 24,
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25,
 25A, 25B, 26, 26A, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 of Iberville Parish; Livingston
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Parish; Precincts 10A, 11, 12, 13B, 15A, 15B, 20A, 22A, 23 and 24 of Pointe21
Coupee Parish; Precincts 1-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5,22
6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7 and 6-8 of St. Charles Parish; St. Helena Parish;23
Precincts 4-4, 5-1, 5-3, 5-4, 5-6, 5-7, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of St. John the Baptist24
Parish; Precincts 1,
 2, 6, 11, 16, 101, 102, 103, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 106A, 106B,
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107,
 108, 109, 109A, 110, 112, 114, 116 and 118 of Tangipahoa Parish;
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Washington Parish; Precincts 2-1A, 2-1B, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1B, 3-2, 4-1, 4-3A, 4-3B,27
6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of West Baton Rouge Parish; and West Feliciana28
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B. The precincts referenced in this Section are those precincts identified1
as Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2010
 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line
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Shapefiles for the State of Louisiana.3
C. When a precinct referenced in this Section has been subdivided by4
action of the parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided5
by action of the parish governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance6
with the provisions of R.S. 18:532.1, the enumeration in this Section of the7
general precinct designation shall include all nongeographic and all geographic8
subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be designated. The9
territorial limits of the districts as provided in this Section shall continue in10
effect without change regardless of any changes made to the precincts by the11
parish governing authority.12
D. This Section shall not reduce the term of office of any member of13
congress who was elected at the 2010
 congressional election or who was elected
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to fill a vacancy for the remainder of a term that began on January 3 , 2011.15
E.  A vacancy in the representation of any congressional district that is16
filled after January 3, 2013, shall be filled as provided by law from that district17
as it is described in this Section.18
F. This Section shall not reduce the term of office of any person holding19
any position or office on January 3, 2013, for which the appointment or election20
is based upon a
 congressional district. Any position or office filled after
21
January 3, 2013, for which the appointment or election is based on a22
congressional district shall be appointed or elected from that district as it is23
described in this Section.24
Section 2.  R.S. 18:1276 is hereby repealed effective at noon on January 3, 2013.25
Section 3. The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall become effective solely for26
the purposes of the election of representatives to the United States Congress at the next27
regularly scheduled election for representatives to the congress in 2012,
 commencing on the28
date and at the time that 	the qualifying period opens for such offices.  The effectiveness of29 SB NO. 2
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Section
 1 of this Act for such purposes shall not reduce the term of office of any member of1
the congress or change the district which any member represents pursuant to R.S. 18:1276.2
For subsequent elections of representatives to the United States Congress and 	for all other3
purposes, the provisions of Section
 1 of this Act shall become effective at noon on January4
3, 2013.5
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
Present law
 
provides for seven La. congressional districts.
Proposed law
 repeals present law,
 and further redistricts the present La. congressional
districts to provides for six La. congressional districts.
Effective for election purposes only for the regular congressional elections in 2012; effective
for all purposes on 1/3/2013.
(Enacts R.S. 18:1276.1; repeals R.S. 18:1276) 755,517District 1	1	755,562	-45	-0.006%
755,600District 2	1	755,562	38	0.005%
755,449District 3	1	755,562	-113	-0.015%
755,637District 4	1	755,562	75	0.010%
755,653District 5	1	755,562	91	0.012%
755,516District 6	1	755,562	-46	-0.006%
Plan Statistics
Districts:	Relative DeviationAbsolute Deviation# of Members Actual PopulationIdeal Population
Grand Total:	6 4,533,372 4,533,372
Ideal Population Per Member:
Number of Districts for Plan Type:
Absolute Mean Deviation:
Range of District Populations:
Absolute Overall Range:
Absolute Range:
Relative Overall Range:
Relative Range:
Relative Mean Deviation:
Ideal - Actual:
Unassigned Population:
Remainder:
755562
6
755,449
34
-113
204
0.01%
-0.01%
0.02%
to
to
to
755,653
91
0.01%
0
0
0 District 1	110,088 17,354 9,239 21,211755,517 597,625	56,470 452,720
14.571% 2.297% 1.223% 2.807%100.000% 79.101%	7.474% 78.121%
District 2	475,960 20,666 4,070 19,037755,600 235,867	43,542 449,474
62.991% 2.735% 0.539% 2.519%100.000% 31.216%	5.763% 78.706%
District 3	190,564 12,173 12,605 12,482755,449 527,625	25,326 447,755
25.225% 1.611% 1.669% 1.652%100.000% 69.843%	3.352% 79.600%
District 4	249,303 9,791 11,023 10,930755,637 474,590	24,542 426,852
32.992% 1.296% 1.459% 1.446%100.000% 62.807%	3.248% 75.576%
District 5	272,018 5,313 5,107 6,235755,653 466,980	14,106 465,038
35.998% 0.703% 0.676% 0.825%100.000% 61.798%	1.867% 82.098%
District 6	188,952 16,254 4,509 12,296755,516 533,505	28,574 438,536
25.010% 2.151% 0.597% 1.627%100.000% 70.615%	3.782% 76.799%
Total Population
Total
Population
Reg Total
Jan 2011
Total
Hispanic
Total
Other
Total
American
Indian
Total
Asian
Total
White
Total
Black
Grand Total	1,486,885 81,551 46,553 82,1914,533,372 2,836,192	192,560 2,680,375
32.799% 1.799% 1.027% 1.813%100.000% 62.563%	4.248% 78.480% District 1	49,493 27,972 172,161 166,788452,720 375,255	113,771
10.932% 6.179% 38.028% 36.841%78.121% 82.889%	25.131%
District 2	277,224 28,119 302,309 50,910449,474 144,131	96,255
61.677% 6.256% 67.258% 11.327%78.706% 32.067%	21.415%
District 3	102,428 16,443 215,638 122,459447,755 328,884	109,658
22.876% 3.672% 48.160% 27.350%79.600% 73.452%	24.491%
District 4	128,439 15,945 211,837 119,872426,852 282,468	95,143
30.090% 3.735% 49.628% 28.083%75.576% 66.175%	22.289%
District 5	154,833 10,404 255,403 116,836465,038 299,801	92,799
33.295% 2.237% 54.921% 25.124%82.098% 64.468%	19.955%
District 6	91,660 16,298 197,638 141,325438,536 330,578	99,573
20.901% 3.716% 45.068% 32.227%76.799% 75.382%	22.706%
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Grand Total	804,077 115,181 1,354,986 718,1902,680,375 1,761,117	607,199 District 1
*Jefferson	24,579 8,982 1,695 11,350232,558 185,952	186,310 152,063	138,6608,6291,2866,88017,452	8,804117,589	12,267
Lafourche	13,363 855 3,457 2,19896,318 76,445	72,652 59,362	53,7111,5462,1876128,945	6,31645,827	1,568
*Orleans	2,742 1,116 193 53837,918 33,329	31,208 27,623	25,3144191448862,136	1,47221,843	1,999
Plaquemines	4,951 844 556 44523,042 16,246	16,713 12,086	14,5342813965833,367	3,07510,541	918
St. Bernard	6,705 873 522 1,21835,897 26,579	26,720 20,490	23,3588823706404,338	2,82919,332	1,197
St. Tammany	28,449 3,807 2,182 3,938233,740 195,364	173,604 147,964	143,6142,7391,5792,57018,752	13,495121,851	8,268
*Tangipahoa	29,299 877 634 1,52496,044 63,710	72,301 50,579	53,5291,02148365519,563	13,50238,272	1,755
District 1	110,088 17,354 9,239 21,211755,517 597,625	579,508 470,167	452,72015,5176,44512,82674,553	375,255 49,493 27,972
14.571% 2.297% 1.223% 2.807%100.000% 79.101%	100.000% 81.132%	78.121%2.678%1.112%2.213%12.865%	82.889% 10.932% 6.179%
District 2
*Ascension	13,119 108 73 40320,113 6,410	14,577 5,174	12,29325856859,004	7,8134,169	311
*Assumption	3,888 11 28 667,178 3,185	5,328 2,509	4,590561772,739	2,4462,128	16
*East Baton Rouge	100,521 446 252 651109,536 7,666	79,407 6,948	63,83049020036271,407	57,2044,699	1,927
*Iberville	12,963 67 47 12620,429 7,226	15,787 6,018	11,4949239499,589	7,4113,912	171
*Jefferson	92,420 9,661 1,707 10,043199,994 86,163	148,845 69,210	113,4177,3521,2037,23063,850	51,32951,538	10,550
*Orleans	207,705 9,835 1,503 6,769305,911 80,099	239,406 72,057	186,4585,5821,2557,954152,558	124,17648,593	13,689
*St. Charles	7,600 218 212 32326,648 18,295	19,549 13,800	16,2742201411345,254	4,10111,638	535
St. James	11,290 43 52 10222,102 10,615	16,401 8,231	14,7036441268,039	7,2607,249	194
*St. John the 
Baptist
22,101 225 166 50335,471 12,476	25,711 9,910	21,15734611414615,195	12,7217,746	690
*West Baton Rouge	4,353 52 30 518,218 3,732	6,072 2,925	5,2583223463,046	2,7632,459	36
District 2	475,960 20,666 4,070 19,037755,600 235,867	571,083 196,782	449,47414,4923,08916,039340,681	144,131 277,224 28,119
62.991% 2.735% 0.539% 2.519%100.000% 31.216%	100.000% 34.458%	78.706%2.538%0.541%2.809%59.655%	32.067% 61.677% 6.256%
District 3
*Acadia	8,575 123 160 22435,072 25,990	25,687 19,642	21,222147110855,703	4,77016,207	245
Calcasieu	49,825 2,550 1,626 2,253192,768 136,514	143,756 105,077	117,8441,5071,1871,84634,139	27,97586,021	3,848
Cameron	135 10 60 886,839 6,546	5,183 5,011	5,5365138974	1885,272	76
Iberia	24,091 1,926 428 1,24473,240 45,551	53,398 35,137	45,1398923071,30815,754	13,91730,016	1,206
Lafayette	58,912 3,891 1,290 3,779221,578 153,706	167,315 120,566	131,1242,7119512,88440,203	30,15595,632	5,337
*St. Martin	10 8 21	51,443 1,399	1,163 1,135	99331564	0976	17
St. Mary	18,290 1,058 1,269 1,62754,650 32,406	40,746 25,191	31,8451,14883777312,797	10,52720,072	1,246
Terrebonne	22,072 1,333 7,375 2,489111,860 78,591	82,737 60,621	59,2991,7584,72598614,647	10,26845,337	3,694
Vermilion	8,654 1,274 376 77357,999 46,922	42,522 35,424	34,7534802599025,457	4,62829,351	774
District 3	190,564 12,173 12,605 12,482755,449 527,625	562,507 407,804	447,7558,6978,4298,799128,778	328,884 102,428 16,443
25.225% 1.611% 1.669% 1.652%100.000% 69.843%	100.000% 72.498%	79.600%1.546%1.498%1.564%22.894%	73.452% 22.876% 3.672%
District 4
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Total
Population	VAP WhiteVAP Total
Total
Other
Total
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*Acadia	3,070 73 153 26826,701 23,137	19,223 16,912	16,034197103461,965	1,67114,139	224
Allen	6,192 220 749 16825,764 18,435	19,870 14,288	13,1101054951544,828	2,39710,190	523
Beauregard	5,016 353 652 31235,654 29,321	26,359 21,902	19,9241894602393,569	2,30416,703	917
Bossier	25,606 2,516 1,139 3,288116,979 84,430	86,945 64,692	60,8342,1678371,83617,413	11,49146,663	2,680
Caddo	122,229 3,230 1,906 2,662254,969 124,942	192,315 100,748	151,3741,8471,4552,36385,902	66,70879,163	5,503
De Soto	10,600 54 331 21526,656 15,456	20,006 12,055	16,396141273427,495	6,1919,663	542
Jefferson Davis	5,836 98 275 26031,594 25,125	23,196 18,871	19,337188180663,891	3,13215,808	397
Natchitoches	16,778 197 649 44839,566 21,494	29,966 17,226	22,98234147715111,771	8,87813,181	923
*Rapides	23,752 1,344 997 1,14470,889 43,652	52,513 34,333	41,51074476195615,719	11,34728,585	1,578
Red River	3,633 16 43 399,091 5,360	6,778 4,256	5,9812634122,450	2,3773,566	38
Sabine	4,234 84 2,636 12424,233 17,155	18,311 13,544	13,837731,796632,835	2,03210,811	994
Vernon	8,313 1,426 1,177 1,80452,334 39,614	37,822 29,416	21,6201,1838481,0265,349	2,49517,881	1,244
Webster	14,044 180 316 19841,207 26,469	31,497 20,907	23,91311924112010,110	7,41616,115	382
District 4	249,303 9,791 11,023 10,930755,637 474,590	564,801 369,150	426,8527,3207,9607,074173,297	282,468 128,439 15,945
32.992% 1.296% 1.459% 1.446%100.000% 62.807%	100.000% 65.359%	75.576%1.296%1.409%1.252%30.683%	66.175% 30.090% 3.735%
District 5
Avoyelles	12,876 174 641 19442,073 28,188	31,790 21,850	23,1051364311269,247	5,79016,874	441
Bienville	6,153 44 132 8914,353 7,935	11,012 6,279	9,25653105314,544	4,0855,112	59
Caldwell	1,778 30 64 4710,132 8,213	7,758 6,314	6,3243451231,336	9115,351	62
Catahoula	3,318 9 53 4210,407 6,985	8,057 5,543	6,380254382,438	1,5964,749	35
Claiborne	8,820 62 99 4717,195 8,167	13,815 6,781	8,8772880376,889	3,8724,908	97
Concordia	8,604 59 123 7720,822 11,959	15,589 9,298	12,6964588416,117	4,5297,997	170
East Carroll	5,398 47 31 387,759 2,245	5,766 1,845	5,3302925373,830	3,6641,617	49
Evangeline	9,862 139 161 38333,984 23,439	24,817 17,619	21,407323117976,661	5,97315,267	167
Franklin	6,620 65 82 7020,767 13,930	15,450 10,838	13,4663663424,471	3,9789,408	80
Grant	3,602 97 385 7622,309 18,149	17,158 13,788	11,90051274672,978	1,28410,361	255
Jackson	4,947 67 83 9316,274 11,084	12,570 8,681	9,8466165393,724	2,8056,879	162
La Salle	1,808 40 215 13814,890 12,689	11,366 9,677	8,427109143351,402	6217,648	158
Lincoln	19,184 874 230 67246,735 25,775	37,130 20,875	24,01650218374914,821	8,51914,604	893
Madison	7,452 33 55 5512,093 4,498	9,071 3,644	7,6345045205,312	4,7642,780	90
Morehouse	13,281 142 102 10927,979 14,345	21,061 11,583	18,68167791029,230	8,32910,048	304
Ouachita	57,194 1,722 705 1,215153,720 92,884	113,347 72,316	94,4088295491,24838,405	30,99759,945	3,466
*Pointe Coupee	6,759 35 47 11813,721 6,762	10,194 5,229	9,2416339264,837	4,7184,449	74
*Rapides	19,398 568 685 35260,724 39,721	45,086 30,246	36,54626150942113,649	10,76024,743	1,043
Richland	7,544 92 96 11420,725 12,879	15,440 9,999	12,9396970655,237	4,6468,173	120
Splits
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Population	VAP WhiteVAP Total
Total
Other
Total
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Indian
Total
Asian
Total
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Black	VAP Black VAP Asian
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Indian VAP Other
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St. Landry	35,153 395 406 81583,384 46,615	60,704 35,593	56,54957027826623,997	23,59131,901	1,057
*St. Martin	16,387 470 329 61750,717 32,914	37,226 25,185	32,85643321231011,086	9,88621,890	1,080
Tensas	2,991 13 15 315,252 2,202	3,923 1,796	4,131229112,085	2,3041,807	20
Union	6,242 49 115 63322,721 15,682	17,493 12,568	14,96436491314,439	3,70910,863	392
West Carroll	1,870 34 86 11711,604 9,497	8,746 7,254	7,1677662241,330	1,0966,017	54
Winn	4,777 53 167 9315,313 10,223	11,871 8,018	8,89261129443,619	2,4066,410	76
District 5	272,018 5,313 5,107 6,235755,653 466,980	566,440 362,819	465,0384,2973,7403,900191,684	299,801 154,833 10,404
35.998% 0.703% 0.676% 0.825%100.000% 61.798%	100.000% 64.053%	82.098%0.759%0.660%0.689%33.840%	64.468% 33.295% 2.237%
District 6
*Ascension	11,347 1,126 513 1,95487,102 72,162	61,883 52,163	51,8111,2263567317,407	5,44344,063	2,305
*Assumption	3,362 57 162 21216,243 12,450	12,337 9,687	10,198138108442,360	2,1407,965	93
*East Baton Rouge	102,013 13,118 1,661 6,582330,635 207,261	257,099 170,927	188,7874,8881,28610,10969,889	46,606133,452	8,729
East Feliciana	9,250 67 127 4020,267 10,783	16,075 8,775	13,4112594587,123	5,1267,629	656
*Iberville	3,657 57 70 12012,958 9,054	10,098 7,236	8,9589859362,669	2,3436,502	113
Livingston	6,941 906 1,055 1,523128,026 117,601	92,696 85,855	71,5809597825654,535	2,98566,508	2,087
*Pointe Coupee	1,668 34 24 1079,081 7,248	7,133 5,844	6,2237018181,183	9785,135	110
*St. Charles	6,795 357 159 57626,132 18,245	19,023 13,645	15,4314191222234,614	3,35311,275	803
St. Helena	6,014 16 72 6711,203 5,034	8,440 4,036	8,4324260114,291	4,5173,816	99
*St. John the 
Baptist
2,843 189 71 32510,453 7,025	7,857 5,498	6,628233501441,932	1,5444,720	364
*Tangipahoa	8,082 78 200 19725,053 16,496	18,376 12,552	15,135125148555,496	4,48710,307	341
Washington	14,884 145 305 35247,168 31,482	35,305 24,363	25,60822923810110,374	7,23917,973	396
*West Baton Rouge	4,779 62 55 13515,570 10,539	11,789 8,142	9,5388644463,471	2,6456,785	108
West Feliciana	7,317 42 35 10615,625 8,125	12,907 6,412	6,7967433246,364	2,2544,448	94
District 6	188,952 16,254 4,509 12,296755,516 533,505	571,018 415,135	438,5368,6123,39812,165131,708	330,578 91,660 16,298
25.010% 2.151% 0.597% 1.627%100.000% 70.615%	100.000% 72.701%	76.799%1.508%0.595%2.130%23.065%	75.382% 20.901% 3.716%
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Population	VAP WhiteVAP Total
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Plaquemines
St. Bernard
Terrebonne
Vernon
Winn
Vermilion
Iberia
Rapides
Lafourche
Union
Sabine
Caddo
Allen
St. Mary
Bossier
Calcasieu
De Soto
Grant
Natchitoches
Beauregard
Bienville
St. Landry
Avoyelles
Acadia
St. Tammany
EBR
Tensas
Claiborne
Iberville
La Salle
Franklin
Madison
Morehouse
Concordia
Webster
Catahoula
Tangipahoa
Ouachita
Livingston
Jackson
Jeff Davis
Richland
Lincoln
Caldwell
St. Martin
Evangeline
Washington
E Carroll
Orleans
Pointe Coupee
E Feliciana
Red River
St. John
St. Helena
W Carroll
St. Charles
W Feliciana
WBR
Assumption
AscensionLafayette
St. James
St. Martin
Jefferson
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Congress-Statewide St. Bernard
Orleans
St. John
St. Tammany
Jefferson
St. Charles
Lafourche
Plaquemines
Livingston
Tangipahoa
St. James
Ascension
58
4-2
7-2
1-2
16
15
8-1
56
1-3
1-1
4-1
3
151
5-4
1-1
9-45
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2-1
918
7-4
2-5
9-45A
57
50
5-1
3-3
199
247
7-4
909
3-4
1-3
5-5
1-1
248
804
810
35
703
149A
151
17
2-1
32
156
3-1
705
4-4
5-2
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6-4
6-3
6-5
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2-3
16
6-2
41
6-3
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4-1
18
9-32
704
53
S18
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801
1-2
409
188
7-3
915
6-1
902
5-2
1-L
33
701
246
2-4
197A
150
15-19A
4-2
903
22
12
52
125
6-2
3-2
22
42
4-1
170
4-3
16
194B
7-4
906
157A
3-6
9-41B
203
1522-3
3-3
14
3-5
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914
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26-K
13
124
7-1
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808
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5-16
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809
815
S19
171
908
817
911
21
30
607
43
7-7
20
54
31
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153
904
10-2
11
2-2
9-28
9-44P
5-4
803
802
805
155
S17
913
238
813
7-K
184
S21S13
910
2-4
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31-K
3-1
217
M03
9-1
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814
60
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