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ACT No. 2
Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 519
BY REPRESENTATIVE DANAHAY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:2.1 and to repeal R.S. 17:2.2, relative to redistricting; to provide for2
election districts for the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; to3
provide for election of members; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:2.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง2.1. Districts for election of members of the State Board of Elementary and8
Secondary Education9
Louisiana shall be divided into eight districts for the election of eight of the10
members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. One member11
shall be elected from each of the following districts:12
(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,13
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,14
38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65,15
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88,16
89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 116, 117, 118,17
119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 170,18
171, 172, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 189, 190, 204, 1-H, 2-H,19
3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K,20
10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 14-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K,21
29-K, 34-K, 35-K, 1-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W and 7-W of Jefferson Parish; Precincts22
3-20, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-15,23
5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 7-41, 7-42, 13-4, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3,24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 519
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14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15,1
14-16, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-20, 14-21, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 17-1, 17-17, 17-18,2
17-18A, 17-19 and 17-20 of Orleans Parish and St. Tammany Parish.3
(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 6-1,4
6-2 and 7-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 57, 104, 107, 108, 115, 131, 133, 150,5
151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 173, 174, 179B, 180, 181, 185B, 187,6
188, 191, 194A, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 197C, 200, 201, 202, 205, 210, 211, 212A,7
212B, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A, 216B, 217, 225, 232A, 232B,8
1-G, 2-G, 4-G, 6-G, 7-G, 13-KB, 15-K, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 30-K, 31-K,9
33-K and 2-W of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6,10
2-6A, 2-7, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6,11
5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7,12
6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10, 7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15,13
7-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-20, 7-21, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28,14
7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-34, 7-35, 7-37, 7-37A, 7-40, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7,15
8-8, 8-9, 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27,16
8-28, 8-30, 9-1, 9-3, 9-3A, 9-4, 9-5, 9-5A, 9-6B, 9-6C, 9-6D, 9-6E, 9-6F, 9-7, 9-8,17
9-8A, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25,18
9-26, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-28E, 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-31D, 9-32, 9-33,19
9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A,20
9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C,21
9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44,22
9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N,23
9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 9-45, 9-45A, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12,24
10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14,25
11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12,26
12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-5, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13,27
13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6,28
15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A,29
15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16,30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 519
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15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F,1
15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, 15-19C, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-2, 17-3,2
17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-153
and 17-16 of Orleans Parish; St. Charles Parish; St. James Parish and Precincts 1-2,4
1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-8, 4-9, 5-1,5
5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5 and 7-7 of St. John the6
Baptist Parish.7
(3) District 3 is composed of Precincts 53 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 2-3,8
3-1, 3-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 7-2, 8-1 and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; Iberia Parish;9
Precincts 4, 5, 6A, 25, 25A, 25B, 26, 26A, 27 and 28 of Iberville Parish; Precincts10
192, 193, 194B, 198, 199, 203, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, 236, 237,11
238, 246, 247, 248, 3-G, 5-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 12-G, 13-G, 1-GI and 1-L of12
Jefferson Parish; Lafourche Parish; Plaquemines Parish; Precincts 16A, 16B, 17, 18,13
20A, 20B, 21, 22A, 23 and 24 of Pointe Coupee Parish; St. Bernard Parish; Precincts14
1-1 of St. John the Baptist Parish; Precincts 1-6, 1-26, 1-26A, 1-28, 3-1, 3-3, 3-4,15
3-5, 3-6, 4-3, 4-5, 4-7, 4-12, 4-12A, 4-13, 5-1 and 5-6 of St. Landry Parish; Precincts16
1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 2-2, 3-5, 4-1, 4-1A, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A,17
6-3B, 6-4, 7-1A, 7-2A, 7-4A, 8-1, 8-3, 8-4, 8-4A, 9-2, 9-3 and 9-4 of St. Martin18
Parish; St. Mary Parish; Terrebonne Parish and Precincts 49B-1, 49B-3, 53, 54, 5519
and 56 of Vermilion Parish.20
(4) District 4 is composed of Bienville Parish; Bossier Parish; Caddo Parish;21
De Soto Parish; Natchitoches Parish; Red River Parish; Sabine Parish; Vernon22
Parish; Webster Parish and Winn Parish.23
(5) District 5 is composed of Caldwell Parish; Catahoula Parish; Claiborne24
Parish; Concordia Parish; East Carroll Parish; Precincts 1020, 1031, 1040, 1041,25
1050, 1060, 1091, 1130, 1131, 1140, 1141, 1150, 1161, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040,26
3010, 3031, 3032, 3040, 3052, 3070, 3071, 4001, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4020,27
4021, 4030, 4040, 5004, 5010, 5020, 5030, 5040, 5041 and 5050 of Evangeline28
Parish; Franklin Parish; Grant Parish; Jackson Parish; La Salle Parish; Lincoln29 ENROLLEDHB NO. 519
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Parish; Madison Parish; Morehouse Parish; Ouachita Parish; Rapides Parish;1
Richland Parish; Tensas Parish; Union Parish and West Carroll Parish.2
(6) District 6 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,3
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 43,4
58, 60 and 61 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35,5
1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-46, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-55, 1-56,6
1-57, 1-60, 1-64, 1-65, 1-69, 1-72, 1-74, 1-75, 1-80, 1-89, 1-90, 1-98, 1-99, 1-102,7
1-103, 1-105, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-18, 2-21, 2-26, 2-29, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-6, 3-7, 3-9,8
3-10, 3-11, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-22, 3-25, 3-26, 3-27,9
3-28, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31, 3-32, 3-33, 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-37, 3-38, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41,10
3-43, 3-45, 3-46, 3-47, 3-48, 3-49, 3-51, 3-52 and 3-53 of East Baton Rouge Parish;11
Livingston Parish; Precincts 27, 28, 28A, 33, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 44, 45, 45A,12
46, 47, 48, 49, 70, 70A, 71, 72, 72A, 73, 74, 102, 104, 104A, 106, 106A, 106B, 108,13
110, 112, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 120A, 120B, 121, 121A, 121B, 122, 122A,14
123, 124, 125, 127, 127A, 129, 129A, 133, 133A, 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D,15
139, 141, 141A, 143, 145, 149, 149A and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish and Washington16
Parish.17
(7) District 7 is composed of Acadia Parish; Allen Parish; Beauregard Parish;18
Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; Jefferson Davis Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8,19
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 27, 28A, 28B, 29, 30A, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,20
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,21
79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97A, 97B, 98, 99,22
100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 and 111 of Lafayette Parish;23
Precincts 2-2, 2-3, 2-6, 2-8 and 2-9 of St. Landry Parish and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5A,24
5B, 6, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 10A, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19A, 19B, 20A-1, 20A-2, 20B-1, 21,25
23, 24, 25, 26, 27A-2, 28, 29, 32B, 34, 35, 36A-1, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42A, 42B, 44,26
45A, 46A, 46B-1, 46B-2, 46B-3, 50A, 50B, 51, 57A and 57B of Vermilion Parish.27
(8) District 8 is composed of Precincts 30, 36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49,28
50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 and 57 of Ascension Parish; Avoyelles Parish; Precincts 1-1,29
1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22,30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 519
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1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38, 1-45,1
1-50, 1-51, 1-54, 1-58, 1-59, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-66, 1-67, 1-68, 1-70, 1-71, 1-73,2
1-77, 1-78, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-85, 1-86, 1-87, 1-88, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94,3
1-95, 1-97, 1-100, 1-101, 1-104, 1-107, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12,4
2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-19, 2-20, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-27, 2-28, 2-30,5
2-31, 2-32, 3-5, 3-8, 3-12, 3-21, 3-23, 3-24, 3-42, 3-44, 3-50, 3-54 and 3-55 of East6
Baton Rouge Parish; East Feliciana Parish; Precincts 1010, 1011, 1030, 1080, 1081,7
1090, 1100, 1101, 1110, 1120, 1160, 1162, 1170, 1171, 3020, 3030, 3050, 3051 and8
3060 of Evangeline Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 13B, 13C,9
14, 14A, 14B, 15, 15A, 15B, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19, 19A, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 3110
and 32 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 5, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,11
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 68 of Lafayette Parish;12
Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10A, 10B, 11, 12, 13A, 13B, 14, 15A, 15B and 19A13
of Pointe Coupee Parish; St. Helena Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-2A, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-4,14
1-4A, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-15A, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18,15
1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-28A, 1-29, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 3-2, 4-2,16
4-4, 4-6, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-8, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7,17
6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-11A, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16 and 6-16A of St. Landry Parish;18
Precincts 1-3, 1-7, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-4A, 3-6, 3-9, 4-3,19
4-4A, 4-6, 6-2A, 6-3, 7-1, 7-3, 7-4, 9-1 and 9-5 of St. Martin Parish; Precincts 1, 2,20
6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27A, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 109A, 111, 111A and 115B21
of Tangipahoa Parish; West Baton Rouge Parish and West Feliciana Parish.22
Section 2. (A) The precincts referenced in this Act are those precincts identified as23
Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the24
State of Louisiana.25
(B) When a precinct referenced in this Act has been subdivided by action of the26
parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish27
governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with the provisions of R.S.18:532.1,28
the enumeration in this Act of the general precinct designation shall include all29
nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 519
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designated. The territorial limits of the districts as provided in this Act shall continue in1
effect without change regardless of any changes made to the precincts by the parish2
governing authority.3
Section 3. R.S. 17:2.2 is hereby repealed in its entirety.4
Section 4. (A) Section 1 of this Act shall become effective solely for the purposes5
of qualifying and election of members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary6
Education at the regularly scheduled elections in 2011, upon signature of this Act by the7
governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become8
law without signature by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the9
Constitution of Louisiana. If this Act is vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved10
by the legislature, Section 1 of this Act shall become effective for such purposes on the day11
following such approval. The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall be effective for all12
other purposes at noon on January 9, 2012.13
(B) Section 3 of this Act shall become effective at noon on January 9, 2012.14
(C) The provisions of this Section and Section 2 of this Act shall become effective15
upon signature of this Act by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration16
of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided in Article17
III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If this Act is vetoed by the governor and18
subsequently approved by the legislature, the provisions of this Section and Section 2 of this19
Act shall become effective on the day following such approval.20
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: