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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 493
BY SENATOR PETERSON
SECRETARY OF STATE. Requires the secretary of state to include the email addresses
of candidates and elected officials on the department database. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 18:463(A)(1)(a), and to enact R.S.18:18(E), relative to the duties2
and powers of the secretary of state; to provide the secretary of state collect and3
maintain email addresses for current elected officials; to provide for the secretary of4
state to include email addresses of candidates and elected officials in the department5
database; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 18:463(A)(1)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 18:18(E)8
is enacted to read as follows: 9
§18. Secretary of state; powers and duties10
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E. On or before September 1, 2012, the secretary of state shall collect and12
maintain on the department's website, a listing of email addresses for all13
current and future serving statewide and local elected officials.14
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§463. Notice of candidacy; financial disclosure; political advertising; penalties16
A.(1)(a) A notice of candidacy shall be in writing and shall state the17 SB NO. 493
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candidate's name, the office he seeks, the address of his domicile, the parish, ward,1
and precinct where he is registered to vote, his email address, and the political2
party, if any, with which he is registered as being affiliated. No candidate shall3
change or add his political party designation, for purposes of printing on the election4
ballot as required by R.S. 18:551(D), after he has qualified for the election.5
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Lauren Bailey.
DIGEST
Present law provides for the duties and powers of the secretary of state.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law provides that on or before September 1, 2012, the secretary of state will collect
and maintain email addresses for all elected officials in the database of the Department of
State.
Present law provides that all candidates submit a notice of candidacy in writing that states
the candidate's name, the office he seeks, the address of his domicile, the parish, ward, and
precinct where he is registered to vote, and the political party, if any, with which he is
registered as being affiliated.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that all candidates also provide an email
address on their notice of candidacy.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 18:463(A)(1)(a); adds R.S. 18:18(E))