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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 786
BY REPRESENTATIVE NANCY LANDRY
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:52.2, relative to the Lafayette Parish School Board; to provide for the2
election of members to the school board; to provide for the terms of members of the3
school board; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published5
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of6
Louisiana.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:52.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง52.2. Lafayette Parish School Board; election of members; terms10
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 17:52 and any other provision of law11
to the contrary, members of the Lafayette Parish School Board shall be elected at the12
gubernatorial elections. The members of the school board shall serve four-year13
terms beginning January first following their election.14
Section 2. To facilitate moving the election of members of the Lafayette Parish15
School Board from the congressional elections to the gubernatorial elections, the members16
of the Lafayette Parish School Board elected at the congressional elections in 2014 shall17
serve five-year terms. The provisions of R.S. 17:52.2 as enacted by this Act shall apply to18
the election of members who serve terms subsequent to the terms of the members elected in19
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Section 3. The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall become effective on January1
1, 2019.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: