SLS 14RS-648 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 217
BY SENATOR MURRAY
JUDGES. Provides relative to vacancy in the office of a judge. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 13:11, relative to courts and judicial procedure; to provide relative to judges2
and judicial offices; to provide relative to vacancies in the office of a judge; to3
provide certain terms, conditions, procedures, requirements, and effects; and to4
provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:11 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง11. Vacancy in the office of a judge8
A vacancy in the office of a judge shall be filled in accordance with the9
provisions of Article V, Section 22(B) of the Louisiana Constitution.10
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry G. Jones.
DIGEST
Murray (SB 217)
Proposed law provides that a vacancy in the office of a judge shall be filled in accordance
with the provisions of Article V, Section 22(B) of the Louisiana Constitution.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 13:11)