ENROLLED
ACT No. 50
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 131
BY REPRESENTATIVE BERTHELOT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1300.13(B)(2), relative to public officers who have been
3 recalled and removed from office; to provide that certain public officers who have
4 been recalled and removed from office are ineligible to become candidates in certain
5 elections; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 18:1300.13(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง1300.13. Declaration of vacancy; prohibitions
10 * * *
11 B.
12 * * *
13 (2)(a) A public officer who has been recalled and removed from office shall
14 be ineligible as a candidate at an election called to fill the vacancy created by the
15 recall of such public officer.
16 (b) If the recalled public officer was removed from office as a member of the
17 governing authority of a municipality governed by Part I of Chapter 2 of Title 33 of
18 the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, he shall also be ineligible as a candidate at
19 an election to fill a vacancy on the governing authority that is held prior to the next
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HB NO. 131 ENROLLED
1 regularly scheduled election for members of the governing authority following the
2 recall of the public officer.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.