ENROLLED
ACT No. 374
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 76
BY REPRESENTATIVE ALFRED WILLIAMS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:1952(4), relative to the City Court of Baton Rouge; to provide
3 for the composition of the election sections; to provide for the number of judges
4 elected from each election section; to provide for the election of a judge at large; to
5 provide for the assignment of divisions to each election section; to provide relative
6 to the assignment of certain annexations to election sections; and to provide for
7 related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 13:1952(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1952. Courts created by special legislative Act
11 The following city courts, heretofore created and established by special
12 legislative Act, are hereby recognized and continued in existence and, except as
13 otherwise provided in this Section, their territorial jurisdiction shall extend through
14 the city and ward or wards wherein the city in which they are domiciled is located,
15 as extended from time to time:
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17 (4)(a) The City Court of Baton Rouge, domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge,
18 parish of East Baton Rouge, having five city judges and a city constable. The court
19 shall be divided into five divisions, namely, divisions "A", "B", "C", "D", and "E"
20 and its territorial jurisdiction shall extend throughout the territorial area of the city
21 of Baton Rouge as extended from time to time.
22 (b) For the purpose of electing judges, the court shall be divided into two
23 election sections.
24 (i) Election section one shall consist of precincts: 1-1A, 1-1B, 1-3A, 1-3B,
25 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-11, 1-13A, 1-13B, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23,
26 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-31A, 1-31B, 1-38A, 1-38B, 1-45, 1-46A, 1-46B,
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1 1-46C, 1-46D, 1-50A, 1-50B, 1-51A, 1-51B, 1-58A, 1-58B, 1-61, 1-67, 1-68, 1-84A,
2 1-84B, 1-85A, 1-85B, 1-86A, 1-86B, 1-91, 1-92A, 1-92B, 1-93, 1-94A, 1-94B, 1-
3 95A, 1-95B, 1-96A and 1-96B. the following precincts and parts of precincts
4 contained within the corporate limits of the city of Baton Rouge: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4,
5 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17 (part), 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23
6 (part), 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-38, 1-45, 1-46,
7 1-50, 1-51, 1-58, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-67, 1-68, 1-77 (part), 1-78, 1-82, 1-84 (part), 1-
8 85 (part), 1-86, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94, 1-95 (part), 1-100 (part), 1-101 (part), 1-102
9 (part), 1-104, 2-1 (part), 2-9 (part), 2-11 (part), 2-22 (part), 2-24 (part), 2-25 (part),
10 3-5 (part), 3-20 (part), and 3-50 (part).
11 (ii) Election section two shall consist of precincts Election section two shall
12 consist of precincts: 1-7, 1-10, 1-14A, 1-14B, 1-15A, 1-15B, 1-30, 1-32, 1-33, 1-
13 34A, 1-34B, 1-35, 1-36A, 1-36B, 1-36C, 1-36D, 1-37, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43,
14 1-44, 1-48A, 1-48B, 1-49A, 1-49B, 1-52A, 1-52B, 1-53A, 1-53B, 1-53C, 1-53D, 1-
15 54A, 1-54B, 1-55A, 1-55B, 1-56A, 1-56B, 1-57, 1-59, 1-60A, 1-60B, 1-62, 1-63, 1-
16 64, 1-65, 1-69A, 1-69B, 1-71A, 1-71B, 1-71C, 1-71D, 1-72A, 1-72B, 1-72C, 1-73A,
17 1-73B, 1-74A, 1-74B, 1-74C, 1-75A, 1-75B, 1-75C, 1-75D, 1-76A, 1-76B, 1-76C,
18 1-76D, 1-78A, 1-78B, 1-79, 1-80, 1-81, 1-82A, 1-82B, 1-82C, 1-82D, 1-83A, 1-83B,
19 1-87, 1-88A, 1-88B, 1-89, 1-90, 1-97, 1-98A, 1-98B, 1-99A, 1-99B, and 1-99C. the
20 following precincts and parts of precincts contained within the corporate limits of the
21 city of Baton Rouge: 1-7, 1-9, 1-12, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-37, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42,
22 1-43, 1-44, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-54, 1-55, 1-56, 1-57, 1-59, 1-60, 1-64, 1-
23 65 (part), 1-66, 1-69, 1-70, 1-71, 1-72, 1-73, 1-74, 1-75, 1-80 (part), 1-81, 1-83, 1-87,
24 1-88 (part), 1-89 (part), 1-90, 1-97 (part), 1-98, 1-99 (part), 1-103, 1-105 (part), 1-
25 107 (part), 3-7 (part), 3-8(part), 3-10 (part), 3-11 (part), 3-12 (part), 3-17 (part), 3-21
26 (part), 3-23 (part), 3-24(part), 3-27 (part), 3-28 (part), 3-29 (part), 3-31 (part), 3-32
27 (part), 3-35 (part), 3-51 (part), 3-52 (part), and 3-55 (part).
28 (c) Two judges shall be elected by election section one, and three two judges
29 shall be elected by election two, and one judge shall be elected from the entire
30 territorial area of the city of Baton Rouge at large.
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1 (d) The metropolitan council for the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East
2 Baton Rouge, is hereby authorized to assign annexations which are approved
3 subsequent to June 15, 1993, the effective date of Act No. 609 of the 1993 Regular
4 Session of the Legislature October 22, 2014, to the appropriate election section.
5 After each such assignment, the metropolitan council shall submit the assignment by
6 certified mail or by hand delivery with receipt to the Senate Committee on Senate
7 and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on House and Governmental
8 Affairs for approval. Upon the receipt of the submission, the Senate Committee on
9 Senate and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on House and
10 Governmental Affairs shall have forty-five days to determine, either jointly or
11 separately, whether the assignment shall be approved or disapproved. If the time
12 period for action by the committees has lapsed without any action by such
13 committees, the assignment shall be deemed approved. If one or both committees
14 disapprove the assignment, such assignment to the election section shall not be
15 effective for any purpose.
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17 Section 2.(A) The judgeships designated on the effective date of this Act as divisions
18 "B" and "D" of the City Court of Baton Rouge are hereby assigned to election section one
19 for election purposes. The judgeships designated on the effective date of this Act as
20 divisions "A" and "E" of the City Court of Baton Rouge are hereby assigned to election
21 section two for election purposes. The judgeship designated on the effective date of this Act
22 as division "C" of the City Court of Baton Rouge is hereby assigned to the entire territorial
23 area of the city of Baton Rouge at large for election purposes.
24 (B) In addition to qualifications provided by law for a judge of the City Court of
25 Baton Rouge, a candidate for a judgeship elected by either election section need only be a
26 resident of the city of Baton Rouge. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed in any
27 manner to decrease the term of any judge serving on the effective date of this Act or to
28 prohibit any judge from seeking reelection in any division of the court.
29 Section 3.(A) The precincts for the Parish of East Baton Rouge referenced in this
30 Act are those contained in the file named "2014 Precinct Shapefiles" published on the
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1 Louisiana House of Representatives website. The 2014 Precinct Shapefiles are based upon
2 those Voting Districts (VTDs) contained in the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line
3 Shapefiles for the State of Louisiana as those files have been modified by the staff of the
4 Legislature of Louisiana to represent precinct changes submitted through August 13, 2014,
5 to the Legislature of Louisiana by parish governing authorities pursuant to the provisions of
6 R.S. 18:532 and 532.1.
7 (B) When a precinct referenced in this Act has been subdivided by action of the
8 parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish
9 governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with the provisions of R.S.
10 18:532.1, the enumeration in this Act of the general precinct designation shall include all
11 nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be
12 designated. The territorial limits of the election sections as provided in this Act shall
13 continue in effect without change regardless of any changes made to the precincts by the
14 parish governing authority. However, the territorial limits of the election sections may
15 change due to annexations as provided in R.S. 13:1952(4)(d).
16 Section 4. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
17 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
18 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
19 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
20 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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