HLS 16RS-541 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 161
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS
ELECTIONS: Provides relative to dates for bond, tax, and other proposition elections
1 AN ACT
2To repeal R.S. 18:402(F)(3), (4), and (6), relative to election dates; to eliminate certain
3 election dates for bond, tax, and other proposition elections.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 18:402(F)(3), (4), and (6) are hereby repealed in their entirety.
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 161 Original 2016 Regular Session Edmonds
Abstract: Provides that bond, tax, and other proposition elections may only be held on
gubernatorial or congressional election dates.
Present law (R.S. 18:402(F)—Election Code) provides alternative dates on which bond, tax,
and other proposition elections may be held. Provides that such elections may be held on
the primary and general election dates for gubernatorial (third to last Sat. in Oct. or the fifth
Sat. thereafter in 2019 and every four years thereafter) and congressional elections (first
Tues. after the first Mon. in Nov. or the fifth Sat. thereafter in even-numbered years). (The
congressional general date is not available in Orleans Parish for parcel fee elections
involving neighborhood security districts.)
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law additionally provides that a bond, tax, and other proposition election may be
held on the following dates:
(1)The last Sat. in March or the fifth Sat. after the last Sat. in March of any year or the
first Sat. in March or the fifth Sat. after the first Sat. in March during the presidential
election year.
(2)The second Sat. in Oct. or the fifth Sat. after the second Sat. in Oct. of 1985 and
every fourth year thereafter.
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(3)For a parish containing a municipality with a population of 300,000 or more, the
second Sat. in Oct. or the fifth Sat. after the second Sat. in Oct. in 2017 and every
fourth year thereafter.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals R.S. 18:402(F)(3), (4), and (6))
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