HLS 16RS-442 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 342
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES
SCHOOLS/BOARDS: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the legislature to pass local
laws providing relative to the St. Mary Parish School Board
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2Proposing to add Article VIII, Section 9(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to provide
3 relative to the St. Mary Parish School Board; to authorize the legislature to provide
4 by local law for the composition and election of the St. Mary Parish School Board;
5 to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide
6 for related matters.
7 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
8elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of
9Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to add
10Article VIII, Section 9(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
11 §9. Parish School Boards; Parish Superintendents; Local Laws
12 Section 9.
13 * * *
14 (C) The legislature may provide by local law relative to the composition of
15 the St. Mary Parish School Board and for the election, election districts, and terms
16 of its members.
17 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
18to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 8,
192016.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-442 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 342
1 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election,
2there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
3to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
4follows:
5 Do you support an amendment to allow the legislature to provide by local
6 law for the composition of the St. Mary Parish School Board and for the
7 election, election districts, and terms of its members? (Adds Article VIII,
8 Section 9(C))
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 342 Original 2016 Regular Session Jones
Abstract: Authorizes local legislation providing relative to the composition of the St. Mary
Parish School Board and for the election, election districts, and terms of its members.
Present constitution provides that the legislature shall create parish school boards and
provide for the election of their members. Present constitution prohibits the legislature from
passing a local or special law that regulates the management of parish or city public schools,
the building or repairing of parish or city schoolhouses, and the raising of money for such
purpose, except as otherwise provided in present constitution.
Proposed constitutional amendment authorizes the legislature to provide by local law for the
composition of the St. Mary Parish School Board and for the election, election districts, and
terms of its members.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held November 8, 2016.
(Adds Const. Art. VIII, §9(C))
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