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ACT No. 232
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 76
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 404(F), relative to jury commissions; to
3 provide for the functions of the jury commission in the parishes of East Feliciana and
4 West Feliciana; to transfer the functions of the jury commission to the clerks of court
5 of East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 404(F) is hereby enacted to read as
9 follows:
10 Art. 404. Appointment of jury commissions; term of office; oath; quorum;
11 performance of functions of jury commissions in certain parishes
12 * * *
13 F. In the parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana, the function of the
14 jury commission shall be performed by the clerks of court of East Feliciana Parish
15 and West Feliciana Parish or by a deputy clerk of court designated by the respective
16 clerk in writing to act in his stead in all matters affecting the jury commission. The
17 clerk of court or his designated deputy shall have the same powers, duties, and
18 responsibilities, and shall be governed by all applicable provisions of law pertaining
19 to jury commissioners. The clerks of court of East Feliciana Parish and West
20 Feliciana Parish shall perform the duties and responsibilities otherwise imposed upon
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1 him by law with respect to jury venires, shall coordinate the jury venire process, and
2 shall receive the compensation generally authorized for a jury commissioner.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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