The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley Mitchell Carter.
DIGEST
SB 297 Original 2016 Regular Session Peterson
Present law provides that at least once a year, the clerk of court must conduct a general course of
instruction for commissioners, which must be open to the public.
Proposed law requires the clerk of court to create a uniform standardized course of instruction for
commissioners that will be used in each parish to train commissioners.
Proposed law requires every person who wants to serve as a commissioner to attend an annual
training course and receive a satisfactory score on the test to obtain a certificate which will allow
them to serve as a commissioner on Election Day.
Present law provides the clerk of court is not required to conduct the pre-election course of
instruction if at least 14 days before the election, he mails a notice to each commissioner informing
them that the training course will not be conducted. For purposes of compensation, the
commissioners are treated as though they completed the training course.
Proposed law requires the clerk of court to conduct the uniformed standardized training pre-election
course of instruction annually.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 18:431(A)(1)(a) and 431(B)(1) and (5); adds R.S. 18:431(A)(1)(d))