2017 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 116
BY SENATORS MORRISH AND PERRY AND REPRESENTATIVES DEVILLIER,
HENSGENS, MIGUEZ AND STEFANSKI
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana to study the
feasibility of dividing the Fifteenth Judicial District into three separate judicial
districts, one district to be comprised of Acadia Parish, one district to be comprised
of Vermilion Parish, and one district to be comprised of Lafayette Parish.
WHEREAS, there is a need to determine the feasibility of dividing the Fifteenth
Judicial District, currently comprised of Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes, into
three districts, one judicial district for each parish; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 13:61(B)(2) provides that before a bill is acted upon by the
legislature to split courts, the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana shall
provide information to the legislature as to council approval as to the necessity of splitting
the courts; and
WHEREAS, the Judicial Council has adopted determinate standards and guidelines
relating to the splitting of judicial districts which are applied by the council in determining
whether to approve the necessity of splitting a judicial district.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana to study the
feasibility of dividing the Fifteenth Judicial District into three separate districts, one judicial
district to be comprised of Acadia Parish, one district to be comprised of Vermilion Parish,
and one district comprised of Lafayette Parish, and to make its recommendation to the
legislature on or before January 12, 2018.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
judicial administrator of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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