HLS 18RS-501 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 141
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEOPOLD
CORONERS: Provides relative to the qualifications for the office of coroner
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5704(B), relative to coroners; to provide relative to
3 qualifications of coroners; to provide for residency requirements; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:5704(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง5704. Qualifications
8 * * *
9 B. The coroner shall be a resident of the parish. However, a licensed
10 physician who is not a resident of the parish but who maintains a full-time medical
11 practice at a principal medical office facility in the parish may qualify for and hold
12 the office. Any non-resident coroner elected prior to August 1, 2018, shall be
13 eligible to run for re-election provided the terms of office are consecutive.
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 141 Original 2018 Regular Session Leopold
Abstract: Allows non-resident coroners elected prior to Aug. 1, 2018, to remain in office
if elected in consecutive elections.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 18RS-501 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 141
Present law requires the elected coroner to be a resident of the parish in which he is elected.
However, present law authorizes non-resident licensed physicians to run for office within
the parish if they maintain a full-time medical practice within the parish.
Proposed law deletes this present law exception for non-resident licensed physicians who
maintain a practice within the parish, and allows non-resident coroners elected prior to Aug.
1, 2018, to run for re-election provided the terms are consecutive.
(Amends R.S. 13:5704(B))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.