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SENATE BILL NO. 83
BY SENATOR PERRY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:385.1(A), relative to the town of Gueydan; to provide relative
3 to qualifications of an elected chief of police; and to provide for related matters.
4 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 33:385.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง385.1. Qualifications of elected chief of police
8 A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, an elected chief of police of
9 a municipality shall be an elector of the municipality. At the time of qualification as
10 a candidate for the office of chief of police, he shall have been domiciled for at least
11 the immediately preceding year in the municipality except that a person who resides
12 outside of the corporate limits of the village of Maurice may be elected chief of
13 police. Additionally, a person who resides outside of the corporate limits of the town
14 of Gueydan, but within the territorial limits of Ward Three Eight of Vermilion
15 Parish, may be elected chief of police of the town. The provisions of this Section
16 shall not apply to the village of Napoleonville.
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18 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
19 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
20 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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