The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
SB 83 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Perry
Present law requires that the elected chief of police of a municipality be an elector of the
municipality and that at the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of chief of police, the
candidate has been domiciled for at least the immediately preceding year in the municipality.
Present law does not apply to the village of Napoleonville.
Present law provides for exceptions authorizing a person residing outside the corporate limits of the
village of Maurice to be elected chief of police of Maurice and by authorizing a person residing
outside the corporate limits of the town of Gueydan, but within Ward 3 of Vermilion Parish, to be
elected chief of police of the town.
Proposed law retains present law but changes the jurisdiction from which a person residing outside
the corporate limits of the town of Gueydan, from Ward 3 to Ward 8 of Vermilion Parish, to be
elected chief of police of the town.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:385.1(A))