HLS 19RS-622 ENGROSSED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 173
BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
JUDGES/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Provides relative to the appointment of a justice of the
peace ad hoc
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2592(A), relative to justices of the peace; to provide relative
3 to appointing a justice of the peace ad hoc; to provide for compensation of a justice
4 of the peace ad hoc; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:2592(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2592. Justice of the peace ad hoc; appointment; qualifications
8 A. A justice of the peace may appoint a person residing within the territorial
9 boundaries of the court who meets the qualifications required by law for the office
10 of justice of the peace or a justice of the peace currently elected within the same
11 parish as a justice of the peace ad hoc to serve for a maximum of thirty days in each
12 year. The justice of the peace must notify the office of the attorney general within
13 seventy-two hours of the appointment and provide the name, address, and telephone
14 number of the ad hoc justice of the peace. The justice of the peace ad hoc shall meet
15 the qualifications required by law for the office of justice of the peace. He shall may
16 be paid the same compensation from the same sources as is paid to the justice of the
17 peace while he serves, and he shall during that time have the powers and duties of
18 a regular justice of the peace.
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HB NO. 173
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 173 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Stagni
Abstract: Provides for the appointment and compensation of a justice of the peace ad hoc.
Present law allows for anyone who meets the legal requirements of a justice of the peace to
be appointed as a justice of the peace ad hoc. Additionally, requires a justice of the peace
ad hoc to be paid the same compensation as the presiding justice of the peace.
Proposed law allows a justice of the peace currently elected from the same parish as the
presiding justice of the peace to be appointed as an ad hoc. Authorizes but does not require
an ad hoc justice of the peace to be compensated.
(Amends R.S. 13:2592(A))
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