ENROLLED
ACT No. 68
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 173
BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
5 Be 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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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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