HLS 19RS-808 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 516
BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
JUDGES/DISTRICT: Provides relative to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:621.24, relative to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; to
3 provide for the organization of divisions within the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District;
4 to provide for the election of one judgeship in Division H; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:621.24 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง621.24. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District
9 A. The Twenty-Fourth Judicial District shall have sixteen judges. Four
10 judges, Divisions E, J, M, and O, shall be elected from election section one; nine
11 judges, Divisions A, B, D, F, H, I, K, L, and N, shall be elected from election section
12 two; and three judges, Divisions C, G, and P, shall be elected from election section
13 three.
14 B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, beginning
15 on January 1, 2020, the judgeship for Division H shall be elected from election
16 section 3.
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are additions. HLS 19RS-808 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 516
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 516 Original 2019 Regular Session Lyons
Abstract: Provides for the transfer of one judgeship from election section two of the
Twenty-Fourth Judicial District to election section three of the Twenty-Fourth
Judicial District.
Present law requires the 24
th
JDC to be comprised of three election sections. Election
section two contains the Division H judgeship.
Proposed law retains present law except it transfers the Division H judgeship from election
section two to election section three beginning on Jan. 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 13:621.24)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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