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ACT No. 138
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 55
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT JOHNSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4715.3(A) and (B), relative to facilities of certain judicial
3 districts; to provide relative to a justice center district in Avoyelles Parish, which is
4 authorized to levy taxes and finance, own, and maintain facilities for the Twelfth
5 Judicial District; to provide relative to governance of the district; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 33:4715.3(A) and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
12 follows:
13 ยง4715.3. Parish justice center district; certain parishes Avoyelles Parish Justice
14 Center District
15 A.(1) There is hereby created within any parish having a population of not
16 less than forty-one thousand five hundred people and not more than forty-five
17 thousand people as determined by the most recent federal decennial census
18 Avoyelles Parish a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the parish
19 justice center district Avoyelles Parish Justice Center District, hereafter in this
20 Section referred to as the "district". The district shall have boundaries coterminous
21 with the parish. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in
22 the Constitution of Louisiana.
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1 (2) The purposes of the district are to locate, build, operate, and maintain
2 courtroom facilities for the Twelfth Judicial District Court for the state of Louisiana
3 that judicial district that encompasses the district, hereafter in this Section referred
4 to as the "judicial district", including all matters relating to incurring debt and
5 financing such activities as approved by the voters, all as more specifically
6 prescribed by this Section. Such These courtroom facilities shall for the judicial
7 district may include offices for judges, clerks of court and support staff, jury rooms,
8 accommodations for the public, and other facilities deemed appropriate for
9 administration of justice by the governing authority of the district. The courtroom
10 facilities shall be located anywhere within the boundaries of the judicial district as
11 may be deemed appropriate by the board of commissioners of the Avoyelles Parish
12 Justice Center District.
13 B. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of
14 not less than three nor more than seven members appointed by and serving at the
15 pleasure of the elected judges of the judicial district.
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17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
18 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
19 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
20 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
21 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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