ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 82
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEVILLIER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1292 and to enact R.S. 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(v), relative to bond,
3 debt, and tax elections; to require the publication of costs for such elections; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:1292 is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
7 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(v) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §1285. Notice of election
9 A.(1)(a)
10 * * *
11 (v) The notice shall also state the estimated cost of the election as
12 determined by the secretary of state based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of this
13 Title and actual costs of similar elections.
14 * * *
15 §1292. Canvass of returns
16 A. On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election,
17 the governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and
18 canvass the returns and declare the result of the election.
19 B.(1) The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of
20 general circulation in the political subdivision or, if there is none, in a newspaper of
21 general circulation in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in
22 the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.
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1 (2) The governing authority shall include in the publication in accordance
2 with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a statement of the actual cost of the election
3 as determined by the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
4 8-A of this Title.
5 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all bond, debt, and tax elections
6 called after September 23, 2019.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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