2019 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 50
BY SENATOR FANNIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1(B)(1)(a) and (b), to provide relative to petition for
3 incorporation by unincorporated areas; to provide regarding the date of filing; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 33:1(B)(1)(a) and (b) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง1. Petition for incorporation; contents; circulation; required signatures
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10 B.(1)(a) Prior to entering any signatures, the chairperson shall file a copy of
11 the incorporation petition with the secretary of state who shall endorse thereon the
12 fact and date of filing. The copy of the incorporation petition shall be deemed filed
13 as of the date of endorsement by the secretary of state. The petition shall be
14 considered filed when it is received in the office of the secretary of state, or at
15 the time it is postmarked by the United States Postal Service or is receipted on
16 a return receipt request form, if it is subsequently received in the office of the
17 secretary of state. The secretary of state shall notify the chairperson of the
18 endorsement filing date within ten business days, by hand delivery or certified mail,
19 return receipt requested. No signatures for incorporation shall be collected until the
20 chairperson receives notice of the endorsement filing date.
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1 (b) The secretary of state shall immediately transmit, by mail or
2 electronically, a copy of the filed petition to the registrar of voters for each parish in
3 which the proposed incorporated area is situated. Within ten business days after the
4 date of the endorsement, receipt of the incorporation petition, the registrar of
5 voters for each parish in which the proposed incorporated area is situated shall
6 transmit to the chairperson and the secretary of state, by mail or electronically, a
7 notice of the number of electors residing within the area proposed for incorporation
8 as of the date the notice is sent to the chairperson and the secretary of state.
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10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
11 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
12 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
13 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
14 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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