HLS 20RS-184 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 53
BY REPRESENTATIVES JEFFERSON AND MCFARLAND
JUDGES: Provides relative to the election of judges for the 2
nd
JDC
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:621.2 and to repeal Act No. 669 of the 1999 Regular Session
3 of the Legislature, relative to the election of judges for the Second Judicial District;
4 to eliminate the requirement that judges reside in a specific parish of the Second
5 Judicial District; to require judges of the Second Judicial District Court to be elected
6 at large from the Second Judicial District; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 13:621.2 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง621.2. Second judicial district
10 The Second Judicial District Court shall have three judges who shall be
11 elected at large from the Second Judicial District for six-year terms.
12 Section 2. Act No. 669 of the 1999 Regular Session of the Legislature is hereby
13repealed in its entirety.
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 53 Original 2020 Regular Session Jefferson
Abstract: Eliminates the requirement that the judges of the Second Judicial District Court
reside in specific parishes of the district.
Present law provides for three district court judges in the Second Judicial District Court to
be elected from the district at large for six-year terms.
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 20RS-184 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 53
Proposed law retains the present law provision for the election of judges from the district at
large for six-year terms, but eliminates the requirement that the judge who presides over
Division "A" be a resident of Claiborne Parish, that the judge who presides over Division
"B" be a resident of Jackson Parish, and that the judge who presides over Division "C" be
a resident of Bienville Parish.
(Amends R.S. 13:621.2; Repeals Act No. 669 of the 1999 R.S.)
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.