HLS 20RS-315 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 60
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREEN
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the term of
office for district attorneys
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2Proposing to amend Article V, Section 26(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to
3 district attorneys; to provide for the term of office for district attorneys; to extend the
4 term of office for district attorneys; to provide for submission of the proposed
5 amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
6 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
7elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of
8Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to
9amend Article V, Section 26(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
10 §26. District Attorneys
11 Section 26.(A) Election; Qualifications; Assistants. In each judicial district
12 a district attorney shall be elected for a term of six ten years. He shall have been
13 admitted to the practice of law in the state for at least five years prior to his election
14 and shall have resided in the district for the two years preceding election. A district
15 attorney may select assistants as authorized by law, and other personnel.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
18to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 3,
192020.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-315 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 60
1 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election,
2there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
3to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
4follows:
5 Do you support an amendment to extend the term of office for district
6 attorneys to ten years? (Amends Article V, Section 26(A))
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 60 Original 2020 Regular Session Green
Abstract: Extends the term of office for district attorneys to 10 years.
Present constitution provides that a district attorney shall have been admitted to the practice
of law in the state for at least five years prior to his election and shall have resided in the
district for the two years preceding election.
Present constitution provides that district attorneys are elected for a term of six years.
Proposed constitutional amendment retains present constitution but changes the term of
office for district attorneys from six years to 10 years.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held Nov. 3, 2020.
(Amends Const. Art. V, §26(A))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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