HLS 20RS-104 ENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 62
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
JUDGES/DISTRICT: Provides relative to the election of judges in the 14th JDC
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:621.14, relative to district courts; to provide for the election
3 of judges in the Fourteenth Judicial District; to provide for the sections from which
4 the judges are elected; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:621.14 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง621.14. Fourteenth Judicial District
9 The Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall have nine judges. Two judges,
10 Divisions F and H, shall be elected from election section one; four judges, Divisions
11 B, C, D, and G, shall be elected from election section two; two judges, Divisions A
12 and E, shall be elected from election section three; and one judge, Division I, shall
13 be elected from election sections section one and three combined.
14 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2020.
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 62 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Changes the election section from which the Division I judge is elected in the
Fourteenth Judicial District.
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HB NO. 62
Present law provides that the Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall have nine judges.
Present law provides that two judges (Divisions F and H) shall be elected from election
section one, four judges (Divisions B, C, D, and G) shall be elected from election section
two, two judges (Divisions A and E) shall be elected from election section three, and one
judge (Division I) shall be elected from election sections one and three combined.
Proposed law retains present law except with regard to the election of the judge for Division
I. Proposed law provides that one judge (Division I) shall be elected from only election
section one instead of being elected from election sections one and three combined.
Effective July 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 13:621.14)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to the original
bill:
1. Add an effective date of July 1, 2020.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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