SLS 21RS-964 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 221
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
JUDGES. Requests the City Court of Shreveport to make recommendations for the
redistricting of election sections of the court.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To urge and request the City Court of Shreveport to submit recommendations for
3 redistricting the election districts of the court based upon the 2020 decennial federal
4 census.
5 WHEREAS, following the release of the 2020 federal decennial census redistricting
6 data, the legislature may redistrict the election districts established by law for courts in this
7 state; and
8 WHEREAS, R.S. 13:1952(21)(b) divides the City Court of Shreveport into election
9 districts for its judges; and
10 WHEREAS, in the exercise of its authority, the Senate seeks recommendations from
11 the court regarding redistricting the election districts of the court based upon the 2020
12 decennial federal census.
13 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
14 does hereby urge and request the City Court of Shreveport to submit recommendations for
15 redistricting the election districts of the court based upon the 2020 federal decennial census
16 to the Senate no later than sixty days after P.L. 94-171 data from the 2020 decennial federal
17 census for Louisiana is reported to the state.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted
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SLS 21RS-964 ORIGINAL
1 to the Chief Judge of the City Court of Shreveport.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 221 Original 2021 Regular Session Cortez
Requests the City Court of Shreveport to submit recommendations for redistricting the
election districts of the court based upon the 2020 federal decennial census to the Senate no
later than 60 days after P.L. 94-171 data from the 2020 decennial federal census for
Louisiana is reported to the state.
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