SLS 21RS-971 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 228
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
JUDGES. Requests the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court to make recommendations for
the redistricting of election sections of the court.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To urge and request the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court of Louisiana to submit
3 recommendations for redistricting the election sections of the court based upon the
4 2020 decennial federal 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. 13:477(23) divides the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court into
9 two election sections for its judges; and
10 WHEREAS, in the exercise of its authority, the Senate seeks recommendations from
11 the court regarding redistricting the election sections 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 Twenty-Third Judicial District Court to submit
15 recommendations for redistricting the election sections of the court based upon the 2020
16 federal census to the Senate no later than sixty days after the P.L. 94-171 data of the 2020
17 decennial federal census 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-971 ORIGINAL
1 to the Chief Judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 228 Original 2021 Regular Session Cortez
Requests the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court to submit recommendations for
redistricting the election sections of the court based upon the 2020 federal census to the
Senate no later than 60 days after the P.L. 94-171 data of the 2020 decennial federal census
is reported to the state.
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