2021 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 240
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Supreme Court of Louisiana to submit recommendations for
redistricting the election districts of the court based upon the 2020 federal decennial
census.
WHEREAS, R.S. 13:101.1(E) provides that the "legislature may redistrict the
supreme court following the year in which the population of this state is reported to the
president of the United States for each federal decennial census"; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 13:101 divides the state into seven supreme court districts with one
justice elected from each district; and
WHEREAS, in the exercise of its authority pursuant to R.S. 13:101.1(E), the Senate
seeks recommendations from the court regarding redistricting the election districts of the
court based upon the 2020 federal decennial census.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Supreme Court of Louisiana to submit recommendations
for redistricting the election districts of the court based upon the 2020 federal decennial
census to the Senate no later than December 31, 2021.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted
to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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