SLS 23RS-143 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 16
BY SENATOR BERNARD
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ELECTION CODE. Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors. (8/1/23)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:423(J), relative to parish boards of election supervisors; to
3 provide for member compensation; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 18:423(J) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง423. Parish boards of election supervisors
7 * * *
8 J. Notwithstanding any provision of Subsection E of this Section to the
9 contrary, in a parish where the parish board of election supervisors tabulates and
10 counts absentee by mail and early voting ballots in accordance with R.S. 18:1313.1,
11 a member of the board may be compensated not more than eight nine days for a
12 presidential or regularly scheduled congressional primary or general election or
13 seven eight days for any other primary or general election.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 16
SLS 23RS-143 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Matt DeVille.
DIGEST
SB 16 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Bernard
Present law provides that in a parish where the parish board of election supervisors tabulates
and counts absentee by mail and early voting ballots in accordance with present law a
member of the board may be compensated not more than eight days for a presidential or
regularly scheduled congressional primary or general election or seven days for any other
primary or general election.
Proposed law increases the maximum compensation period in present law to not more than
nine days for a presidential or regularly scheduled congressional primary or general election
or eight days for any other primary or general election.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 18:423(J))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.