ENROLLED
ACT No. 81
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 576
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRAUD
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:2582(G) and 2622, relative to justices of the peace; to provide relative to
3 qualifications; to provide relative to elections and designations of justices of the
4 peace; to provide for the territorial jurisdiction of certain justice of the peace courts
5 in Plaquemines Parish; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:2582(G) and 2622 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §2582. Justices of the peace; qualifications; election; term of office; nullity; persons
9 ineligible
10 * * *
11 G. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, in
12 Plaquemines Parish, the justice of the peace in ward three may be a resident of ward
13 three or ward four and the respective district.
14 * * *
15 §2622. Territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts of Plaquemines
16 Parish
17 A. The territorial jurisdiction of the several justice of the peace courts within
18 the parish of Plaquemines, as they exist on the effective date of this Section, shall
19 continue in effect until changed in accordance with the law.
20 B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the justice of the peace in
21 ward three shall serve as the justice of the peace in ward three and ward four. The
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1 territorial limits of the justice of the peace in ward three shall include the territorial
2 limits of ward four.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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