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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 89
BY REPRESENTATIVES BAGLEY, BAYHAM, BILLINGS, LARVADAIN,
MARCELLE, AND WYBLE
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Provides relative to the number of employees in the registrar
of voters office in certain parishes
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 18:59.2(A), (D)(2), and (E) and to repeal R.S. 18:59.2(C),
3 relative to employees in the office of a registrar of voters; to provide for the
4 maximum number of authorized positions in certain parishes; to provide for the
5 source of parish population figures; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 18:59.2(A), (D)(2), and (E) are hereby amended and reenacted to
8read as follows:
9 ยง59.2. Number of employee positions established; increase; decrease
10 A.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the number of authorized
11 positions for state employees in the office of a registrar of voters, including the
12 position of registrar of voters, shall be based on parish population figures as shown
13 by the latest federal census, the Louisiana Tech University population estimates for
14 Louisiana parishes parish population estimates published pursuant to the United
15 States Bureau of the Census Federal State Cooperative Program for Population
16 Estimates, or as determined by the governing authority of each parish in accordance
17 with law.
18 (2) Based on the parish population range as shown by the latest federal
19 census, the Louisiana Tech University population estimates for Louisiana parishes
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1 or census of the parish governing authority, the maximum number of authorized
2 positions in each parish is established as follows:
3 PARISH
4 POPULATION RANGE NUMBER OF POSITIONS
5 (1)0 to 30,000 20,000 2
6 (2)30,001 20,001 to 65,000 3
7 (3)65,001 to 100,000 4
8 (4)100,001 to 200,000 5
9 (5)200,001 to 300,000 7
10 (6)300,001 to 400,000 10
11 (7)400,001 to 475,000 13
12 (8)475,001 to 1,000,000 17
13 * * *
14 D.
15 * * *
16 (2) If a reduction in the number of positions in the office of a registrar of
17 voters is necessary because of a change in parish population pursuant to Subsection
18 C hereof, the number of positions shall be reduced by attrition.
19 E. Employee positions established in the office of a registrar of voters
20 pursuant to Subsections A and B hereof that exceed the number of positions
21 established in the office of a registrar of voters on the effective date of this Section
22 or that increase pursuant to a change in population in accordance with Subsection C
23 hereof shall not be filled until the parish governing authority has appropriated the
24 parish portion of the salary for each position and the legislature has appropriated to
25 the secretary of state the state portion of the salary for each such position.
26 Section 2. R.S. 18:59.2(C) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 89 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Bagley
Abstract: Authorizes parishes with a population range of 20,001 to 65,000 to have three
authorized positions in the office of registrar of voters.
Present law provides that the number of authorized positions for state employees in the
office of a registrar of voters, including the position of registrar of voters, shall be based on
parish population figures. Provides that parishes with a population range of zero to 30,000
shall have two authorized positions and parishes with a population range of 30,001 to 65,000
shall have three positions.
Proposed law instead provides that parishes with a population range of zero to 20,000 shall
have two positions. Parishes with a population range of 20,001 to 65,000 shall have three
positions.
Present law provides that parish figures may be based on those shown by the latest federal
decennial census, the La. Tech University population estimates for La. parishes, or as
determined by the governing authority of each parish in accordance with law.
Proposed law provides that parish figures may be based on parish population estimates
published pursuant to the U.S. Bureau of the Census Federal State Cooperative Program for
Population Estimates, rather than the La. Tech University population estimates for La.
parishes.
(Amends R.S. 18:59.2(A), (D)(2), and (E); Repeals R.S. 18:59.2(C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to the
engrossed bill:
1. Change the population range from 0 to 30,000 to 0 to 20,000 for a parish where
the maximum number of authorized positions is two.
2. Change the population range from 30,001 to 65,000 to 20,001 to 65,000 for a
parish where the maximum number of authorized positions is three.
3. Make technical changes.
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