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ACT No. 596
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 89
BY REPRESENTATIVES BAGLEY, BAYHAM, BILLINGS, LARVADAIN,
MARCELLE, AND WYBLE
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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
8 read 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
20 or census of the parish governing authority, the maximum number of authorized
21 positions in each parish is established as follows:
22 PARISH
23 POPULATION RANGE NUMBER OF POSITIONS
24 (1)0 to 30,000 19,000 2
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1 (2)30,001 19,001 to 65,000 3
2 (3)65,001 to 100,000 4
3 (4)100,001 to 200,000 5
4 (5)200,001 to 300,000 7
5 (6)300,001 to 400,000 10
6 (7)400,001 to 475,000 13
7 (8)475,001 to 1,000,000 17
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9 D.
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11 (2) If a reduction in the number of positions in the office of a registrar of
12 voters is necessary because of a change in parish population pursuant to Subsection
13 C hereof, the number of positions shall be reduced by attrition.
14 E. Employee positions established in the office of a registrar of voters
15 pursuant to Subsections A and B hereof that exceed the number of positions
16 established in the office of a registrar of voters on the effective date of this Section
17 or that increase pursuant to a change in population in accordance with Subsection C
18 hereof shall not be filled until the parish governing authority has appropriated the
19 parish portion of the salary for each position and the legislature has appropriated to
20 the secretary of state the state portion of the salary for each such position.
21 Section 2. R.S. 18:59.2(C) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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