2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 186
BY SENATOR SEABAUGH
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:1878(C), relative to the determination of a chief judge for city courts; to
3 provide relative to interruptions of continuous service for the determination of chief
4 judge; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:1878(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1878. Declaration of candidates for office; determination of chief judge
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9 C.(1) Continuous service is interrupted at the occurrence of any of the
10 following:
11 (a) The removal, or suspension without pay, of a judge by the Louisiana
12 Supreme Court or resignation of a judge.
13 (b) The nonreelection of a judge for a subsequent term of office.
14 (c) The taking of a leave of absence by a judge for thirty days or more
15 within any twelve-month period of time without the agreement of the other
16 judges. However, the taking of a leave of absence by a judge for medically
17 necessary reasons shall not interrupt continuous service.
18 (2) If continuous service is interrupted pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this
19 Subsection, it shall commence anew when a judge is reinstated, reelected, or
20 returns to work from a leave of absence of thirty days or more.
21 (3) Continuous service shall not be interrupted, but shall be suspended
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1 when a judge takes a leave of absence of less than thirty days or, if agreed to by
2 the other judges, thirty or more days. A judge shall not receive credit towards
3 his amount of continuous service for the number of days on leave of absence.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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