ACT No. 21
House Bill No. 572. By: Messrs. Bolin, Accardo, Dischler and Miller and Senator Casey.
AN ACT
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:477(29), R.S. 13:621.1, R.S. 13:621.15, R.S. 13:621.18, R.S. 13:621.23, R.S. 13:621.27, R.S. 13:621.29, R.S. 16:51(29), R.S. 16:641, R.S. 16:642, R.S. 16:643; to enact R.S. 13:477(40), R.S. 13:621.40, R.S. 16:51(41), Part XXXVI of Chapter 2 of Title 16 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 16:911 and R.S. 16:912; and to repeal R.S. 16:642.1; relative to the creation of certain additional district court judgeships and the dividing of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District into two judicial districts; to provide for the offices of judges, district attorneys, and assistant district attorneys in the two judicial districts; to provide for the election and the proposition to divide the judicial district; to provide for the election of a district attorney in the new judicial district; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
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Section 6(a). R.S. 13:477(29) is hereby amended and reenacted, and R.S. 13:477(40) is hereby enacted, all to read as follows:
§477. Judicial districts
There shall be forty judicial districts in the state, the parish of Orleans excepted, and each district shall be composed as follows:
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(29) The parish of St. Charles shall compose the Twenty-Ninth District.
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(40) The parish of St. John the Baptist shall compose the Fortieth District.
(b). R.S. 13:621.29 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§621.29. Twenty-Ninth Judicial District
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(i). The governor shall call a special election, to be held on the third Saturday in January of 1983, as provided in R.S. 18:402(F)(5), to submit to a vote of the voters of the existing twenty-ninth judicial district, being the parishes of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist, for their approval or disapproval as provided in Section 15 of Article V of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the following proposition in substantially the following form:
FOR the proposition that the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District be divided, effective January 1, 1985, by the establishment of the Fortieth Judicial District composed of St. John the Baptist Parish, and continuing the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District composed of St. Charles Parish as provided by Act No. of the 1982 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
and also:
AGAINST the proposition that the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District be divided, effective January 1, 1985, by the establishment of the Fortieth Judicial District composed of St. John the Baptist Parish, and continuing the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District composed of St. Charles Parish as provided by Act No. of the 1982 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
The secretary of state shall fill in the number of this Act in the propositions.
The special election provided for in this Section shall be conducted in accordance with law.
(j). If the proposition submitted to the electors as provided for in Subsection (i) of this Section is approved by the electors then:
(1) On and after January 1, 1985, the twenty-ninth and fortieth judicial districts shall be composed as is provided in Subsection (a) of this Section.
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(m). The provisions of Subsections (i), (), (k), (1), (m) and (n) of this Section shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed or vetoed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution. The provisions of Subsection (h) of this Section shall become effective on July 1, 1984, and the provisions of Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (n) of this Section shall become effective on January 1, 1985, if the proposition submitted to the electors as provided in Subsection (i) of this Section is approved by the electors. If the proposition is not approved by the electors, all the provisions of this Section shall expire and be null, void, and of no effect.
(n). R.S. 16:642.1 is hereby specifically repealed and all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed in their entirety.
Section 7. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Section 8. If any provision or item of this Act or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items, or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Act are hereby declared severable.
Section 9. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved by the Governor: July 9, 1982.
Published in the Official Journal of the State: July 20, 1982.
A true copy:
JAMES H. "Jim" BROWN
Secretary of State.
