ACT No. 403
SENATE BILL NO. 65 BY SENATOR COX
AN ACT
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:477(14) and 621.14, relative to district courts; to provide for an additional judgeship in the Fourteenth Judicial District; to provide for the election and term of office; to provide for qualifications; to provide relative to compensation; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1. R.S. 13:477(14) and 621.14 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§477. Judicial district
There shall be forty judicial districts in the state, the parish of Orleans excepted, and each district shall be composed as follows:
(14) The parish of Calcasieu shall compose the Fourteenth District.
The Fourteenth District shall consist of three election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 30, 31, 31A, 100, 101, 102, 103S,104E, 104W, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112E, 112W, 113, 117E. 117W. 123N. 123S-A & 123S-B, 124A & 124B, and 125.
Election section two shall consist of Precincts 10E, 10W, 11, 12A & 12B, 13, 20, 21, 22, 32N, 32S-A & 32S-B, 33A, 34, 40, 41E, 41W, 42E, 42W, 50, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63E, 63W, 80, 81, 81A*, 111, 114A & 114B, 115, 116, 118E, 118W, 119NE, 119NW, 119SE, 119SW 120, 121, 122, 126A, 126C-A & 126C-B, 126E, 126W, 170, 171, 172,173, 190, 191, 200A & 200B, and 201.
Election section three shall consist of Precincts 33B, 33E, 33W-A & 33W-B, 35N-A & 35N-B, 35S, 43, 44N, 44S-A & 445-B, 45, 46, 70, 71, 72, 110, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155A & 155B, 156, 157, 158, 180, 181, 182, and 183.
§621.14. Fourteenth judicial district
The fourteenth judicial district court shall have eight nine judges.
Two judges, Divisions F and H, shall be elected from election section one; four judges, Divisions B, C, D, and G, shall be elected from election section two; two judges, Divisions A and E, shall be elected from election section three, and one judge, Division I, shall be elected from election sections one and three combined,
Section 2. For the purposes of qualification and election only, the judgeship created by this Act shall be designated as Division I of the court. The judge elected to the seat shall possess the same qualifications as provided by law for district judges, and shall receive the same compensation and expense allowances as provided for the judges of the fourteenth judicial district.
Section 3. The first judge of Division I shall be elected at the gubernatorial primary election to be held in 1999, and the term of office shall commence on January 1, 2000. Thereafter, the successors to the judgeship shall be elected, and shall serve in office as provided by law for the district judges of the fourteenth judicial district.
Approved by the Governor, June 18, 1999.
Published in the Official Journal of the State: July 13, 1999.
A true copy:
W. Fox McKeithen
Secretary of State