ACT No. 457
HOUSE BILL NO. 767 BY REPRESENTATIVE GIROD JACKSON
AN ACT
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:477(24) and 621.24, relative to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; to provide for election sections for
the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; to provide for the assignment of judgeships for election purposes; to provide for the election of
judges; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1. R.S. 13:477(24) and 621.24 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§477. Judicial districts
There shall be forty-two judicial districts in the state, and each district shall be composed as follows:
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(24) The parish of Jefferson shall compose the Twenty-Fourth District. The Twenty-Fourth District shall consist of three election
sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B. 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194A. 194B. 195, 196, 197A. 197B. 197C. 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212A, 212B. 213A. 213B. 213C. 214A. 214B. 215, 216A. 216B. 217, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A. 232B. 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 246, 247, 248, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G. 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G. 12-G, 13-G. 1-GI, 1-L, 1-W 4-W 5-W 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish. Election section two shall consist of Precincts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 138, 1-H, 2-H. 3-H. 4-H. 5-H, 6-H, 7-H. 8-H, 9-H, 1-K 2-K, 3-K 4-K 5-K 6-K. 7-K 8-K 9-K 10-K 11-K 12-K 13-KA 13-KB. 14-K 15-K, 16-K 17-K 18-K 19-K 20-K 25-K 27-K 28-K 29-K 30-K 34-K and 35-K of Jefferson Parish. Election section three shall consist of Precincts 104, 108, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B. 173, 179A. 179B. 180, 181, 187, 188, 200, 201, 21-K 22-K 23-K 24-K 26-K 31-K 33-K 2-W, and 3-W of Jefferson Parish.
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§621.24. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District
The Twenty-Fourth Judicial District shall have sixteen judges. Four judges, Divisions E, J. M. and 0. shall be elected from election section one: nine iudges, Divisions A, B, D. F. H, I, K L. and N. shall be elected from election section two: and three judges, Divisions C. G. and P. shall be elected from election section three.
Section 2.(A) The precincts referenced in this Act are those precincts identified as Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the State of Louisiana.
(B) When a precinct referenced in this Act has been subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 18:532.1, the enumeration in this Act of the general precinct designation shall include all nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be designated. The territorial limits of the election sections as provided in this Act shall continue in effect without change regardless of any changes made to the precincts by the parish governing authority.
Section 3. (A) Section 1 of this Act shall become effective solely for the purposes of qualifying and election of judges to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District at the regularly scheduled elections in 2014, upon signature of this Act 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. If this Act is vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, Section 1 of this Act shall become effective for such purposes on the day following such approval. The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall become effective for all other purposes on January 1, 2015.
(B) This Section and Section 2 of this Act shall become effective upon signature of this Act 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 by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If this Act is vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Section and Section 2 of this Act shall become effective on the day following such approval.
Approved by the Governor, June 1, 2012.
A true copy:
Tom Schedler
Secretary of State
G. Jackson (HB 767) Act No. 457
Existing law divides the state into judicial districts. Provides that the parish of Jefferson composes the 24th Judicial District. Provides further that the 24th Judicial District shall have 16 judges.
According to the terms of the consent decree in Clark v. Edwards, 86-435-A (M.D. La. 1992), the 24th Judicial District was divided into seven subdistricts. Divisions G and O were assigned to Subdistrict 1; Divisions A, D, F, and N were assigned to Subdistrict 2; Divisions K and L were assigned to Subdistrict 3; Divisions H and I were assigned to Subdistrict 4; Divisions C and P were assigned to Subdistrict 5; Divisions J and M were assigned to Subdistrict 6; and Divisions B and E were assigned to Subdistrict 7.
New law divides the 24th Judicial District into three election sections and provides for the geographic boundaries of the election sections.
New law provides that four judges, Divisions E, J, M, and O, shall be elected from election section one; nine judges, Divisions A, B, D, F, H, I, K, L, and N, shall be elected from election section two; and three judges, Divisions C, G, and P, shall be elected from election section three.
New law specifies that precincts referenced in election section descriptions are those precincts identified as Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the state of La. Also specifies that if any such precinct has been subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with existing law, the enumeration of the general precinct designation shall include all nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof. Further provides that the territorial limits of the election sections as enacted shall continue in effect without change regardless of any changes made to the precincts by the parish governing authority.
Effective in part upon signature of governor (June 1, 2012); effective in part on January 1,
2015.
(Amends R.S. 13:477(24) and 621.24)
ACT No. 474
SENATE BILL NO. 625
(Substitute of Senate Bill No. 609 by Senator Murray)
BY SENATOR MURRAY
AN ACT
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:477 (introductory paragraph), 691(A), 1306, 1307, 1311, 1312, 1381.2, and 1594, and RS. 44:181, to enact R.S. 13:1213.2, to repeal R.S. 13:474.1, 477(41), 621.41 through 621.46, 714.1, 714.2, 751.1 through 751.5, 841.3, 983, 996.62 through 996.64, R.S. 44:181.5 and 181.6, and Sections 6, 8, 9, 22, and 31 of Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature, and to provide for certain provisions of Section 19 of Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature as amended by Act No. 675 and Act No. 873 of the 2008 Regular Session of the Legislature and Act No. 340 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative to courts and judicial procedure; to provide relative to the civil and criminal district courts and juvenile court of the parish of Orleans; to repeal provisions relative to the consolidation of the civil and criminal district courts of Orleans Parish into the Forty-First Judicial District Court and their respective clerks; to repeal effective dates for repeals of provisions related to the civil and criminal district courts and the abolition of the juvenile court of Orleans Parish; to provide that certain provisions of law that would have otherwise been repealed shall remain in effect; to provide for the distribution of fees collected in the Civil District Court; to provide for the salaries of the civil and criminal district court judges and certain family and juvenile court judges; to provide exclusive jurisdiction to the magistrate and criminal district court judges and commissioners to set certain bonds and release certain defendants; to provide relative to terms of office and elections for Orleans Parish Juvenile Court judges; to direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to redesignate certain statutory provisions; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1.(A) Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature was enacted by the Louisiana Legislature to reorganize
and consolidate the structure of the judiciary in Orleans Parish. Many of the goals of the reorganization and consolidation have been accomplished, including the merger of the civil sheriff and the criminal sheriff into one office, and the merger of the functions of recorder of mortgages, register of conveyances, and the custodian of notarial records into the functions of the civil clerk's office. Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature contained an effective date of January 1, 2009, to provide additional time for other aspects of the consolidation to take place, including the merger of the Orleans Civil and Criminal District Court and the Orleans Juvenile Court into the Forty-First Judicial District Court, and the merger of the offices of the clerk of each of those courts into one clerk's office.
(B) Subsequent Acts of the legislature extended the effective date of certain aspects of the consolidation to December 31, 2014. Despite the efforts made to accomplish the consolidation and reorganization, the complexity of the issues involved prevented such a reorganization. Therefore, it is the intent of this legislature that the Forty-First Judicial District Court shall not come into existence and existing structures of the Orleans Parish judiciary system relative to the Civil District Court, Criminal District Court, and Juvenile Court prior to Act 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature and subsequent Acts of the legislature should remain in effect.
Section 2. R.S. 13:477(introductory paragraph), 691(A), 1306, 1307, 1311, 1312, 1381.2, and 1594 are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 13:1213.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
§477. Judicial districts
There shall be forty forty-one judicial districts in the state and each district shall be composed as follows:
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(B) (1) Sections 6, 8, 9, 22, and 31 of Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature as amended by Act No. 873 of the 2008 Regular Session of the Legislature are hereby repealed in their entirety.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature, Act No. 873 of the 2008 Regular
Session of the Legislature, and Act No. 340 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature, R.S. 13:1031 through 1147, 1211 through
1212.1, 1271 through 1312, 1335 through 1347, 1371 through 1372, 1377, 1381, and 1381.1 through 1400 shall not be repealed as provided for in Section 19 of Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature and subsequent Acts, but shall remain in effect, except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other Act of this 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature, or any subsequent Acts.
Section 5.(A) R.S. 13:1, 471, 474, 477, 691(A), 759, 842(A), and 846(A) as amended and reenacted by Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature shall not become effective on December 31, 2014.
(B) The provisions of R.S. 13:1, 471, 474, 759, 842(A), and 846(A) in effect on August 1, 2012, shall remain in effect until later amended or repealed.
Section 6. The Louisiana State Law Institute is hereby directed to redesignate R.S. 13:621.42.1 as R.S. 13:1141.
Section 7. The provisions of this Act shall supersede and control in the case of any conflict with Act 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature and any amendments made thereto by subsequent Acts.
Approved by the Governor, June 1, 2012.
A true copy:
Tom Schedler
Secretary of State