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Louisiana Statutes § 18:1300.13 Declaration of vacancy; prohibitions

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Statute Text

A. When the majority is in favor of the recall, the public officer is, ipso facto, recalled and removed from office, and the office shall be vacated upon expiration of the time period for contesting the recall election set forth in R.S. 18:1405 (H) if an action contesting the recall election is not commenced timely or when the final judgment becomes definitive if an action contesting the recall election is commenced timely, and the office shall be filled as in the case of ordinary vacancies and according to the constitution and laws of the state.
B.
(1) A public officer who has been recalled and removed from office shall not be appointed to succeed himself in the office from which he was recalled and removed.
(2)
(a) A public officer who has been recalled and removed from office shall be ineligible as a candidate at an election called to fill the vacancy created by the recall of such public officer.
(b) If the recalled public officer was removed from office as a member of the governing authority of a municipality governed by Part I of Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, he shall also be ineligible as a candidate at an election to fill a vacancy on the governing authority that is held prior to the next regularly scheduled election for members of the governing authority following the recall of the public officer.

Source

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 229, §2, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2012 , No. 138 , § 1 , eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2014 , No. 690 , § 1 ; Acts 2015 , No. 50 , § 1 .

History

Amended by Acts 2015 , No. 50 , s. 1 , eff. 8/1/2015 .

Amended by Acts 2014 , No. 690 , s. 1 , eff. 8/1/2014 .

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 229, §2, eff. 7/13/1979 ; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. 1/1/2000 ; Acts 2012 , No. 138 , § 1 , eff. 5/14/2012 .

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