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LA HB177

Bill

Status

Passed

6/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Chad Brown

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes six justice of the peace districts in Iberville Parish by assigning specific voting precincts to each district court

  • Justices of the peace and constables elected in the 2026 regularly scheduled election and thereafter will be elected from these newly defined districts

  • Precinct boundaries are based on the "2025 Precinct Shapefiles (01-16-2025)" file from the Louisiana Legislature's website, derived from 2020 Census data

  • District territorial limits remain fixed regardless of any future precinct changes made by parish governing authorities

  • Effective for the 2026 primary election upon governor's signature; effective for all other purposes on January 1, 2027

Legislative Description

Provides for the territorial jurisdiction and election districts of the justice of the peace courts and constables in Iberville Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

JUDGES/JUSTICE OF PEACE

Last Action

Effective date: See Act.

6/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Governmental Affairs5/19/2025
House and Governmental Affairs3/31/2025

Full Bill Text

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