Louisiana § 17:71.3 Procedure for accomplishing reapportionment; special election districts; effective

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§ 17:71.3 — Procedure for accomplishing reapportionment; special election districts; effective

Louisiana § 17:71.3

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La. Stat. Ann. § 17:71.3 (2026).

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§71.3. Procedure for accomplishing reapportionment; special election districts; effective date of same

A.Each of the parish and city school boards shall use the latest federal decennial census as the basis upon which to accomplish reapportionment, provided however, that each of said school boards may authorize the taking of a special census to use as a basis for reapportionment. To this end, each of said school boards may employ qualified firms to take such special census, and may employ such other consultants, attorneys, etc. as it deems desirable in order to assist such board in such reapportionment.

B.Each of said boards, after determining the number of members of said board after reapportionment is to be effective, may create such school board election districts as it deems desirable

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§71.3. Procedure for accomplishing reapportionment; special election districts; effective
date of same
A. Each of the parish and city school boards shall use the latest federal decennial
census as the basis upon which to accomplish reapportionment, provided however, that each
of said school boards may authorize the taking of a special census to use as a basis for
reapportionment. To this end, each of said school boards may employ qualified firms to take
such special census, and may employ such other consultants, attorneys, etc. as it deems
desirable in order to assist such board in such reapportionment.
B. Each of said boards, after determining the number of members of said board after
reapportionment is to be effective, may create such school board election districts as it
deems desirable. These districts need not be coterminous with other districts that may be
created by any governing authority, but any such school board election districts created as
a result of this Subpart shall be compact and contiguous. The boundaries of such election
districts shall contain whole election precincts established by the parish governing authority
under R.S. 18:532 or 532.1. The board may provide that all or part of its members shall be
elected from such districts and may provide that one or more of its members may be elected
at large.
C. Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 285, §9, eff. July 14, 1980.
D. The school board election districts provided for herein shall be for the purpose
only of electing school board members and shall not be for the purpose of levying taxes or
issuing bonds. The creation of such election districts shall not affect existing tax or bonding
districts and same shall remain in full force and effect as otherwise provided by law.
E.(1) The boundaries of any election district for a new apportionment plan from
which members of a school board are elected shall contain whole precincts established by
the parish governing authority under R.S. 18:532 or 532.1.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 17:71.3(E)(1) or any other law to the
contrary, if a school board is unable to comply with applicable law regarding redistricting
and reapportionment, including adherence to traditional redistricting principles, in the
creation of its redistricting or reapportionment plan through the use of whole precincts, the
school board may, in the creation of its redistricting or reapportionment plan, divide a
precinct into portions which are bounded by visible features which are census tabulation
boundaries. No such precinct shall be divided into more than two school board districts. No
school board district shall contain more than three divided precincts. The division of any
precinct as a result of the boundary between different school systems crossing the precinct
shall not be counted towards the limitation on the number of divided precincts allowed in
each school board district.
(b) Any plan adopted by a school board in contravention of this Subsection shall be
null and void by operation of law, and no election shall be conducted using any ballot based
on such a null and void plan. The secretary of state shall promptly notify the school board
that the plan is null and void by operation of law. Any plan that is null and void under this
Subsection may be declared valid by a court of competent jurisdiction upon petition of the
school board. The fact that a plan is null and void by operation of law pursuant to this
Subsection or is declared null by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity
or legality of any actions taken by, ordinances or regulations adopted by, or contracts entered
into by the school board elected pursuant to the null plan.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 760, §2.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or any other
law to the contrary, whenever the reapportionment of a school board created by the
legislature after January 1, 1995, cannot be accomplished through the use of whole precincts
and the number of members of the school board is equal to the number of members of the
governing authority of a municipality having the same geographic boundaries as the school
board, the reapportionment plan of the municipal governing authority shall be the
reapportionment plan of the school board. Reapportionment as used in this Paragraph
includes the initial apportionment of the school board.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1968, No. 561, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 319, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:00 P.M.; Acts 1975, No. 432, §1; Acts 1982, No. 558, §1, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1992, No. 925, §1; Acts 1993, No. 286, §1, eff. June 2, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. May 7, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 87, §1, eff. May 10, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 760, §§1, 2; Acts 2003, No. 1020, §1; Acts 2010, No. 824, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2022, No. 303, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.