§ 18:1945 — Submission of redistricting plans to the secretary of state; required format

§1945. Submission of redistricting plans to the secretary of state; required format
A. If a local governing body utilizes a geographic information system to develop its
redistricting plan, the local governing body shall submit an electronic shapefile which
reflects its redistricting plan to the secretary of state within ten business days of its adoption
of the redistricting plan.
B. If a local governing body is unable to submit an electronic shapefile, the local
governing body shall submit an ASCII, comma delimited block equivalency import file
which indicates the census block assignments in accordance with its redistricting plan to the
secretary of state within ten business days of its adoption of the redistricting plan.
C. No redistricting plan of a local governing body shall be implemented unless the
information required in Subsection A or B of this Section is received by the secretary of state
prior to 4:30 p.m. four weeks prior to the date the qualifying period opens. However,
technical corrections to a timely submitted redistricting plan of a local governing body may
be submitted no later than ten days prior to the date the qualifying period opens.
D. For the purposes of this Section, "local governing body" shall include each parish
governing authority, municipal governing authority, and school board.

Legislative History

Acts 2016, No. 623, §1; Acts 2020, No. 28, §1, eff. June 4, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 688, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.