§ 18:581 — Definitions

§581. Definitions
As used in this Title:
(1) "Local governmental subdivision" means a parish or municipality.
(2) "Political subdivision" means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local
government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to perform
governmental functions.
(3) "Vacancy" occurs in an elective office when the office is or will be unoccupied
for any of the following reasons:
(a) Death of the official who was elected to the office.
(b) Retirement or resignation of the official who was elected to the office.
(c) Removal from office by any means.
(d) Failure to take office for any reason or when it becomes certain that the person
elected to the office will not take the office on the day when the term for which the person
was elected commences.
(e) The person elected to or holding the office no longer meets the residence or
domicile requirements of that office, any declaration of retention of domicile to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(f) An office is created due to a reclassification of a municipality.
(g) Failure of any candidate to qualify for the election to the office or the failure of
a sufficient number of candidates to qualify for the number of positions to be filled in the
office.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Acts 1984, No. 672, §1; Acts 2004, No. 526, §2, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2023, No. 91, §1, eff. June 6, 2023.