§ 18:59.2 — Number of employee positions established; increase; decrease

Louisiana § 18:59.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§59.2. Number of employee positions established; increase; decrease
A.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the number of authorized
positions for state employees in the office of a registrar of voters, including the position of
registrar of voters, shall be based on parish population figures as shown by the latest federal
census, the parish population estimates published pursuant to the United States Bureau of the
Census Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates, or as determined by the
governing authority of each parish in accordance with law.
(2) Based on the parish population range, the maximum number of authorized
positions in each parish is established as follows:
PARISH
POPULATION RANGE NUMBER OF POSITIONS
(1) 0 to 19,000 2
(2) 19,001 to 65,000 3
(3) 65,001 to 100,000 4
(4) 100,001 to 200,000 5
(5) 200,001 to 300,000 7
(6) 300,001 to 400,000 10
(7) 400,001 to 475,000 13
(8) 475,001 to 1,000,000 17
B.(1) In addition to the number of authorized positions established in the office of
a registrar of voters as provided in Subsection A of this Section, two state employee positions
are established for each permanent branch office in existence in each parish on the effective
date of this Section or thereafter established, except that three state employee positions are
established for the permanent branch office located in city hall of Orleans Parish.
(2) In addition to the number of authorized positions established in the office of a
registrar of voters as provided in Subsection A of this Section and Paragraph (1) of this
Subsection, one state employee position is established in the office of the registrar of voters
in St. Landry Parish, subject to annual appropriations of the legislature.
C. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 596, §2.
D.(1) If a reduction in the number of positions in the office of a registrar is necessary
because the number of positions established in the office of a registrar of voters on the
effective date of this Section is greater than the number of positions established in
Subsections A and B of this Section, the number of such positions shall be reduced by
attrition at a rate not to exceed one position per calendar year.
(2) If a reduction in the number of positions in the office of a registrar of voters is
necessary because of a change in parish population, the number of positions shall be reduced
by attrition.
E. Employee positions established in the office of a registrar of voters pursuant to
Subsections A and B of this Section that exceed the number of positions established in the
office of a registrar of voters on the effective date of this Section or that increase pursuant
to a change in population shall not be filled until the parish governing authority has
appropriated the parish portion of the salary for each position and the legislature has
appropriated to the secretary of state the state portion of the salary for each such position.
F. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
NOTE: See Acts 2010, No. 765, §2, in re additional employeee position in
St. Landry.

Legislative History

Acts 1983, No. 154, §1; Acts 1989, No. 574, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 277, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 526, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2010, No. 765, §1; Acts 2024, No. 596, §§1, 2.