§ 45:1164.3 — Form of petition for election

Louisiana § 45:1164.3

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 45: Public Utilities and Carriers

Text

§1164.3. Form of petition for election
Any qualified elector desiring a referendum election shall sign a
petition addressed to the governing authority of the municipality or other
political subdivision in which he resides, or of which he is a customer, and in
substantially the following form:
TO: [Name of governing authority and name of municipality or other
political subdivision]
The undersigned qualified electors respectfully request that you call an
election to submit, in the manner provided by law, to the qualified electors of
[name of municipality or other political subdivision], . . . and other electors
who are customers of the public utility, wherever they may reside, the
following proposition:
Shall the Public Service Commission regulate [name of public utility]
owned by [name of political subdivision]?
Signature Address Date
Where signatures are made on more than one sheet, each sheet of the
petition shall reproduce above the signatures the same matter as is on the first
sheet. Each petitioner shall sign his name in his own handwriting and shall
write his address and the date on which he signed, otherwise his signature shall
be null and void. If an elector cannot sign his name because of age or physical
condition, he may have his name and address and the date written by another
and shall affix his ordinary "X" mark in the presence of two competent
electors, who shall sign their names as witnesses to the mark.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1975, No. 328, §2.