HB 36

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 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 780
 HOUSE BILL NO. 36
 BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1109.1(A)(1) through (8) and to enact R.S. 15:1109.1(C) and
31109.5(D) and (E), relative to the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District; to
4provide for appointment to the board of commissioners; to provide for the power to
5levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds; to provide for vacancies; to provide for an
6effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11Section 1. R.S. 15:1109.1(A)(1) through (8) are hereby amended and reenacted and
12 R.S. 15:1109.1(C) and 1109.5(D) and (E) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
13§1109.1. Board of commissioners; appointments; terms
14A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District Commission is hereby
15created to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district. The commission
16shall be composed of a board of eleven commissioners who shall be appointed as
17follows:
18(1) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
19residing within Acadia Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
20district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District, and the sheriff of Acadia Parish,
21and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than fifty seven
22thousand five hundred and less than fifty eight thousand persons according to the
23most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.
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1(2) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
2residing in Allen Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district
3attorney for the Thirty-Third Judicial District, and the sheriff of Allen Parish, and the
4police jury president of a parish having a population of more than twenty two
5thousand five hundred and less than twenty three thousand persons according to the
6most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.
7(3) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
8residing within Evangeline Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
9district attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District, and the sheriff of Evangeline
10Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than
11thirty two thousand three hundred and less than thirty three thousand persons
12according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four
13years.
14(4) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
15residing within Iberia Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district
16attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District, and the sheriff of Iberia Parish, and the
17president of a parish having a population of more than sixty nine thousand and less
18than seventy thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census,
19for an initial term of four years.
20(5) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
21residing in Jefferson Davis Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
22district attorney for the Thirty-First Judicial District, and the sheriff of Jefferson
23Davis Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more
24than thirty two thousand two hundred and less than thirty two thousand three
25hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial
26term of four years.
27(6) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
28residing in St. Landry Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
29district attorney for the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, and the sheriff of St.
30Landry Parish, and the president of a parish having a population of more than eighty
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1two thousand and less than eighty three thousand persons according to the most
2recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.
3(7) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
4residing within St. Martin Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
5district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District, and the sheriff of St. Martin
6Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than
7fifty one thousand five hundred and less than fifty two thousand persons according
8to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.
9(8) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
10residing in St. Mary Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district
11attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District, and the sheriff of St. Mary Parish, and the
12police jury president of a parish having a population of more than forty nine
13thousand and less than fifty thousand persons according to the most recent federal
14decennial census, for an initial term of four years.
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16C. Failure of appointed members to attend two consecutive meetings shall
17be cause for termination from the commission and the position shall be deemed
18vacant by notifying the appropriate appointing party. The appointing authority shall
19have ninety days to fill the vacancy.
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21§1109.5. Power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds
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23D. The board shall provide written notice, at least thirty days prior to the date
24of any meeting, at which the board may consider and take action on a matter set forth
25in this Section, and such written notice shall be provided to the governing authority
26of each of the parishes that comprise the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.
27E. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 15:1109.3(C), any action or
28resolution authorizing the levy of a tax pursuant to this Section shall be required to
29be approved by every member of the board and shall be subsequently approved, by
30written resolution or other authorized form, by the governing authority of each of the
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1parishes that comprise the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District, prior to any
2such measure being placed on the ballot.
3Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
4 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
5 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
6 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
7 effective on the day following such approval.
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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