2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 - Louisiana Election Code
RS 18:1300.13 - Declaration of vacancy; prohibitions
§1300.13. Declaration of vacancy; prohibitions
A. When the majority is in favor of the recall, the public officer is, ipso facto, recalled and removed from office, and the office shall be vacated upon expiration of the time period for contesting the recall election set forth in R.S. 18:1405(H) if an action contesting the recall election is not commenced timely or when the final judgment becomes definitive if an action contesting the recall election is commenced timely, and the office shall be filled as in the case of ordinary vacancies and according to the constitution and laws of the state.
B.(1) A public officer who has been recalled and removed from office shall not be appointed to succeed himself in the office from which he was recalled and removed.
(2) A public officer who has been recalled and removed from office shall be ineligible as a candidate at an election called to fill the vacancy created by the recall of such public officer.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 229, §2, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2012, No. 138, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 690, §1.
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