2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 — Louisiana election code
RS 18:1300.13 — Declaration of vacancy
§1300.13. Declaration of vacancy
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 receipt by the secretary of state of certified returns from all of the parish boards of election supervisors within the jurisdiction, and the office shall be filled as in the case of ordinary vacancies and according to the constitution and laws of the state. 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.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 229, §2, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
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