2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 - Louisiana Election Code
RS 18:1906 - Tabulation for reapportionment; legislature


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§1906. Tabulation for reapportionment; legislature

In accordance with Article III, Section 6(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the tabulation of population for each decennial census on the basis of which the legislature shall reapportion the representation in each house shall be the tabulation of population reported and transmitted by the United States Bureau of the Census to the governor and the legislature within one year after the census date, under the provisions of Public Law 94-171. Such tabulation of population shall be the sole basis for the establishment of legislative districts, and no other or subsequent tabulation of population shall be considered or utilized in such reapportionment.

Acts 1990, No. 288, §1, eff. July 5, 1990.

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