2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages
RS 26:587 - Ordering of election; verification of registrar of voters; date of election
§587. Ordering of election; verification of registrar of voters; date of election
A. The governing authority with whom the true copy of the verification is filed by the registrar of voters shall attach to it a sworn statement showing the date, month, and year the verification was filed with the governing authority.
B. If the petition conforms to all the provisions of this Chapter, the governing authority shall order the election. The ordinance or resolution of the governing authority ordering the election shall be adopted at the next meeting held after the verification was filed with the governing authority by the registrar of voters.
C. The date fixed for the election shall be the next date on which such an election may be held, as provided for in R.S. 18:402(F), which falls more than forty-five days after the date verification was filed with the governing authority by the registrar of voters.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 145, §1; Acts 1987, No. 25, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1 (partially eff. Jan. 1, 1988); Acts 1990, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 696, §2.}}
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