2013-0180
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to establish and define the St. Charles Parish Visible Precinct Boundaries.
Body
WHEREAS, being political subdivisions of the State of Louisiana both the St. Charles Parish Council and St. Charles Parish School Board are required by law to Re-district itself after each Decennial Census; and,
WHEREAS, in order to achieve new political districts for both political subdivisions new precincts were needed to achieve the new districts; and,
WHEREAS, according to past law Governing authorities were not able to merge precincts between January 1 of any year of which the last digit is nine and December 31 of any year of which the last digit is three; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana Legislature passed Senate Bill 99 and introduced by Senator Rick Gallot and Act 726 signed by Governor Bobby Jindal, June 11, 2012 which allows for merging of precincts within the state prior to December 31, 2013 when both the governing authority and the respective school board has both received pre-clearance from the United States Department of Justice; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council, desiring to minimize the cost and manpower needed to operate such unnecessary precincts, authorized the Parish President, Mr. V.J. St. Pierre to engage South Central Planning & Development Commission in order to perform professional services relative to merging various precincts within the Parish of St. Charles.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That in accordance with applicable law, the 2013 Visible Precinct boundaries are hereby established as set out in Exhibit "A".
SECTION II. That should any section, part or provision of this Ordinance be declared by any court to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION III. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith or incompatible with the provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION IV. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective upon "preclearance " from the United States Department of Justice, as required under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of __________, 2013, to become effective (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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