St. Charles Parish - File #: 2001-0055

• File #: 2001-0055
• Version: 3
• Name: Create a Reapportionment Committee for St. Charles Parish
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 3/19/2001
• In control: Parish Council
• Final action: 3/19/2001
• Enactment date: 3/19/2001
• Enactment #: 4891
• Title: A resolution to create a Reapportionment Committee for St. Charles Parish.
• Sponsors: Barry Minnich
• Indexes: Creating Wards, Precincts, Districts, etc., zz-Reapportionment Cmte
• Related files: 2001-0172, 2001-0102, 2001-0099, 2001-0062, 2001-0101, 2001-0100

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/30/2001	3	Parish Council	Correspondence Received
3/20/2001	3	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
3/19/2001	2	Council Member(s)	Introduced
3/19/2001	2	Parish Council	Amended	Pass
3/19/2001	3	Parish Council	Approved as Amended	Pass
2/19/2001	1	Parish Council	Rmv'd from Consid.	Pass
2/19/2001	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced

2001-0055

INTRODUCED BY:      BARRY MINNICH

                  COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VII

RESOLUTION NO.                  

Title

A resolution to create a Reapportionment Committee for St. Charles Parish.

Body

WHEREAS,      the St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter, Article III, Section A.3. requires that "… the Parish Council shall reapportion itself by December 31, 1982 and by December 31^st every ten years thereafter …"; and,

WHEREAS,      the 2000 Decennial Census has been completed by the United States Census Bureau and its results, are the basis for reapportionment; and,

WHEREAS,      Louisiana is one of nine states and certain other counties and townships that are required, under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to submit all election changes to the United States Department of Justice for preclearance; and,

WHEREAS,      in order to thoroughly review and analyze the 2000 Census Results and to prepare a Reapportionment Plan, in accordance with all applicable State and Federal laws, it is the desire of the Parish Council to create a Reapportionment Committee; and,

WHEREAS,      the Parish Council and the Parish School Board have traditionally adopted identical reapportionment plans which have proven to be the most efficient and effective means of holding elections in St. Charles Parish; and,

WHEREAS,      it is the desire of the Parish Council and the School Board to work together on the 2000 Reapportionment Plan to maintain concurrent boundaries; and,

WHEREAS,      Louisiana Revised Statute 13:2614.A. mandates that the Justice of the Peace and Constables shall be elected from the same Districts as the Members of the Parish Council.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby establish a Reapportionment Committee.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said Committee shall be composed of the following:

• four (4) members of the Parish Council appointed by the Council Chairman with a majority vote of the Parish Council
• three (3) members of the School Board to be designated as the Board desires
• one (1) member of the St. Charles Parish Justice of the Peace and Constables Association, to be designated by the Association.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Parish Council hereby request the assistance of the Parish Registrar of Voters and Clerk of Court in providing election data to aid in this process.

Vote

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

And the resolution was declared adopted this          day of                        , 2001, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.

Create Reapportionment Committee for SCP - 2001

CHAIRMAN :                                                                                   

SECRETARY:                                                                                 

DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:                                                             

APPROVED :                       DISAPPROVED :                                

PARISH PRESIDENT:                                                                     

RETD/SECRETARY:                                                                       

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