St. Charles Parish - File #: 2023-0218

• File #: 2023-0218
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Code, Chapter 8, Elections, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places, to merge voting precincts
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 8/14/2023
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 8/28/2023
• Final action: 8/28/2023
• Enactment #: 23-8-9
• Title: An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Elections, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places to merge voting precincts.
• Sponsors: Beth A. Billings, Holly Fonseca, La Sandra Darensbourg Gordon, Mary K. Clulee, Dick Gibbs, Nicky Dufrene, Marilyn B. Bellock, Bob Fisher, Julia Fisher-Cormier
• Indexes: Creating Wards, Precincts, Districts, etc., Election, South Central Planning and Dev. Commission
• Related files: 2023-0129, 2022-0347

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/29/2023	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
8/28/2023	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
8/28/2023	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
8/14/2023	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
8/14/2023	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced

2023-0218
INTRODUCED BY: ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Elections, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places to merge voting precincts.
Body
WHEREAS, as specified in Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:532 the Saint Charles Parish Council is required to establish precincts, define the territorial limits for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries, and designate the precinct; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council adopted Ordinance 23-6-6 merging several small and oddly shaped precincts as pre-approved by the Secretary of State's office; and,
WHEREAS, in implementing the precinct plan it was discovered that the merging of precincts 7-4, 7-5, and 7-6 cannot be implemented due to the boundary of Louisiana House of Representatives Districts 56 and 57; and,
WHEREAS, the Secretary of State's office has provisionally approved the merging of Precincts 1-5 and 7-6 which would create a lockout in Parish Council elections; therefore,
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. 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 II. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith or incompatible with the provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Elections, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places is hereby amended by striking the language defining Precincts 1-5, 7-4, and 7-4A and adding language for Precinct 7-5 by inserting verbiage as follows:
Precinct 1-5.
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