St. Charles Parish - File #: 2022-0022

• File #: 2022-0022
• Version: 2
• Name: Establish and define the St. Charles Parish Visible Precinct Boundaries
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/18/2022
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 5/2/2022
• Final action: 5/2/2022
• Enactment #: 22-5-5 AMENDED
• Title: An ordinance to establish and define the St. Charles Parish Visible Precinct Boundaries.
• Sponsors: Bob Fisher
• Indexes: Census, Creating Wards, Precincts, Districts, etc., South Central Planning and Dev. Commission
• Related files: 2022-0326, 2013-0180, 2001-0463, 2011-0144

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/4/2022	2	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
5/2/2022	2	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
5/2/2022	2	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
4/18/2022	2	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
4/18/2022	2	Council Member(s)	Introduced
2/7/2022	1	Legislative Committee	Discussed.

2022-0022
INTRODUCED BY: BOB FISHER, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VI
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to establish and define the St. Charles Parish Visible Precinct Boundaries.
Body
WHEREAS, as specified in Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:71.1 the St. Charles Parish School Board is required to redraw the boundaries of the voting districts every ten (10) years in accordance with the decennial census; and,
WHEREAS, the Census was taken in 2020, and the population data was released by the Census Bureau in August of 2021; and,
WHEREAS, boundaries of any election district for a new apportionment plan from which members of a school board are elected shall contain whole precincts established by the parish governing authority; and,
WHEREAS, if a school board is unable to comply with applicable law regarding redistricting and reapportionment, including adherence to traditional redistricting principles, in the creation of its redistricting or reapportionment plan through the use of whole precincts, the school board may, in the creation of its redistricting or reapportionment plan, divide a precinct into portions which are bounded by visible features which are census tabulation boundaries. No such precinct shall be divided into more than two school board districts. No school board district shall contain more than three divided precincts; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish School Board has examined, reviewed, and considered various alternative alignments based upon the findings of the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; and,
WHEREAS, the plan selected by the St. Charles Parish School Board, entitled Alternative 1-A, requires the split of Precincts 3-2 and 5-3 in order to be compliant with state law; and,
WHEREAS, the splitting of Precincts 3-2 and 5-3 result in the creation of Precincts 3-4 and 5-6.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS that in accordance with applicable law, the 2022 Visible Precinct boundaries are hereby established as desc...