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Part VII. Filling of Vacancies
Subpart C. Local and Municipal Offices
18:602 Vacancies in certain local and municipal offices; exceptions
B. When a vacancy occurs in the membership of a city or parish school board, the remaining members of the board shall within twenty days declare that the vacancy has occurred and proceed to appoint a person who meets the qualifications of the office to fill the vacancy. However, if the deadline for making the appointment falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or other legal holiday, then the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday shall be deemed to be the final day for making such appointment. For the purposes of this Subsection, in addition to the definition of “vacancy” provided in R.S. 18:581, a “vacancy” in a city or parish school board office shall be deemed to have occurred when, in the case of a city school board, a member’s residence no longer lies within the jurisdiction of the board or when, in the case of a parish school board, a member changes his domicile from the district he represents or, if elected after reapportionment, is domiciled outside the district he represents at the time he is sworn into office, any declaration of retention of domicile to the contrary notwithstanding.
C. (1) When a vacancy occurs in any of the following offices, the duties of the office shall be assumed by the person hereinafter designated: (a) district attorney, by the first assistant; (b) clerk of a district court, by the chief deputy; (c) coroner, by the chief deputy; (d) sheriff, by the chief criminal deputy, except that in a parish that has both a civil sheriff and a criminal sheriff, the civil sheriff by the chief civil deputy, and the criminal sheriff, by the chief criminal deputy, respectively; and (e) tax assessor, by the chief deputy assessor.
E. (1)(a) If the unexpired term of an office covered by Subsection A of this Section is eighteen months or less, the person appointed to fill the vacancy or designated to assume the duties of the office shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Acts 1976, No. 697, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 545, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1978, No. 38, § 1, eff. May 31, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 229, § 1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 503, § 1; Acts 1980, No. 314, § 1; Acts 1980, No. 792, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 76, § 1, eff. June 26, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 839, § 1; Acts 1985, No. 754, § 1; Acts 1986, No. 669, § 1; Acts 1990, No. 892, § 1; Acts 1992, No. 393, § 1, eff. June 19, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 418, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 300, § 1, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1420, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2004, No. 526, § 2, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 431, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 622, § 4; Acts 2012, No. 138, § 1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 296, § 1; Acts 2014, No. 202, § 1, eff. May 22, 2014.