PART V. POLICE JURY
§1221. Election of police juries; additional members
A. Except as hereinafter provided in Subsection B of this Section, every parish governing authority in Louisiana organized under the police jury system of government, shall by ordinance, establish the size of their bodies provided that no police jury shall have less than five members nor more than fifteen members, or the number of members authorized for that jury on or before May 13, 1974 whichever is greater; provided, that parishes with a population of ten thousand persons or less may establish the size of the body at not less than three members. Police jurors shall be elected at the state general election and shall serve for terms of four years, except those police jurors elected in the state general election of 1979 shall take office on the first Monday in June, 1980 and shall serve until the second Monday in January 1984. The action of any police jury adding members within the limits specified above prior to the effective date of this Act is hereby ratified.
B. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the police jury of the parish of St. John the Baptist is authorized to increase the number of members of said body by ordinance from nine to ten members; provided, however, that each member serving on said police jury shall represent as nearly as possible an equal number of persons.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the police jury of the parish of Bossier is authorized to increase the number of members of said body by ordinance from eleven to twelve members; provided, however, that each member serving on said police jury shall represent as nearly as possible an equal number of persons.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 445, §1, emerg. eff. July 20, 1968, at 2:00 P.M.; Acts 1973, No. 130, §1; Acts 1974, No. 11, §1; Acts 1974, No. 421, §1; Acts 1974, No. 500, §1; Acts 1977, No. 117, §1; Acts 1979, No. 755, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.
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