Louisiana § RS 33:1232 - Vice-president or president pro tempore to perform duties of president who does not attend
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§ RS 33:1232. Vice-president or president pro tempore to perform duties of president who does not attend
When the police jury has elected a vice-president pursuant to its authority under R.S. 33:1226, the vice-president shall have all the powers and perform all the duties required by law of the president whenever the president does not attend. If the police jury has not elected a vice-president under R.S. 33:1226, whenever the president does not attend, the police jury shall appoint a president pro tempore, from among themselves, who shall have all the powers and perform all the duties required by law of the president. If the police jury has elected a vice-president under the provisions of R.S. 33:1226, whenever the president and vice-president do not attend a duly called meeting of the police jury and there is a quorum of the police jury in attendance, the police jury shall appoint from among themselves, for that meeting only, a president pro tempore who shall have all the powers and perform all the duties required by law of the president.
Amended by Acts 1963, No. 53, §1; Acts 1982, No. 60, §1
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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