Louisiana § RS 3:3008 - Petition for elections; notice of election
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 3:3008 — Petition for elections; notice of election, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 3:3008. Petition for elections; notice of election
Upon the petition of twenty-five percent of the qualified electors in any ward of any parish of the state, the governing authority of the parish in which the ward is situated shall, within sixty days after the date on which the petition is filed, order and set the date for an election. The election shall be held not more than sixty days after the date on which it is ordered. Notice of the election shall be published in the official journal of the parish in which the ward is located at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. The first publication shall be not less than thirty days prior to the date of the election. All elections provided for in this Part shall be at the expense of the parish in which the ward calling the election is situated.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 258, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 3:3008 ("Petition for elections; notice of election") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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