Louisiana § RS 43:171 - Selection of newspaper
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§ RS 43:171. Selection of newspaper
A.(1) Levee, drainage, subdrainage, road, subroad, navigation, and sewerage districts, or other political subdivisions of the state and parishes, shall have the proceedings of their board and such financial statements required by and furnished to the legislative auditor published in a newspaper. The newspaper shall be selected at their first meeting in June of each year for a term of one year.
(2) The newspaper:
(a) Shall have been published in an office physically located in the political subdivision for at least two years prior to its selection.
(b) Shall not have missed during that period as many as three consecutive issues unless caused by fire, flood, strike, or natural disaster.
(c) Shall have maintained a general paid circulation in the district or political subdivision for two consecutive years prior to the selection.
(d) Shall have been entered in a U.S. post office in the state of Louisiana under a periodical permit in the state for a period of two consecutive years prior to selection.
(3) If there is no newspaper published in the district or political subdivision, a newspaper published in the parish in which the board is domiciled for two consecutive years prior to selection shall be selected, provided that it meets the other qualifications contained in this Section.
B. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 464, §2.
C. If no newspaper is published in an office physically located in the district, political subdivision, or the parish of the domicile of the board which meets the requirements of this Chapter, a newspaper published in an office physically located in an adjoining parish may be selected, which has a general paid circulation within the limits of the district or political subdivision and which meets the requirements of a newspaper as defined in R.S. 43:140(3).
Acts 1986, No. 378, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 422, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1; Acts 2014, No. 197, §1, eff. May 22, 2014; Acts 2024, No. 464, §§1, 2.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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