House Bill No. [insert number] enacts R.S. 18:586, which addresses vacancies in elected offices resulting from the retirement or resignation of officials. The new law prohibits any elected official who has retired or resigned from being appointed to succeed themselves in the same office. Additionally, it establishes that such officials are ineligible to run as candidates in elections called to fill the vacancy created by their departure.

The bill aims to ensure that the process of filling vacancies is fair and prevents former officials from immediately reclaiming their positions after retirement or resignation. The effective date of the Act will be upon the governor's signature or, if not signed, after the designated period for bills to become law without a signature, as outlined in the Louisiana Constitution.