RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 187 (HB 50) 2024 Regular Session Butler
Existing law, applicable to municipalities rather than villages, requires that an elected police
chief be an elector of the municipality and requires a candidate for police chief to have been
domiciled in the municipality for the year preceding qualifying for the office.
Existing law requires an elected chief of police of a village to reside within the boundaries
of the parish in which the village is located.
New law provides an exception for the village of Pine Prairie. Requires that the chief of
police reside within the corporate boundaries of the village and requires a candidate to have
been domiciled in the village for the year preceding qualifying.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 33:385.1(B))


Statutes affected:
HB50 Original: 33:1(B)
HB50 Engrossed: 33:1(B)
HB50 Enrolled: 33:1(B)
HB50 Act : 33:1(B)