This bill enacts a new Part VI of Chapter 36 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, specifically addressing the qualifications, duties, and financial management of the coroner's office in St. Tammany Parish. It establishes specific qualifications for candidates wishing to serve as coroner, including citizenship, age, moral character, and a clean criminal record. Additionally, it mandates that candidates must certify their qualifications and submit a criminal history record to the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court. The bill also outlines the coroner's responsibilities, including maintaining records of time and expenditures, and allows the parish council to remove the coroner if they fail to meet the established qualifications.

Furthermore, the bill details the financial aspects of the coroner's office, stipulating that all tax revenues from an ad valorem tax for coroner purposes must be collected and transferred to the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish. It specifies that these funds are to be used solely for the purposes outlined in the tax proposition approved by voters in 2004, and it limits the parish's financial obligations to the coroner's office to those funds. The bill also prohibits the coroner's office from owning immovable property and requires a cooperative endeavor agreement between the governing authority and the coroner's office to ensure compliance with tax revenue usage and procurement laws. Additionally, the bill repeals R.S. 13:5726.

Statutes affected:
SB452 Original:
SB452 Engrossed:
SB452 Reengrossed:
SB452 Enrolled:
SB452 Act 526: