§ La. R.S. 18:445(untitled)

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Parish executive committees; formation in parishes where no committee has been elected
A. Call for formation. (1) In a parish where a parish executive committee of a recognized political
party has not been elected, fifteen or more qualified voters who are registered in the parish as being affiliated
with the party may petition the chairman of the state central committee of the party to issue a call to the
qualified voters who are registered in the parish as being affiliated with the party for a public meeting to elect
a parish executive committee. Within thirty days after receipt of the petition, the chairman of the state
central committee shall fix a date for the meeting, appoint a temporary chairman and secretary to open the
meeting, and issue a call for the public meeting to elect a parish executive committee. The call shall be
published three times in the official parish journal or a newspaper of a general circulation in the parish, and
the first publication shall be at least twenty-one days before the day fixed for the meeting.
(2) If there is no chairman of the state central committee or if the chairman of the state central
committee fails to issue the call within thirty days after receipt of the petition, the signers of the petition may
fix the date of the public meeting and issue the call.
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R.S. 18:447
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