§ 8-13. Election of Officials.  


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  • A.

    The first election for officials under this charter shall be held at the same time as the primary and general elections for the governor of Louisiana in 1995. Subsequent elections shall be held on corresponding dates every fourth year thereafter.

    B.

    Officials elected under provisions of this charter in the election of 1995 shall take office on the first Monday in June next following their election. Thereafter, officials elected under provisions of this charter shall take office at noon on the first Monday in January next following their election.

    C.

    All elected officials of the City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish elected under provisions of the home rule charters of the City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish shall continue to hold their offices and discharge the duties thereof until the officials elected under provisions of the charter for the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government take office. Thereafter, their offices shall cease to exist.

(Reprint of January 2010)