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HCASB25 3645 6105 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session ENROLLEDAmendments SENATEproposed BILLbyHouse NO.Committee on Appropriations to Re-Reengrossed Senate Bill No.
25 BYby SENATORSenator KLEINPETERKleinpeter ANDAMENDMENT REPRESENTATIVESNO. ADAMS, BILLINGS, BROUSSARD, CHASSION, FISHER, KNOX, STAGNIAND WILEY AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
18:55(A)(1),1 (2),On andpage (4)(b),1, andline (C),3, 59(B)(1),after (2),"(E)," andinsert (4)(b),"and and(C)(1),(2),and(4)(b),and(E),andR.S.24:35.1(33),(34),and(35),andtoenact R.S.
18:55(G)24:35.1(33), (34), and 59(N),(35)," relativeAMENDMENT toNO. elections;
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1.
18:55(A)(1),24:35.1(33), (2),(34), and (4)(b),(35) and (C), 59(B)(1), (2), and (4)(b), and (C)(1), (2), and (4)(b), and (E) are hereby amended and reenacted andto R.S.read as follows:
18:55(G) and 59(N) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
§55.Compensationofregistrarofvoters;amountandmannerofpayment;reduction during tenure prohibited;
prohibited increase A.(1) The annual salary of registrars of voters shall be based on the most recent population figures as shown by the latest federal decennial census, the Louisiana Tech University population estimates for Louisiana parishes published pursuant to the United States Bureau of the Census Federal-StateCooperative Program for Population Estimates, or as determined by the governing authority of each parish in accordance with law.
(2) The salaryranges and payschedule for the registrars shall be as follows:
Population Range Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 0 to 40,000 $57,769 $59,502 $61,287 $63,126 40,001 to 60,000 $64,188 $66,113 $68,097 $70,140 60,001 to 100,000 $70,607 $72,725 $74,907 $77,154 Page 1 of 10 Coding:
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25 ENROLLED 100,001 to 200,000 $77,026 $79,337 $81,717 $84,168 200,001 to 1,000,000 $83,445 $85,948 $88,526 $91,182 0 to 50,000 $69,597 $71,640 $73,744 $75,941 50,001 to 200,000 $83,217 $85,668 $88,193 $90,794 200,001 to 1,000,000 $90,026 $92,682 $95,418 $98,235 Population Range Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 0 to 40,000 $65,019 $66,970 $68,979 $71,049 40,001 to 60,000 $72,244 $74,441 $76,644 $78,943 60,001 to 100,000 $79,469 $81,853 $84,309 $86,838 100,001 to 200,000 $86,693 $89,294 $91,973 $94,732 200,001 to 1,000,000 $93,918 $96,735 $99,637 $102,626 0 to 50,000 $78,144 $80,443 $82,811 $85,251 50,001 to 200,000 $93,473 $96,232 $99,074 $102,001 200,001 to 1,000,000 $101,137 $104,126 $107,205 $110,376 Population Range Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 0 to 40,000 $73,180 $75,375 $77,637 $79,966 40,001 to 60,000 $81,311 $83,751 $86,263 $88,851 60,001 to 100,000 $89,443 $92,126 $94,890 $97,737 100,001 to 200,000 $97,574 $100,501 $103,516 $106,622 200,001 to 1,000,000 $105,705 $108,876 $112,143 $115,507 0 to 50,000 $87,763 $90,351 - - 50,001 to 200,000 $105,016 $108,122 - - 200,001 to 1,000,000 $113,643 $117,007 - - * * * (4)(a) * * * (b) Each registrar whose salary is at the level of step one or higher shall be evaluated as to merit in January.
The merit evaluation shall result in a finding of "excellent", "successful", "unsuccessful", or "not assessed".
The criteria and procedure for the merit evaluation shall be determined by the secretary of state in conjunction with the Registrar of Voters Association.
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25 ENROLLED evaluated by the secretary of state or his designee acting on his behalf.
Upon a finding of "excellent" on a merit evaluation, the registrar shall receive a salary increase to the next step until the registrar's salaryis equal to the highest step of the appropriate population range.
Any registrar whose salary has remained at the level of step ten for more than twelve months shall receivea five percent salary increaseuponafindingof"excellent"onthemeritevaluation.Noregistrarshall receive more than five such annual salary increases.
A registrar may appeal the finding on a merit evaluation to the State Board of Election Supervisors in accordance with rules promulgated by the board.
If a member of the board participatesin the merit evaluation ofaregistrar,themembershall not participatein an appeal of the evaluation.
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The annual compensation of each registrar of voters shall be based upon the most recent census taken by the United States Government, Louisiana Tech University population estimates for Louisiana parishes, or upon the population figuresofeachparishpopulationfiguresasshownbythelatestfederaldecennial census,populationestimatespublishedpursuanttotheUnitedStatesBureauof theCensusFederal-StateCooperativeProgramforPopulation Estimates,oras determined by its the governing authority as provided by of each parish in accordance with law.
* * * G.NotwithstandinganyotherprovisionsofthisChaptertothecontrary, theDepartmentofStateshallnotadjusttheannualsalaryofregistrarsofvoters based on population changes except once decennially one year after receiving the federal census.
* * * §59.
Deputies, confidential assistants, and other permanent office employees;
temporary employees;
appointment and compensation;
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25 ENROLLED B.(1) The annual salaryof the chief deputyregistrar of voters in each parish shall be based on the most recent population figures as shown by the latest federal decennialcensus, the LouisianaTechUniversitypopulation estimates for Louisiana parishespublished pursuanttotheUnitedStatesBureauoftheCensusFederal- State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates, or as determined by the governing authority of each parish in accordance with law.
(2) The salary ranges and pay schedule for the chief deputy shall be as follows:
Population Range Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 0 to 40,000 $33,697 $34,708 $35,750 $36,822 40,001 to 60,000 $40,117 $41,321 $42,560 $43,837 60,001 to 100,000 $46,537 $47,933 $49,371 $50,852 100,001 to 200,000 $52,956 $54,544 $56,181 $57,866 200,001 to 1,000,000 $59,375 $61,156 $62,991 $64,880 0 to 50,000 $44,060 $45,337 $46,652 $48,007 50,001 to 200,000 $57,681 $59,366 $61,102 $62,890 200,001 to 1,000,000 $64,491 $66,380 $68,327 $70,331 Population Range Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 0 to 40,000 $37,927 $39,064 $40,236 $41,443 40,001 to 60,000 $45,152 $46,507 $47,902 $49,339 60,001 to 100,000 $52,378 $53,949 $55,568 $57,235 100,001 to 200,000 $59,602 $61,390 $63,232 $65,129 200,001 to 1,000,000 $66,827 $68,831 $70,896 $73,023 0 to 50,000 $49,402 $50,839 $52,319 $53,844 50,001 to 200,000 $64,732 $66,629 $68,583 $70,595 200,001 to 1,000,000 $72,396 $74,523 $76,714 $78,970 Population Range Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 0 to 40,000 $42,687 $43,967 $45,286 $46,645 40,001 to 60,000 $50,819 $52,344 $53,914 $55,532 60,001 to 100,000 $58,952 $60,720 $62,542 $64,418 Page 4 of 10 Coding:
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25 ENROLLED 100,001 to 200,000 $67,083 $69,095 $71,168 $73,303 200,001 to 1,000,000 $75,214 $77,470 $79,795 $82,188 0 to 50,000 $55,414 $57,032 - - 50,001 to 200,000 $72,668 $74,803 - - 200,001 to 1,000,000 $81,295 $83,688 - - * * * (4)(a) * * * (b) Each chief deputy whose salaryis at the level of step one or higher shall be evaluated as to merit in January.
The merit evaluation shall result in a finding of "excellent", "successful", "unsuccessful", or "not assessed".
The criteria and procedure for the merit evaluation shall be determined by the Registrar of Voters Association.It shall provide that eachchief deputywill be evaluatedbytheregistrar of his parish.
Upon a finding of "excellent" on a merit evaluation, the chief deputy shall receivea salaryincreaseto the next step until his salaryequals the highest step oftheappropriatepopulation range.Anychiefdeputywhose salaryhas remained at the level of step ten for more than twelve months shall receive a five percent salary increase upon a finding of "excellent"on the merit evaluation.
No chief deputy shall receive more than five such annual salary increases.
C.(1) The annual salaryof the confidential assistant to the registrar of voters in each parish shall be based on the most recent population figures as shown by the latest federal decennial census, the Louisiana Tech Universitypopulation estimates for Louisiana parishes published pursuant to the United States Bureau of the Census Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates, or as determined by the governing authority of each parish in accordance with law.
(2) The salaryranges and payschedule for the confidential assistant shall be as follows:
Population Range Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 0 to 40,000 $27,281 $28,099 $28,942 $29,810 40,001 to 60,000 $33,699 $34,710 $35,751 $36,823 60,001 to 100,000 $40,117 $41,321 $42,560 $43,837 Page 5 of 10 Coding:
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25 ENROLLED 100,001 to 200,000 $46,537 $47,933 $49,371 $50,852 200,001 to 1,000,000 $52,956 $54,544 $56,181 $57,866 0 to 50,000 $37,251 $38,323 $39,428 $40,566 50,001 to 200,000 $50,871 $52,352 $53,878 $55,449 200,001 to 1,000,000 $57,681 $59,366 $61,102 $62,890 Population Range Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 0 to 40,000 $30,704 $31,626 $32,574 $33,552 40,001 to 60,000 $37,928 $39,066 $40,238 $41,445 60,001 to 100,000 $45,152 $46,507 $47,902 $49,339 100,001 to 200,000 $52,378 $53,949 $55,568 $57,235 200,001 to 1,000,000 $59,602 $61,390 $63,232 $65,129 0 to 50,000 $41,738 $42,945 $44,188 $45,469 50,001 to 200,000 $57,068 $58,735 $60,452 $62,220 200,001 to 1,000,000 $64,732 $66,629 $68,583 $70,595 Population Range Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 0 to 40,000 $34,558 $35,595 $36,663 $37,763 40,001 to 60,000 $42,688 $43,969 $45,288 $46,647 60,001 to 100,000 $50,819 $52,344 $53,914 $55,532 100,001 to 200,000 $58,952 $60,720 $62,542 $64,418 200,001 to 1,000,000 $67,083 $69,095 $71,168 $73,303 0 to 50,000 $46,788 $48,147 - - 50,001 to 200,000 $64,042 $65,918 - - 200,001 to 1,000,000 $72,668 $74,803 - - * * * (4)(a) * * * (b) Each confidential assistant whose salary is at the level of step one or higher shall be evaluated as to merit in January.
The merit evaluation shall result in afindingof"excellent","successful","unsuccessful",or"not assessed".Thecriteria andprocedureforthemeritevaluationshallbedeterminedbytheRegistrarofVoters Association.
It shall provide that each confidential assistant be evaluated by the Page 6 of 10 Coding:
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25 ENROLLED registrar of his parish.
Upon a finding of "excellent" on a merit evaluation, the confidential assistant shall receive a salary increase to the next step until the confidential assistant's salary is equal to the highest step of the appropriate population range.
Any confidential assistant whose salary has remained at the level of step ten for more than twelve months shall receivea five percent salary increase upon a finding of "excellent"on the merit evaluation.
No confidential assistant shall receive more than five such annual salary increases.
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The annual compensation of each chief deputy registrar of voters and confidentialassistantshallbebaseduponthemostrecentcensustakenbytheUnited States Government, the Louisiana Tech University population estimates for Louisiana parishes, upon the population figures of each parish population figures asshownbythelatestfederaldecennialcensus,populationestimatespublished pursuant to the United States Bureau of the Census Federal-StateCooperative Programfor Population Estimates, orasdeterminedbyits governingauthorityas provided by of each parish in accordance with law.
* * * N.NotwithstandinganyotherprovisionsofthisChaptertothecontrary, the Department of State shall not adjust the annual salaries of the chief deputy registrars of voters and confidential assistant to the registrars of voters based on population changes except once decennially one year after receiving the federal census.
Section2.R.S.24:35.1(33),(34),and(35)areherebyamendedandreenactedtoread as follows:
* * * (33) District 33 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 3-1, and 3-7 of PageBienville 7Parish; of 10 Coding:
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25 ENROLLED Bienville Parish;
District 33 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-6 and 3-7 of BienvilleParish;ClaiborneParish;Precincts3-2,3-4,3-5,3-6,4-1,4-2,4-3,4-4, 4-5,5-2and4-5,5-2and6-2ofLincolnParish;Precincts21,23,26-1,27,29,32,35,39-1,40, 6-2of Lincoln Parish;Precincts21,23,26-1,27,29,32,35,39-1,40, 42, 45, 47, 48, 51, 53 and 54 of Morehouse Parish;
Precincts 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 17, 18, 23, 25,25,26,27,28,30,31, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35ofRichland35 of Richland Parish;
(35)District35iscomposedofPrecincts2-3,2-5,4-1,4-2,4-3,5-1,5-2,5-3,Page 6-1,1 6-2,of 6-3,2 6-4,CODING: 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 8-1,8-2,8-3,and8-4of Grant Parish;
PrecinctsWordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored 1,are 2,additions. 3, 4, 5, 5A,6, 6A,7,8,8A,9,10,10A,11,11A, 13, 13A, 15, and 22 of Jackson Parish;
HCASB25 3645 6105 (35)District35iscomposedofPrecincts2-3,2-5,4-1,4-2,4-3,5-1,5-2,5-3, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4,7-1, 7-2,7-3,7-4,8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and 8-4 of Grant Parish;
Precincts 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 5A, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 10A, 11,11A,13,13A,15,and22ofJackson Parish;
Precincts 27, 27A, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, Page52, 852A, 54, 55, 56, 56A, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 75, 77, and 78 of 10Ouachita Coding:Parish;
WordsPrecincts whichN7, areN14-A, struckN15, throughN16, areN17, deletionsN18-A, fromN18-B, existingN19, law;and N20 of Rapides Parish;
wordsand inPrecincts boldface5-5, type6-3, 6-6, 7-2, and underscored7-7 areof additions.Winn Parish.
SBDistrict NO.35 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-5, 7-6, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3 and 8-4 of Grant Parish;
25Precincts ENROLLED1, 52,2, 52A,3, 54,4, 55,5, 56,5A, 56A,6, 59,6A, 60,7, 61,8, 62,8A, 63,9, 64,10, 71,10A, 75,11, 77,11A, 13, 13A, 15 and 7822 of OuachitaJackson Parish;Precincts4-6,5-1,5-3,5-4,6-1,6-3,7-1,7-2,8-1,8-2and10-3ofLincoln Parish;
Precincts N7,27, N14-A,28, N15,30, N16,31, N17,32, N18-A,33, N18-B,34, N19,35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 52A, 54, 55, 56, 56A, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 75, 77 and N2078 of RapidesParish;Ouachita Parish;
Precincts N7, N14-A, N15, N16, N17, N18-A, N18-B, N19 and Precincts5-5,6-3,6-6,7-2,and7-7ofWinnParish.District35N20 iscomposedofPrecincts2-3,2-5,2-6,4-1,4-2,4-3,5-1,5-2,5-3,6-1,6-2,6-3,6-4,of 7-1,Rapides 7-2,Parish 7-3,and 7-5,Precincts 7-6,5-5, 8-1,6-3, 8-2,6-6, 8-37-2 and 8-47-7 of GrantWinn Parish;Parish.
Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 13, 13A, 15 and 22 of Jackson Parish;
Precincts4-6,5-1,5-3,5-4,6-1,6-3,7-1,7-2,8-1,8-2and10-3ofLincoln Parish;
Precincts 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 52A, 54,55,56,56A,59,61,62,63,64,71,75,77and78ofOuachitaParish;Precincts N7, N14-A, N15, N16, N17, N18-A, N18-B, N19 and N20 of Rapides Parish and Precincts 5-5, 6-3, 6-6, 7-2 and 7-7 of Winn Parish.
The 2026 Precinct Shapefiles are based upon those Voting Districts (VTDs) contained in the 2020 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the State of Louisiana as those files have been modified and validated through the data verification program of the Louisiana Senate and the Louisiana HouseofRepresentativestorepresentprecinctchangessubmittedthroughJanuary27,2026, to the Legislature ofLouisianabyparishgoverningauthoritiesof Louisianabyparishgoverningauthorities pursuant to the provisions of R.S.
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Anyposition orofficethatorofficethatis isfilledbyappointment filledor byappointmentorelectionbaseduponaSenateelection based uponaSenate district and that is to be filled after the effective date of this Section, shall be appointed or elected based upon the district as it is described in Section 2 of this Act.
if vetoed by the governor and subsequentlysubsequentlyapproved approved by the legislature, Section 1 of this Actshall becomeeffectiveonthedayfollowingsuchapprovalbythelegislatureorJulybecomeeffectiveon thedayfollowingsuchapprovalbythelegislatureorJuly 1, 2026, whichever is later.
ThisThisprovisionsofthisSectionandSections2,3,4,and5ofthisActshall provisions ofthis SectionandSections2,3,4,and5ofthis Actshall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignaturebythegovernor,asprovided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day following such approval.approval." Page 2 of 2 CODING:
PRESIDENTWordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored OFare THEadditions. SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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