Title 18. Louisiana Election Code

Chapter 6-a. Bond, Debt, and Tax Elections

18:1292      Canvass of returns

A. On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election, the governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. 

B. (1) The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish. 

(2) The governing authority shall include in the publication, in accordance with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a statement of the actual cost of the election as determined by the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8-A of this Title. 

Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 2019, No. 205, § 1.