Qualifications of newspaper
Effective Aug 1, 2024Acts 1950, No. 289, §1; Acts 1952, No. 276, §1; Acts 1970, No. 111, §1; Acts 1986, No. 378, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 422, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1; Acts 2014, No. 197, §1, eff. May 22, 2014; Acts 2024, No. 464, §1.
The newspaper:
- (1) Shall have been published in an office physically located in the parish in which the body is located for a period of two years preceding the selection.
- (2) Shall not have missed during that period as many as three consecutive issues unless caused by fire, flood, strike, or natural disaster.
- (3) Shall have maintained a general paid circulation in the parish in which the body is located for two consecutive years prior to the selection.
- (4) Shall have been entered in a U.S. post office in the state of Louisiana under a periodical permit in the state for a period of two consecutive years prior to the selection.
Acts 1950, No. 289, §1; Acts 1952, No. 276, §1; Acts 1970, No. 111, §1; Acts 1986, No. 378, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 422, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1; Acts 2014, No. 197, §1, eff. May 22, 2014; Acts 2024, No. 464, §1.
NOTE: See also R.S. 43:140(3) regarding definition of newspaper.