1. A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 43:171(A), the provisions of this Section are applicable to a political subdivision in a parish that meets the following criteria:

   1. (1) There is not a newspaper that is eligible to be selected as an official journal.
   2. (2) The population of the parish is fewer than two hundred thousand persons as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
   3. (3) If the population of the parish is greater than one hundred thousand persons, it is not adjacent to a parish with a population of greater than two hundred thousand persons, all as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.

2. B. In such a parish, to be selected as an official journal, the newspaper:

   1. (1) Shall have been published in an office physically located in the parish in which the body is located for one year preceding the selection.
   2. (2) Shall not have missed during that period as many as three consecutive issues unless caused by fire, flood, strike, or natural disaster.
   3. (3) Shall have maintained a general paid circulation in the parish in which the body is located for one year prior to the selection.
   4. (4) Shall have been entered in a U.S. post office in the state of Louisiana under a periodical permit in the state for one year prior to the selection.

Acts 2024, No. 464, §1.