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§751.1.  Clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court

A.(1)  There shall be one clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court who shall be elected by the qualified electors of Orleans Parish.  He shall be elected at the election for parochial and municipal officers in Orleans Parish, shall serve for a term of four years, and shall take office and begin his term on the first Monday in May following election.  The clerk shall be called the clerk of court of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.  No separate clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and no separate clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be elected in 2010 or thereafter.

(2)  Beginning on the date that the judges elected to serve on the Forty-First Judicial District Court take office on January 1, 2015, and until such date as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the clerk of court for the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans shall serve as the clerk for the Forty-First Judicial District Court, Civil Section, and the clerk of court for the Criminal District Court for the parish shall serve as the clerk for the Forty-First Judicial District Court, Criminal Section.

B.  When one clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court for the parish is elected, the separate offices of the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of court of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be abolished and the functions, duties, and responsibilities of their respective offices shall be merged and consolidated within the office of the clerk of court of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.

C.  All of the books, papers, records, monies, actions, and other property of every kind and description, movable and immovable, real and personal, possessed, controlled, or used by the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be transferred and be owned, possessed, controlled, and used by the clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.

D.  The employees of the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be transferred in accordance with this Section, to the extent required and in accordance with applicable civil service laws and rules, and shall be subject to the supervision and control of the clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.  The employees transferred in accordance with this Section shall continue to contribute to the retirement system or pension fund to which they were contributing on the effective date of this Section, including the retention of all accrued benefits and contributions to which they were entitled on the effective date of this Section.  The salaries of the employees of the clerk of Civil District Court and the clerk of Criminal District Court shall continue to be paid from the same sources and in the manner in which they were paid on the effective date of this Section.

Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §3, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §3, eff. July 9, 2008.

NOTE:  For purposes of qualifying and election, Paragraph (A)(1) eff. June 23, 2006 and Paragraph (A)(2) eff. in 2010.  See Acts 2006, No. 621, §21.

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Statutes > Louisiana > Rs > Title13 > Rs13-751.1

§751.1.  Clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court

A.(1)  There shall be one clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court who shall be elected by the qualified electors of Orleans Parish.  He shall be elected at the election for parochial and municipal officers in Orleans Parish, shall serve for a term of four years, and shall take office and begin his term on the first Monday in May following election.  The clerk shall be called the clerk of court of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.  No separate clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and no separate clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be elected in 2010 or thereafter.

(2)  Beginning on the date that the judges elected to serve on the Forty-First Judicial District Court take office on January 1, 2015, and until such date as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the clerk of court for the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans shall serve as the clerk for the Forty-First Judicial District Court, Civil Section, and the clerk of court for the Criminal District Court for the parish shall serve as the clerk for the Forty-First Judicial District Court, Criminal Section.

B.  When one clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court for the parish is elected, the separate offices of the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of court of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be abolished and the functions, duties, and responsibilities of their respective offices shall be merged and consolidated within the office of the clerk of court of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.

C.  All of the books, papers, records, monies, actions, and other property of every kind and description, movable and immovable, real and personal, possessed, controlled, or used by the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be transferred and be owned, possessed, controlled, and used by the clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.

D.  The employees of the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be transferred in accordance with this Section, to the extent required and in accordance with applicable civil service laws and rules, and shall be subject to the supervision and control of the clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.  The employees transferred in accordance with this Section shall continue to contribute to the retirement system or pension fund to which they were contributing on the effective date of this Section, including the retention of all accrued benefits and contributions to which they were entitled on the effective date of this Section.  The salaries of the employees of the clerk of Civil District Court and the clerk of Criminal District Court shall continue to be paid from the same sources and in the manner in which they were paid on the effective date of this Section.

Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §3, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §3, eff. July 9, 2008.

NOTE:  For purposes of qualifying and election, Paragraph (A)(1) eff. June 23, 2006 and Paragraph (A)(2) eff. in 2010.  See Acts 2006, No. 621, §21.


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Statutes > Louisiana > Rs > Title13 > Rs13-751.1

§751.1.  Clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court

A.(1)  There shall be one clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court who shall be elected by the qualified electors of Orleans Parish.  He shall be elected at the election for parochial and municipal officers in Orleans Parish, shall serve for a term of four years, and shall take office and begin his term on the first Monday in May following election.  The clerk shall be called the clerk of court of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.  No separate clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and no separate clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be elected in 2010 or thereafter.

(2)  Beginning on the date that the judges elected to serve on the Forty-First Judicial District Court take office on January 1, 2015, and until such date as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the clerk of court for the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans shall serve as the clerk for the Forty-First Judicial District Court, Civil Section, and the clerk of court for the Criminal District Court for the parish shall serve as the clerk for the Forty-First Judicial District Court, Criminal Section.

B.  When one clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court for the parish is elected, the separate offices of the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of court of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be abolished and the functions, duties, and responsibilities of their respective offices shall be merged and consolidated within the office of the clerk of court of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.

C.  All of the books, papers, records, monies, actions, and other property of every kind and description, movable and immovable, real and personal, possessed, controlled, or used by the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be transferred and be owned, possessed, controlled, and used by the clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.

D.  The employees of the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be transferred in accordance with this Section, to the extent required and in accordance with applicable civil service laws and rules, and shall be subject to the supervision and control of the clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court.  The employees transferred in accordance with this Section shall continue to contribute to the retirement system or pension fund to which they were contributing on the effective date of this Section, including the retention of all accrued benefits and contributions to which they were entitled on the effective date of this Section.  The salaries of the employees of the clerk of Civil District Court and the clerk of Criminal District Court shall continue to be paid from the same sources and in the manner in which they were paid on the effective date of this Section.

Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §3, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §3, eff. July 9, 2008.

NOTE:  For purposes of qualifying and election, Paragraph (A)(1) eff. June 23, 2006 and Paragraph (A)(2) eff. in 2010.  See Acts 2006, No. 621, §21.