This section sets how many state employee positions a registrar of voters office may have, based mainly on parish population and certain branch-office additions, and delays filling some added positions until appropriations are made.
§59.2. Number of employee positions established; increase; decrease A.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the number of authorized positions for state employees in the office of a registrar of voters, including the position of registrar of voters, shall be based on parish population figures as shown by the latest federal census, the parish population estimates 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) Based on the parish population range, the maximum number of authorized positions in each parish is established as follows: PARISH POPULATION RANGE NUMBER OF POSITIONS (1) 0 to 19,000 2 (2) 19,001 to 65,000 3 (3) 65,001 to 100,000 4 (4) 100,001 to 200,000 5 (5) 200,001 to 300,000 7 (6) 300,001 to 400,000 10 (7) 400,001 to 475,000 13 (8) 475,001 to 1,000,000 17 B.(1) In addition to the number of authorized positions established in the office of a registrar of voters as provided in Subsection A of this Section, two state employee positions are established for each permanent branch office in existence in each parish on the effective date of this Section or thereafter established, except that three state employee positions are established for the permanent branch office located in city hall of Orleans Parish. (2) In addition to the number of authorized positions established in the office of a registrar of voters as provided in Subsection A of this Section and Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, one state employee position is established in the office of the registrar of voters in St. Landry Parish, subject to annual appropriations of the legislature. C. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 596, §2. D.(1) If a reduction in the number of positions in the office of a registrar is necessary because the number of positions established in the office of a registrar of voters on the effective date of this Section is greater than the number of positions established in Subsections A and B of this Section, the number of such positions shall be reduced by attrition at a rate not to exceed one position per calendar year. (2) If a reduction in the number of positions in the office of a registrar of voters is necessary because of a change in parish population, the number of positions shall be reduced by attrition. E. Employee positions established in the office of a registrar of voters pursuant to Subsections A and B of this Section that exceed the number of positions established in the office of a registrar of voters on the effective date of this Section or that increase pursuant to a change in population shall not be filled until the parish governing authority has appropriated the parish portion of the salary for each position and the legislature has appropriated to the secretary of state the state portion of the salary for each such position. F. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995. Acts 1983, No. 154, §1; Acts 1989, No. 574, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 277, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 526, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2010, No. 765, §1; Acts 2024, No. 596, §§1, 2. NOTE: See Acts 2010, No. 765, §2, in re additional employeee position in St. Landry.