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            A. Qualifications. A parish board commissioner shall be a registered voter of the parish in which he is selected to serve and shall have the other qualifications of a commissioner as otherwise provided by law.

            B. Selection for primary election. (1) The parish board of election supervisors shall determine the number of parish board commissioners necessary to count the absentee by mail and early voting ballots in the parish pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 18:1313 or 1313.1, as applicable. The parish board of election supervisors shall select a maximum of six such commissioners. If the parish board of election supervisors determines that the number of parish board commissioners should be increased to more than six, the parish board shall make a request to the secretary of state for the additional parish board commissioners. If the secretary of state or his designee determines that there is a need for the additional parish board commissioners, the parish board shall select the parish board commissioners.

            (2) The parish board of election supervisors shall meet at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day before a primary election and shall select the parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners for the parish in the manner provided by law for the selection of commissioners and alternate commissioners. If there are not enough certified commissioners to select the appropriate number of parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners, the board of election supervisors may select a qualified elector of the parish to serve; however, no such elector shall serve as a parish board commissioner if a certified commissioner has been selected as an alternate parish board commissioner.

            (3) Parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners shall be issued commissions, take the oath of office, be replaced, and be disqualified, all in the manner provided by law for commissioners and alternate commissioners.

            C. Selection for general election. (1)(a) The parish board of election supervisors shall determine if the number of parish board commissioners necessary to count the absentee by mail and early voting ballots in the general election pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 18:1313 or 1313.1, as applicable, can be reduced or should be increased from the number which counted absentee by mail and early voting ballots in the primary election.

            (b) If it determines that the number cannot be reduced or should be increased, those persons who served as parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners for the parish in the primary election shall serve in the general election, unless replaced or disqualified in the manner provided by law for commissioners and alternate commissioners. If the parish board of election supervisors determines that the number of parish board commissioners should be increased to more than the number of such commissioners who served in the primary election, the parish board shall make a request to the secretary of state for the parish board commissioners. If the secretary of state or his designee determines that there is a need for the additional parish board commissioners, the parish board shall select the additional parish board commissioners.

            (2)(a) If the parish board determines that the number of parish board commissioners can be reduced, it shall notify each person who served as a parish board commissioner or alternate parish board commissioner in the primary election of its decision to reduce the number of parish board commissioners and of the date and time of the meeting to select the parish board commissioners for the general election. The parish board shall meet at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day before a general election and shall select the parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners to serve in the general election for the parish.

            (b)(i) The parish board shall prepare a list containing the names of all persons who served as parish board commissioners in the primary election. The parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners for the general election shall be selected from that list in the manner provided by law for the selection of commissioners and alternate commissioners. The parish board commissioners so chosen shall then serve as needed for the general election.

            (ii) If the list does not contain sufficient names to select the number of parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners determined by the board to be needed for the general election, the board shall fill any remaining alternate commissioner positions from a list of those persons who were selected as alternate parish board commissioners for the primary election, such list to be prepared and the selection made in the same manner provided in this Section for selection of parish board commissioners for the general election.

            (3) If the parish board and the secretary of state or his designee determine that the number of parish board commissioners should be increased, the parish board shall meet at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day before a general election and shall select the additional parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners to serve in the general election for that parish from the list of certified commissioners who have not been chosen to serve in the general election as a commissioner-in-charge, commissioner, or, if applicable, parish board commissioner in the manner provided by law for the selection of commissioners and alternate commissioners. If there are not enough certified commissioners to select the appropriate number of parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners, the board of election supervisors may select a qualified elector of the parish to serve; however, no such elector shall serve as a parish board commissioner if a certified commissioner has been selected as an alternate parish board commissioner.

            D. Selection for provisional ballot counting for a primary or general election. (1) The parish board of election supervisors shall determine if parish board commissioners are necessary to assist the board in counting and tabulating provisional ballots in the parish. If necessary, the parish board of election supervisors shall select the number of parish board commissioners and present the number of parish board commissioners to the secretary of state for approval, either in writing or by telephone.

            (2) Upon approval by the secretary of state or his designee, the parish board of election supervisors shall appoint the approved number of parish board commissioners for assistance to the board in counting and tabulating the provisional ballots.

            (3) Parish board commissioners for provisional ballot counting shall meet the qualifications set forth in Subsection A of this Section and shall be issued commissions, take the oath of office, be replaced, and be disqualified, all in the same manner as provided for by law for commissioners and alternate commissioners.

            E. Compensation. A parish board commissioner who serves on election day or during the counting and tabulating of provisional ballots shall receive fifty dollars or one hundred dollars for each day he serves as provided below:

            (1) He shall receive one hundred dollars for elections for which the secretary of state has approved such compensation. The secretary of state may provide such approval upon application by the parish board of election supervisors when it is reasonably expected that a large number of persons will vote prior to election day.

            (2) He shall receive fifty dollars for elections other than those provided for in Paragraphs (1) and (3) of this Subsection.

            (3) For an election held within one year following the date of the issuance of any gubernatorial declaration of an emergency, upon application of the parish board of election supervisors, the secretary of state may approve the payment of up to one hundred dollars per election or each day of assistance, if applicable, as compensation to each commissioner in addition to compensation otherwise provided for in this Subsection.

            F. For an election held within one year following the date of the issuance of any gubernatorial proclamation declaring a state of emergency, if a parish board of election supervisors determines that there is a parishwide shortage of parish board commissioners because a significant number of parish board commissioners have been temporarily displaced due to such emergency, the board may submit a written request to the secretary of state for additional parish board commissioners from other parishes in the same manner as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 18:425(A)(4). Approval, selection, training, and reimbursement of expenses of such parish board commissioners shall be in the same manner as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 18:425(A)(4). Nothing in Subsection A of this Section shall prohibit a parish board commissioner from serving in another parish pursuant to this Subsection.

            Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 292, §1, eff. July 6, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 77, §1, eff. June 26, 1981; Acts 1984, No. 672, §1; Acts 1985, No. 755, §1; Acts 1988, No. 907, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1988, No. 909, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 179, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 107, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2005, No. 220, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, No. 431, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 240, §1; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 138, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 816, §1, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 383, §1, eff. June 18, 2013; Acts 2020, No. 354, §1, eff. June 12, 2020; Acts 2020, 2^nd Ex. Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 2020.