A. The governing authority with whom the true copy of the verification is filed by the registrar of voters shall attach to it a sworn statement showing the date, month, and year the verification was filed with the governing authority.

            B. If the petition conforms to all the provisions of this Chapter, the governing authority shall order the election. The ordinance or resolution of the governing authority ordering the election shall be adopted at the next meeting held after the verification was filed with the governing authority by the registrar of voters.

            C. The date fixed for the election shall be the next date on which such an election may be held, as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 18:402(F). Written notice of the election shall be transmitted to the secretary of state and each clerk of court and registrar of voters in the area affected by the election. If the election is to be held on a primary election date, then such notice shall be received by the secretary of state at least four weeks prior to the opening of the qualifying period for the primary election. If the election is not to be held on a primary election date, then the notice shall be received by the secretary of state on or before the fifty-fourth day prior to the election. The secretary of state shall not accept any revisions to propositions, including but not limited to changes in title, text, or numerical designations, after the last day for submission of the notice to the secretary of state.

            Amended by Acts 1978, No. 145, §1; Acts 1987, No. 25, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1 (partially eff. Jan. 1, 1988); Acts 1990, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2018, No. 334, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.