Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3009 – Contents and requisites of petition
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3009
- Livestock: means cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules, donkeys, and other equine; sheep; goats; swine; domestic rabbits; fish, turtles, and other animals identified with aquaculture that are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk, farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals; chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; and animals placed under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation or any such animal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3002
A. The petition for a referendum election shall be addressed to the governing authority of the parish in which the ward is situated and shall state in essence that the signers thereof request that an election be called to submit to the qualified electors of the ward the proposition of prohibiting any or all of the species of livestock enumerated in La. Rev. Stat. 3:3001 from roaming at large on the public highways of said ward.
B. The petition shall be signed by twenty-five percent of the electors of the ward qualified to vote on the date on which the first signature is attached to the petition and shall state the date of signing and the address of each signing elector.
C. Said petition shall also state the species of livestock which it is proposed to prohibit from roaming at large on the public highways of the ward in which the election is to be held.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 258, §1.