§ 6.01. Abolition of Certain Offices and Transfer of Functions.  


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  • (A)

    At the time of taking of office of the first Parish Council under the provisions of this Charter the Police Jury shall be abolished and thereafter cease to exist; and the powers and functions of the Police Jury shall be assumed by this Parish Council and the Parish President as provided by this Charter.

    (B)

    Within six months from the date on which the Parish Council shall take office, the powers and functions of the governing bodies of the special districts whose boundaries are wholly within the boundaries of the parish shall be assumed and retained by the Council and the Parish President, as elsewhere provided in this Charter; and the members of these governing bodies shall no longer hold office.

    (C)

    Hereafter, as the term of each expires, the parish representatives on the governing bodies of special districts whose boundaries are partly within Jefferson Parish and partly within another parish shall be appointed by the Parish Council in accordance with law.

(Ord. No. 19100, 6-8-94)