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Council agrees to place proposed term-limits settlement on next agenda after executive session; vote 8-1
Summary
After an executive session on litigation over parish term limits, the council voted 8-1 to place a tentative settlement on the next meeting agenda so the public can weigh in. The draft settlement would resubmit split propositions and set a four-term limit effective retroactively from Jan. 2016 if later approved by voters.
Tangipahoa Parish legal counsel briefed the council in executive session on July 28 about pending litigation challenging the parish's term-limits charter amendment, which plaintiffs argue combined two propositions into one ballot question in violation of state law.
The counsel described a tentative settlement the parish negotiated to avoid prolonged litigation. Under the proposed settlement the parish would put the matter back before voters with separate propositions…
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