ARTICLE VI.  LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

§1.  Parishes

Section 1.(A)  Parishes and Boundaries Ratified.  Parishes and their boundaries as established on the effective date of this constitution are recognized and ratified.  

(B)  Creation; Dissolution; Merger; Boundaries.  The legislature by law may establish and organize new parishes, dissolve and merge parishes, and change parish boundaries if approved by two-thirds of the electors in each parish affected voting thereon at an election held for that purpose.  

(C)  Change of Parish Seat.  The governing authority of a parish may call an election on the question of changing the parish seat.  The parish seat shall be changed if approved by two-thirds of the electors voting thereon.

(D)  Adjustment of Assets and Liabilities.  When a parish is enlarged or established from contiguous territory, it shall be entitled to a just proportion of the property and assets and shall be liable for a just proportion of the existing debts and liabilities of the parish or parishes from which the territory is taken.