§1292. Canvass of returns
A. On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election, the
governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and canvass the
returns and declare the result of the election.
B.(1) The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in the political subdivision or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general
circulation in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then
in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.
(2) The governing authority shall include in the publication, in accordance with
Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a statement of the actual cost of the election as determined
by the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8-A of this Title.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2019, No. 205, §1.