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This bill amends the law regarding the qualifications for the office of sheriff in Louisiana. It provides an exception to the residency requirements, allowing a deputy sheriff who becomes sheriff due to the resignation, retirement, or removal of the previous sheriff to have a six-month period to establish domicile in the parish before being eligible to seek re-election. The existing law requires candidates for sheriff to have resided in the state for the preceding two years and been domiciled in the parish for the preceding year at the time they file their notice of candidacy.