IN RE DECLARATORY JUDGMENT CITY OF HARAHAN

No. 01-CA-928.

807 So.2d 997 (2002)

In re DECLARATORY JUDGMENT FOR The CITY OF HARAHAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Provino Mosca, Mayor, City of Harahan, Harahan, LA, Appellant/Petitioner In Proper Person.

Courcelle & Burkhalter, L.L.C., David I. Courcelle, Metairie, LA, Attorney for Appellee, The City of Harahan.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., SOL GOTHARD and JAMES L. CANNELLA.


CANNELLA, Judge.

The mayor of Harahan, Provino Mosca (Mosca), appeals from a declaratory judgment finding valid the 1993 election which limited terms for elected officials. We affirm.

The City of Harahan (the City) is a Lawrason Act municipality and operates pursuant to a mayor-board of alderman form of government.1

On June 2, 1993, the Louisiana legislature adopted La. R.S. 33:383.1 stating that "[T]he board of aldermen...

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