---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:51:191
citation: "R.S. 51:191"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 51 › Chapter 1 › Part V"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1986, number: 1, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Sunday closing law; local ordinances; election

Except as provided in R.S. 51:193, the governing authority of any parish or municipality may adopt ordinances regulating or prohibiting the opening of certain businesses and/or the sale of certain stock or articles of merchandise on Sunday, if approved by the voters at an election called as provided in Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.