Steve Pylant
| Steven Everett Pylant Sr. | |
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| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 20 district |
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Assumed office January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Noble Ellington |
| Sheriff of Franklin Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office 1996–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Eugene Parker |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Wayne Cobb |
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| Born |
November 25, 1954 Franklin Parish, Louisiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rhonda Pylant |
| Children | Steven E. Pylant, Jr. |
| Residence | Franklin Parish near Delhi Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater |
Winnsboro High School |
| Occupation | Law enforcement officer |
Winnsboro High School
Steven Everett Pylant Sr. (born November 25, 1954) is a former sheriff of Franklin Parish, Louisiana, who is currently serving his second term as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 20, which includes all or portions of Franklin, Caldwell, Catahoula, La Salle, and Tensas parishes in the northeastern section of his state.
A native of Franklin Parish, Pylant graduated from Winnsboro High School in the parish seat of Winnsboro and attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Pylant and his wife, Rhonda, reside in Franklin Parish near Delhi, a town in Richland Parish, and have a Delhi mailing address. Their son is Steven Pylant, Jr.
With a dozen years of law-enforcement experience, Pylant was elected as Franklin Parish sheriff in the nonpartisan blanket primary held in 1995 to succeed the Democrat Eugene Parker. Pylant polled 5,784 votes (66.6 percent) to defeat three opponents, including the perennial candidate, L. D. "None of the Above" Knox of Winnsboro. When Pylant became sheriff, Franklin Parish still owed $8 million for its detention center, which had been completed in 1992. When Pylant vacated the sheriff's office, the department expected to have $7 million in assets. In his announcement statement for state representative, Pylant said:
We were able to give $1.5 million back to the taxpayers in the form of a half-cent sales tax and a 9.4 mil property tax. We expanded the jail at no cost to the taxpayer and brought fiscal stability to the sheriff’s department to secure its future in Franklin Parish. {We took] a hard look at how the money is spent and how we were able to increase our revenue; there are some lessons there that I think could be taken to Baton Rouge and done on a larger scale.
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