Louisiana § RS 15:804 - Board of governors
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 15:804 — Board of governors, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 15:804. Board of governors
A. The board of governors shall be composed of each sheriff and one member of each of the governing authorities appointed by the governing authority of each parish within the multiparish prison area.
B. The president of the board of governors shall be the sheriff of the parish in which the prison is domiciled. The president of the board of governors shall be the administrator of the multiparish prison. The appointed member of the governing authority of the parish where the multiparish prison is domiciled shall be the secretary of the board and the parish treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer.
C. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §2.
D. The members of the board of governors other than the sheriffs shall be paid the same mileage and per diem in going to or returning from any regular or special meeting as is now paid to the members of the governing authorities of the parishes within the multiparish prison area, but they shall not receive pay for more than twelve meetings during any one year.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 521, §1; Acts 1970, No. 461, §1; Acts 1972, No. 631, §1; Acts 1980, No. 233, §1; Acts 1991, No. 122, §1; Acts 2001, No. 724, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §2.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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