Louisiana § RS 33:4065.2 - Composition; terms; compensation; quorum

§ RS 33:4065.2. Composition; terms; compensation; quorum

A.  The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners which shall be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Catherine Sewage and Water District, hereinafter referred to as the "commission". The commission shall be comprised of nine members, as follows:

(1)(a)  Two appointed by the Lake Catherine Camp and Landowners Civic Organization, Inc.

(b)  One appointed by the Lake Catherine Land Company, Inc.

(2)  Two appointed by the state senator in whose senatorial  district the district is located.

(3)  One appointed by the councilman of councilmanic District E.

(4)  Two members representing the major landowners in the district shall be appointed by the other seven members of the commission.

(5)  One by the state representative representing District No. 103.

B.  The terms of the commission members shall be three years; however, commissioners may be removed by the appointing authority and may be reappointed.

C.  All members of the commission shall be subject to the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq.

D.  Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 394, §4 and Acts 1999, No. 1203, §4.

E.  If funds are available, each commission member shall receive compensation in an amount of fifty dollars per meeting of the commission for no more than twenty-four meetings in any one calendar year, and each shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performance of his official duties.

F.  Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.  The commission shall adopt rules fixing its meetings and procedures; such rules may be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission at a regular meeting. All meetings shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.  All records of the commission shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

G.  The board of commissioners shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary-treasurer, and such other officers as it may deem necessary at its first meeting.

H.  Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 394, §4 and Acts 1999, No. 1203, §4.

Acts 1990, No. 950, §2, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §2, eff. July 31, 1992; S.C.R. No. 165, 1992 R.S., eff. June 18, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 394, §§1, 4; Acts 1999, No. 1203, §§1, 4.