Louisiana § RS 40:2267.3 - Membership; tenure
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§ RS 40:2267.3. Membership; tenure
A. The membership of the commission shall consist of the sheriff, district attorney, and the president of the governing authority of the parish in which the criminalistics laboratory is located, to serve during their elective terms of office, together with the district attorney of each district in which the Evangeline Law Enforcement Planning District lies and the sheriff of each parish within the district, all of whom shall serve ex officio during their respective terms of office, together with one member of the governing authority of each other parish of the Evangeline Law Enforcement Planning District, which the commission serves, who shall be appointed by the respective governing authorities of the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion, to serve for a period of two years, or until a successor is appointed.
B. The membership of the commission shall elect their own officers, and they may also elect from amongst their membership an executive committee of five members, each from a different parish, who shall be empowered to act for the commission in all things as may be delegated by the commission by resolution adopted by the full commission.
C. The members of the commission shall serve without pay or per diem.
D. A sheriff may designate his chief deputy or chief administrative assistant to represent him at a commission meeting. The district attorney may designate his first assistant or an assistant district attorney to represent him at a commission meeting. The president of the parish governing authority may designate his administrative assistant or any other person to represent him at a commission meeting. The designation of representatives shall be in writing, dated, signed, and presented to the secretary at the meeting of the commission.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 554, §1. Acts 1992, No. 814, §1; Acts 2006, No. 356, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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