2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 12:431 — Beauregard electric cooperative; board of directors, election from districts, composition of districts

PART I-A.  PARTICULAR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

§431.  Beauregard Electric Cooperative; board of directors, election from districts, composition of districts

A.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the board of directors of the Beauregard Electric Cooperative shall be elected from nine single-member districts as provided in this Section.  

B.  The districts shall be numbered and comprised as follows:

(1)  The first district shall be comprised of Wards 3 and 7 of Vernon Parish.  

(2)  The second district shall be comprised of all of Rapides Parish and Wards 4 and 5 of Allen Parish.  

(3)  The third district shall be comprised of all of Vernon Parish except Wards 3 and 7.  

(4)  The fourth district shall be comprised of Ward 2 of Beauregard Parish and that portion of Ward 3 of Beauregard Parish lying west and north of a line consisting of United States Routes 171/190 as it runs from the south ward boundary to the city limits of the town of DeRidder, eastward along the city limits to United States Routes 171/190, east and south along United States Routes 171/190 from the city limits of the town of DeRidder to Louisiana Route 26, and east along Route 26 to the ward boundary.  

(5)  The fifth district shall be comprised of Wards 7 and 8 of Beauregard Parish and that portion of Ward 3 of Beauregard Parish lying east and south of a line consisting of United States Routes 171/190 as it runs from the south ward boundary to the city limits of the town of DeRidder, eastward along the city limits to United States Routes 171/190, east and south along United States Routes 171/190 from the city limits of the town of DeRidder to Louisiana Route 26, and east along Route 26 to the ward boundary.  

(6)  The sixth district shall be comprised of Wards 1, 4, 5, and 6 of Beauregard Parish.  

(7)  The seventh district shall be comprised of all of Evangeline Parish and Jefferson Davis Parish and Wards 1, 2, and 3 of Allen Parish.  

(8)  The eighth district shall be comprised of all of Calcasieu Parish except Ward 1.  

(9)  The ninth district shall be comprised of Ward 1 of Calcasieu Parish.  

C.  Each director shall be elected for a three-year term, except for the transitional terms provided herein:

(1)  Each incumbent director now in office shall hold such office only until the first annual meeting following the effective date of this Section and the terms of each incumbent director are hereby changed to expire at that annual meeting.  

(2)  Nine directors shall be elected at the first annual meeting following the effective date of this Section.  Each candidate shall be a candidate only in the district in which he resides.  Any incumbent director may be a candidate from the district in which he resides.  

(3)  The initial directors elected from districts as provided in R.S. 12:409.1(C)(2) shall hold office for the following terms:

(a)  The term of office of directors elected from the Second, Fourth, and Ninth Districts shall expire at the next succeeding annual meeting.  

(b)  The term of office of directors elected from the First, Sixth, and Eighth Districts shall expire at the second succeeding annual meeting.  

(c)  The term of office of directors elected from the Third, Fifth, and Seventh Districts shall expire at the third succeeding annual meeting.  

(d)  Thereafter, each director shall be elected for a three-year term.

(4)  Each cooperative member may vote only for the candidates in the district in which the member resides.  

D.  All provisions of law relating generally to electric cooperatives and to the nomination and election of their boards of directors shall remain effective as to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative, except that any such provisions which are contrary to this Section are expressly superseded insofar as they apply to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative.  

Acts 1987, No. 44, §1, eff. June 5, 1987.  

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1987, NO.44, §§2, EFF. JUNE 5, 1987, 4, 5, AND 6.}}