2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 11:1162 — Members of board of trustees; appointment or election; terms of office; vacancies; compensation

§1162.  Members of board of trustees; appointment or election; terms of office; vacancies; compensation

A.  The board shall consist of eleven trustees, as follows:

(1)  President of the Louisiana School Bus Operators' Association, ex officio.

(2)  Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, ex officio.

(3)  Chairman of the Retirement Committee of the Senate, ex officio.

(4)  The secretary of state, ex officio.

(5)  The state treasurer, ex officio.

(6)  Four members of the system shall be elected by the members of the retirement system for a term of four years each, according to such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt to govern such elections.  Each board member shall be a resident of the district represented.  The districts will elect a member for a four-year term with the elections staggered so as to elect one member each year.  Participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan shall not cause a member to be ineligible for candidacy in an election for the active member position on the board of trustees.  Any member of this system who is elected to serve as a representative of the active members on the board of trustees and who, after such election, either commences participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan or retires, shall not have his term of office as a trustee affected by either of those events.  Beginning March 1, 1997, and thereafter, the districts shall be composed of the following parishes:

(a)  District 1:  Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne.

(b)  District 2:  Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Lafayette, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.

(c)  District 3:  Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn.

(d)  District 4:  Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Mary, Vermilion, and Vernon.

(7)  Two retired members elected at large by the retirees of the retirement system, provided the members' terms of office are for the same duration, but staggered so that the beginning and ending years of each member's term are not on the same year, and the member's terms and elections shall be governed according to rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees.

B.  If a vacancy occurs in the office of a trustee, the vacancy may be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the office was previously filled or the board of trustees may appoint a member or service retiree to fill the unexpired term.

C.  As compensation for their services as members of the board, each and every trustee thereof shall be paid thirty-five dollars for each day said trustee is in attendance at any meeting of the board or a committee meeting set by the board and, in addition thereto, shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred through services on the board.

Amended by Acts 1961, No. 39, §1; Acts 1962, No. 136, §1; Acts 1964, No. 49, §2; Acts 1974, No. 248, §3; Redesignated from R.S. 17:932 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 598, §1, eff. March 1, 1994; Acts 1993, No. 758, §1, eff. March 1, 1994; Acts 1993, No. 855, §1, eff. March 1, 1994; Acts 1993, No. 862, §1, eff. March 1, 1994; Acts 1993, No. 929, §1, eff. March 1, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 6, §1, eff. May 9, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 625, §1, eff. July 3, 1997, retroactive to March 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 52, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1348, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 264, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.