2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 3:529 — First board of directors of assembly markets

§529.  First board of directors of assembly markets

The first board of directors of an assembly market facility shall consist of seven members, as follows:

(1)  The governor shall appoint four directors from a list of eight farmers nominated by a majority vote at a general meeting of the farmers normally marketing their products within the territory, and called for that purpose by the petitioners upon due notice published in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation in the territory.

(2)  The chief executive officer of the city or town shall serve as ex-officio director, entitled to a vote at all meetings. In case the market is not to be located in a city or town, then the governing body of the parish in which the market is to be located, shall appoint one director who shall be an ex-officio director for the term of office of the body appointing him, and shall be entitled to a vote at all meetings.

(3)  The commissioner of agriculture, or his representative from the department of agriculture appointed by him, shall be an ex-officio member of the board of directors, and entitled to a vote at all meetings.

(4)  The chairman of the State Market Commission, or his appointed representative from the State Market Commission, shall be an ex-officio member of the board of directors, and entitled to a vote at all meetings.