2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 47 Revenue and taxation :: RS 47:820.5.3 Crescent city connection oversight authority; creation; membership; duties; and terms
§820.5.3. Crescent City Connection Oversight Authority; creation; membership; duties; and terms
A. The Crescent City Connection Oversight Authority is hereby created, and hereinafter may be referred to as "the CCCOA".
B. The purpose of the CCCOA shall be to establish priorities of projects from remaining funds after all operation and maintenance expenses of the bridges and ferries under the authority of the Crescent City Connection Division of the Department of Transportation and Development have been paid. The CCCOA shall consider the funding of projects approved by the legislature in accordance with R.S. 47:820.5. In furtherance of this purpose, the CCCOA shall have access to the accounting of all expenditures, revenues, project priorities, status of ongoing projects, and any other matters which relate to the Crescent City Connection, its operations, and related projects.
C. The CCCOA shall be comprised of thirteen members who shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection. Each of the state senators from Senate districts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8, and each of the state representatives from House districts 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 102, and 105 shall submit the names of three persons to the governor. The governor shall appoint one person from each of the enumerated Senate and House districts, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Each nominee submitted to the governor for consideration on the CCCOA shall be a resident of the district or have a business domiciled in the district from which he is nominated.
D. Members shall meet quarterly, at a minimum, and the first term of their appointment shall be from July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2000. Each term thereafter shall be for four years. The Crescent City Connection Oversight Authority shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Acts 2003, No. 727, §3, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 925, §1, eff. July 13, 2004.
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