2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 — Public health and safety
RS 40:537 — Removal of commissioners

§537. Removal of commissioners

A.(1) A commissioner of a local housing authority may be removed for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or conviction of any felony.

(2) A commissioner of a local housing authority in any municipality or parish may be removed on any such grounds by the chief elected official of the municipality or parish appointing the commissioner, or if no chief elected official exists, then by the governing body thereof.

(3) A commissioner of a local housing authority in the parish of St. John the Baptist may be removed on any such grounds by the governing body of the parish appointing the commissioner.

(4) A commissioner of a regional or consolidated housing authority may be removed on any such grounds by the governing body of the municipality or parish that originally appointed the commissioner.

B. The chief elected official or the governing body of the municipality or parish, as the case may be, which seeks to remove a commissioner shall send a notice of removal to such commissioner, which notice shall set forth the charges against him or her. Unless, within ten days from the receipt of such notice, such commissioner files with the clerk or secretary of the municipality's or parish's governing body a request for a hearing before the governing body, the commissioner shall be deemed removed from office. If a request for hearing is so filed, the governing body of the municipality or parish, as the case may be, shall hold a hearing, not sooner than ten days subsequent to the date a hearing is requested, at which the commissioner shall have the right to appear in person or by counsel and the governing body shall determine whether the removal shall be upheld. If the removal is not upheld by the governing body, the commissioner shall continue to hold his or her office.

Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1; Acts 2003, No. 923, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.