2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 25 - Libraries, Museums, and Other Scientific
RS 25:1312 - Creation; domicile; membership

§1312. Creation; domicile; membership

A. The South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created in the parish of Terrebonne.

B. The domicile of the commission shall be located in Terrebonne Parish.

C. The commission shall include the following members:

(1) Three members appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council from six names submitted by Friends of South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center Foundation.

(2) One member appointed by the Terrebonne Parish president.

(3) One member appointed by the senator elected to represent the twentieth senatorial district from two names submitted by Nicholls State University.

(4) One member appointed by the senator elected to represent the twenty-first senatorial district from two names submitted by L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College.

(5) One member appointed by the representative elected to represent the fifty-first representative district from two names submitted by the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program.

(6) One member appointed by the representative elected to represent the fifty-second representative district from two names submitted by the Terrebonne Levee Board.

(7) One member appointed by the representative elected to represent the fifty-third representative district from two names submitted by the Houma Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

D. Each member shall be a resident of Terrebonne Parish.

E. Each member serves at the pleasure of the person or body appointing the member.

F. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.

Acts 2008, No. 327, §1; Acts 2010, No. 890, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.