2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
RS 33:4570.1 - Board of commissioners; officers; quorum; employees

§4570.1. Board of commissioners; officers; quorum; employees

A. The commission shall be composed of three ex officio members and six appointed members for a total of nine commissioners. The ex officio members shall be the mayor-president, or an officer or employee of the city or parish designated by the mayor-president from time to time; a member of the school board of East Baton Rouge Parish, designated by the school board for a term coincident with his term on the school board; and a member of the planning commission designated by the planning commission for a term coincident with his term on the planning commission. The six appointed members shall be qualified voters of the parish appointed by the metropolitan council for terms of three years. Vacancies shall be filled by the designating or appointing body for the unexpired portion of the term. All commission members shall serve without compensation.

B. The commission shall elect from the six appointed members a chairman, a vice chairman, and a treasurer whose terms of office shall be one year. Four members shall constitute a quorum of the commission for all purposes. The commission shall have the power and authority to name and employ a person who shall be designated as superintendent of the commission, who shall not be a member of the commission, and who shall be ex officio secretary of the commission, and to prescribe and pay an annual salary to the superintendent.

Acts 1985, No. 95, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.