2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:1273.1 - River Region Cancer Screening and Early Detection District, creation; domicile; board of commissioners, membership, terms

PART VII. RIVER REGION CANCER SCREENING AND

EARLY DETECTION DISTRICT

§1273.1. River Region Cancer Screening and Early Detection District, creation; domicile; board of commissioners, membership, terms

            A. There is hereby created the River Region Cancer Screening and Early Detection District, hereafter referred to as "district", as a body corporate and public and a political subdivision of the state, composed of all the territory included within Ascension Parish on the east side of the Mississippi River to serve that region of the state along the Mississippi River with the highest mortality rate from cancer.

            B. The domicile of the district shall be located within the district as determined by the board of commissioners.

            C.(1) The control and management of the affairs of the district shall be vested in a board of commissioners, hereafter referred to as "board", composed of eleven members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Two members shall be residents and electors of the district and the remaining members may be residents and electors of any of the following parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. James, or St. John the Baptist. Members of the legislature may be appointed to serve as members of the board.

            (2) The commissioners shall hold office for a term of six years and may serve successive terms.

            (3) Commissioners shall receive no per diem nor any reimbursement for expenses incurred for attendance at meetings or otherwise engaging in the business of the district.

            Acts 1995, No. 890, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, §1, eff. April 17, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 472, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.61 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.