2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 34 - Navigation and Shipping
RS 34:2472 - Officers of the board; meetings

§2472. Officers of the board; meetings

A. The commission shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission the offices of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The commission shall meet in regular session once each month and also shall meet in special session at the call of the president of the commission or on the written request of three members of the commission. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum and all action or resolutions of the commission must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all members of the commission.

B.(1) The domicile and regular meeting place of the commission shall be LaPlace, Louisiana.

(2) However, such domicile and regular meeting place may be changed to Reserve, Louisiana, upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the commission in favor of a resolution authorizing the change and if the bylaws are amended to provide for such change. Such vote shall occur no sooner than twenty-four hours after a public meeting specifically held to debate such matters and to receive public comment thereon.

C. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and may fix the place at which its special meetings shall be held.

D. The commission may authorize in its bylaws the payment of a per diem to each commissioner for attendance at officially called meetings or any subcommittee meetings of the board of commissioners not to exceed the federal employee authorized per diem.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1; Acts 1997, No. 708, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 2004, No. 307, §1.