2017 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 - Mental Health
RS 28:244 - Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies
§244. Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies
The district shall be governed and controlled by the board of commissioners of the South Louisiana Health Services District, to be composed of four members, one from each parish. The commissioners shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve terms of four years and until their successors have been appointed and qualified, except that one of the initial appointments shall be a term of one year; one shall be for a term of two years; one shall be for a term of three years, and one shall be for a term of four years. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner, due to death, resignation, or any cause, shall be filled for the unexpired term by an appointment by the governor. The director of the Division of Hospitals of the Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration or his designee shall serve as ex officio member.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 389, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 253; Acts 1974, No. 294, §1.
