§ 2:602 — Creation of airport authority

Louisiana § 2:602

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 2: Aeronautics

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§602. Creation of airport authority
A.(1) Any governing body of a subdivision may, by resolution, create a public body
to be known as an airport authority which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon
the appointment and qualification of the first commissioners thereof. Upon the adoption of
a resolution creating an airport authority, the governing body of the subdivision shall,
pursuant to the resolution, appoint not less than five persons but not more than nine persons
as commissioners of the authority. The commissioners shall be appointed to serve staggered
terms of no less than one year, but not more than five years, except that vacancies occurring
otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
manner as the original appointment.
(2) The Iberia Parish Airport Authority shall have six members, one of whom shall
be an Iberia Parish citizen residing at a location with a Jeanerette address as established by
the United States Postal Service.
(3) At the expiration of a term occurring after August 1, 2022, the Shreveport
Airport Authority shall appoint at least one commissioner who has a Federal Aviation
Administration private pilot's license or has served as a required aviation crew member in
the United States. Documentation shall be provided to comply with this requirement.
Thereafter, the Shreveport Airport Authority shall make appointments in a manner to ensure
that at least one member who either has a Federal Aviation Administration private pilot's
license or has served as a required aviation crew member in the United States is always
seated.
(4) Where the governing body of a subdivision creates an airport authority by
resolution, such authority shall be perpetually in existence until revoked by resolution of the
governing body. Any airport district created by a special act of the legislature shall be able
to adopt a resolution or ordinance or take other action by vote of a majority of the quorum.
B. The governing body may, at its discretion, submit the proposition of whether or
not it should create an airport authority hereunder to the electorate and should the
proposition be favorable, then and in that event, it shall become mandatory for the governing
body to create such an authority by resolution and same shall be perpetual in existence until
revoked by the electorate in the same manner as the creation thereof. The election shall be
ordered by resolution and submitted to the qualified electors at an election to be conducted
in accordance with the general election laws of the state of Louisiana, a majority of those
voting in said election shall have voted in favor of the creation of an airport authority.

Legislative History

Acts 1952, No. 531, §3. Acts 1983, No. 725, §1; Acts 1999, No. 836, §1; Acts 2001, No. 92, §1; Acts 2022, No. 378, §1.