§ 24:202 — Council; membership; terms; vacancies; meetings

Louisiana § 24:202

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 24: Legislature and Laws

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§202. Council; membership; terms; vacancies; meetings
A. The governing body of the Louisiana State Law Institute shall be a council
composed of ex officio members and elected members. The ex officio members shall be:
(1) One justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana selected by the justices thereof.
(2) One judge of the intermediate Louisiana courts of appeal selected by the judges
thereof.
(3) Two judges of the Louisiana district courts selected by the District Judges
Association.
(4) One federal judge residing in Louisiana selected by the federal judges residing
in Louisiana.
(5) The attorney general of the state of Louisiana.
(6) The executive counsel to the governor.
(7) The chairman of each judiciary committee of the Senate, the chairman of the
House Civil Law and Procedure Committee, the chairman of the House Administration of
Criminal Justice Committee, and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, or an
attorney appointed by any of the above named chairmen who is a member of any of the
foregoing committees, one additional member of the House of Representatives appointed by
the speaker, and one additional member of the Senate appointed by the president of the
Senate.
(8) The president of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
(9) The chairman of the Young Lawyers Section of the Louisiana State Bar
Association.
(10) The dean of the Louisiana State University Law School.
(11) The dean of the Loyola University School of Law.
(12) The dean of the Southern University Law School.
(13) The dean of the Tulane University School of Law.
(14) The officers of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
(15) Any Louisiana members on the Council of the American Law Institute.
(16) Any Louisiana members of the Board of Governors of the American Bar
Association.
(17) Any Louisiana members of the House of Delegates of the American Bar
Association.
(18) Any Louisiana members of the Board of Governors of the National Bar
Association.
(19) A Louisiana member of the National Bar Association to be appointed by the
president of the organization.
(20) Two Louisiana members of the National Bar Association to be appointed by the
president of the Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association.
(21) The president of the state chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Society or his
designee.
(22) The state public defender or his designee.
(23) Two judges who are members of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family
Court Judges appointed by the president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family
Court Judges or their designees. One of the judges shall be a judge of a court having
exclusive family or family and juvenile jurisdiction, and the other shall be a judge of a court
having exclusive juvenile or family and juvenile jurisdiction.
(24) The executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.
(25) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association or a district
attorney designated by the president.
(26) One judge who is a member of the Louisiana City Court Judges Association
appointed by the president of the Louisiana City Court Judges Association or his designee.
B. The elected membership shall consist of thirty-one members, as follows: three
shall be elected from the members of the faculty of the Louisiana State University Law
School; three from the members of the faculty of the Loyola University School of Law; three
from the members of the faculty of the Southern University Law School; three from the
members of the faculty of the Tulane University School of Law; and nineteen from among
the practicing attorneys of the state of Louisiana.
C. The terms of office of the members of the judiciary who are ex-officio members
of the Council shall be four years. The other ex-officio members shall hold their positions
during their respective terms of office.
D. The terms of office of the elected members of the Council shall be four years.
The terms of office of the first elected members having been fixed and determined under
Acts 166 of 1938 and 195 of 1942, their successors shall continue to be elected for terms of
four years under such rules as the Council may adopt. The elected members of the Council
shall be eligible for re-election.
E. Vacancies in the elected membership created by death, resignation or otherwise
than by the expiration of the terms of office shall be filled by the Council under such rules
as it may adopt. Vacancies occurring through the expiration of the terms of office shall be
filled by election by the Council under such rules as it may adopt.
F.(1) All meetings of the Council shall be held at a meeting space located in a public
building and open to the public for the purposes of the meeting. The institute shall select
meeting space that is available without charge or at a reduced cost. At least half of the
Council meetings held each year shall be in Baton Rouge.
(2) Public entities are authorized and encouraged to make meeting space available
to the institute without charge or at a reduced cost.
(3) For meetings held in Baton Rouge, preference shall be given to meeting at
Louisiana State University unless, after reasonable inquiry by the institute, another meeting
space at a public building elsewhere in Baton Rouge is available at a lower cost.
G.(1) Meetings of the institute shall be subject to the Open Meetings Law and the
Public Records Law.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or provisions of the Open
Meetings Law to the contrary, committees and subcommittees of the institute may conduct
periodic meetings via electronic means provided that all of the following requirements are
met:
(i) No later than twenty-four hours prior to the meeting, the institute shall provide
the notice and agenda for the meeting, which shall include information regarding how
members of the public may participate in the meeting and submit comments regarding
matters on the agenda. The notice and agenda shall be posted on the website of the institute
and emailed to any member of the public or the news media who requests notice of the
committee or subcommittee's meetings.
(ii) The institute shall provide a mechanism to receive public comment electronically
both prior to and during the meeting. The institute shall properly identify and acknowledge
all public comments during the meeting and shall maintain those comments in its record of
the meeting.
(iii) The institute shall ensure that each person participating in the meeting is
properly identified and that all parts of the meeting, excluding any matter discussed in
executive session, are clear and audible to all participants in the meeting, including the
public.
(iv) A committee or subcommittee shall not conduct successive meetings via
electronic means.
(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not limit the conduct
of meetings via electronic means during a gubernatorially proclaimed or declared disaster or
emergency in the manner provided by R.S. 42:17.1.
(c) The institute may adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to allow the public to
participate in a meeting via electronic means.
(d) For purposes of this Paragraph, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
(i) "Meeting via electronic means" shall mean a meeting occurring via teleconference
or video conference.
(ii) "Teleconference" shall mean a method of communication that enables persons
in different locations to participate in a meeting and to hear and otherwise communicate with
each other.
(iii) "Video conference" shall mean a method of communication that enables persons
in different locations to participate in a meeting and to see, hear, and otherwise communicate
with each other.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 126, §1; Acts 1954, No. 53, §1; Acts 1971, No. 161, §1; Acts 1976, No. 673, §1; Acts 1999, No. 238, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1318, §1; Acts 2010, No. 620, §1; Acts 2012, No. 188, §1; Acts 2016, No. 428, §1; Acts 2016, No. 536, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 220, §1, eff. May 15, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 613, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.