§ 28:912 — Creation and jurisdiction

§912. Creation and jurisdiction
A. The human services districts and authorities shall be:
(1) Capital Area Human Services District, which shall comprise the parishes of
Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge,
and West Feliciana.
(2)(a) Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority, which shall comprise the parish
of Jefferson.
(b) The governing authority of Jefferson Parish shall continue to provide funds and
in-kind contributions for the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority on at least the level
of funding and in-kind contributions in effect during the 1990 fiscal year.
(c) The Jefferson Parish Council shall have the authority to levy taxes and issue
bonds or other obligations for the provision of services at the Jefferson Parish Human
Services Authority.
(3) Florida Parishes Human Services Authority, which shall comprise the parishes
of Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington.
(4) Metropolitan Human Services District, which shall comprise the parishes of
Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines.
(5) South Central Louisiana Human Services Authority, which shall comprise the
parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, and
Terrebonne.
(6) Northeast Delta Human Services Authority, which shall comprise the parishes of
Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita,
Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll.
(7) Acadiana Area Human Services District, which shall comprise the parishes of
Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion.
(8) Imperial Calcasieu Human Services Authority, which shall comprise the parishes
of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis.
(9) Central Louisiana Human Services District, which shall comprise the parishes of
Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon, and Winn.
(10) Northwest Louisiana Human Services District, which shall comprise the parishes
of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Sabine, Red River, and
Webster.
B. The domicile of each human services district or authority shall be within the
statutory governance area of the district or authority.
C. No new human services district or authority may be established without the
express authorization of the legislature.

Legislative History

Acts 2008, No. 373, §2, eff. June 21, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 231, §1, eff. May 22, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §10, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2017, No. 73, §1, eff. June 7, 2017.