§ 34:1801 — Creation of Avoyelles Parish Port Commission

§1801. Creation of Avoyelles Parish Port Commission
A.(1) There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Avoyelles Parish Port
Commission, which shall be composed of five members, at least one of whom shall be a
minority, who shall serve without compensation and who shall be appointed as follows:
(2) The members of the police jury of Avoyelles Parish shall select two
commissioners, the Town of Simmesport shall select one commissioner, the representative
representing House District Twenty-Eight shall select one commissioner, and the senators
representing Senate District Twenty-Eight and Senate District Thirty-Two shall, collectively,
select one commissioner. Each commissioner shall be domiciled in Avoyelles Parish.
(3)(a) Upon the effective date of this Paragraph, the existing commissioners shall
remain until their termed year. Commissioners appointed thereafter shall serve four-year
terms subsequent to staggered terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph. The
term shall end on January thirty-first of the termed year. The selection process shall
commence February first and be completed within thirty days.
(b)(i) Two members shall serve a term of two years; two members shall serve a term
of three years; and one member shall serve a term of four years.
(ii) The terms of the respective members shall be determined from a selection by lot
at the first meeting of the board.
(iii) For purposes of this Subparagraph, "selection by lot" shall mean a random
selection from the pool of chosen commissioners.
(4) The mayor of Simmesport or his designee, who shall be a member of the board
of aldermen of the town of Simmesport, shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member of the
commission.
(5) Except as in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, no person who holds an elective
public office of any kind in federal, state, or local governments shall be appointed or serve
as a member of the commission. Any member of the commission who, during his term of
office, is elected to such office shall be deemed to have resigned from the commission by
virtue of being elected to such public office.
B. Any vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointments and for the unexpired term of office. Each commissioner shall
be a citizen of the United States, and a qualified voter and a taxpayer of the State of
Louisiana.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1960, No. 331, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1; Acts 2016, No. 594, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2021, No. 332, §1, eff. June 14, 2021.