Louisiana § 34:242 Board of commissioners; members, officers, agents and employees

Louisiana Statutes

§ 34:242 — Board of commissioners; members, officers, agents and employees

Louisiana·Title 34 Navigation and Shipping

The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners to be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Iberia. The board shall consist of seven members who shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the district or the division of the district from which appointed during their term of office, to be appointed as follows: two commissioners shall be appointed on September 18, 1978, each for a term of six years, one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen of Loreauville and one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen of Jeanerette; the successors to the two commissioners whose terms expire on November 12, 1978 shall be appointed by the mayor and council of New Iberia each to serve until September 18, 1984; the

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The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners to be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Iberia. The board shall consist of seven members who shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the district or the division of the district from which appointed during their term of office, to be appointed as follows: two commissioners shall be appointed on September 18, 1978, each for a term of six years, one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen of Loreauville and one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen of Jeanerette; the successors to the two commissioners whose terms expire on November 12, 1978 shall be appointed by the mayor and council of New Iberia each to serve until September 18, 1984; the successors to the three commissioners whose terms expire on November 12, 1980 and on November 12, 1981 shall be appointed by the governing authority of the Parish of Iberia each to serve until September 18, 1984. Upon the expiration of their respective terms of office, their successors shall be appointed by the respective governing authorities for terms of six years each. The successors to the three commissioners who are to be appointed by the governing authority of Iberia Parish shall be appointed one from each of the three divisions of the district, such divisions shall be created and established by the governing authority of Iberia Parish in such manner as to provide for approximately the same population in each such division. Each vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the authority which appointed the commissioner. Any commissioner may be removed by the appointing authority, but only for cause and on charges preferred against him in writing and after public hearing and proof of the sufficiency of the charges; provided, that any commissioner so removed shall have the right to test in the courts the sufficiency of the charges and of the evidence tendered in support thereof.
The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall have the power to organize and reorganize legal, executive, engineering, clerical, and other departments and forces of the board and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees of the said board.

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