§ 38:3304 — Meetings of board; quorum; officers; removal of commissioners; salaries and

Louisiana § 38:3304

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 38: Public Contracts, Works and Improvements

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§3304. Meetings of board; quorum; officers; removal of commissioners; salaries and
expenses; requirements; frequency and location
A. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business. They
shall organize and elect a president and a vice president from their members and such other
officers as the board deems necessary. They shall appoint a secretary and an attorney. The
salary of the secretary shall be fixed by the board.
B. In case of the death, resignation, absence, inability, or failure to act of the
president, the secretary shall call the board together and the board shall appoint one of their
number to serve as acting president, and he shall perform all the duties of president. In case
of neglect of duty by any commissioner, or of his failure, without good cause, to attend
regular meetings for three times successively, the governor, on request of the board, shall
remove the commissioner and appoint his successor. The commissioners may fix the per
diem of the members appointed by the governor, however, the per diem of each member
shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the rate allowable for per diem deductions pursuant
to 26 U.S.C. 162(h)(1)(B)(ii) during the time such member is in actual attendance upon the
board or performing duties authorized by the board. Such per diem shall be payable for a
maximum of twenty-four days per year, except if an emergency is declared by the governor,
during the period of such emergency as determined by the governor, the board shall be
authorized to hold as many meetings or emergency activities as the board deems necessary
and the members shall be paid per diem for such meetings or activities. The board shall
provide at least two weeks notice to the public of its intent to vote on whether or not to fix
the per diem of its members above sixty dollars.
C.(1) The board shall adhere to the Open Meetings Law, R.S. 42:11 et seq. The board
shall operate under Robert's Rules of Order.
(2) The board shall designate the time and select the place for holding its regular
sessions, which may be convened at any time upon call of the president or upon call of two
of the commissioners, but the board shall meet at least quarterly. All meetings of the board
shall be held at a meeting space located in a public building and open to the public for the
purposes of the meetings. The location of the meetings shall be rotated among public
buildings in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, and Livingston parishes.
(3) The board shall post agendas for all meetings on its website at least twenty-four
hours prior to meetings. The board shall stream all district meetings live on the internet.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1981, No. 896, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 907, §1; Acts 2015, No. 423, §1; Acts 2018, No. 421, §1; Acts 2022, No. 490, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.