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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 536
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARDY
HOUSING/AUTHORITIES: Provides relative to the governing board of the Opelousas
Housing Authority
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:531(A)(3), relative to local housing authorities; to provide relative to the2
Opelousas Housing Authority; to provide relative to the governing board of the3
authority; to change the appointment process of board members; to provide relative4
to terms of board members; and to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of7
Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 40:531(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:10
ยง531. Appointment of commissioners to local housing authority11
A.12
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(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the14
Opelousas Housing Authority shall be governed by a board of five commissioners15
appointed by the governing authority of the city of Opelousas. Each commissioner16
shall represent one of the five single member council districts of the city of17
Opelousas. Each member appointed pursuant to this Paragraph shall be appointed18
to a five-year term.19
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Section 2. The five members of the board in office on the effective date of this Act1
shall continue to serve until the expiration of their then current terms. The members2
appointed to serve upon the expiration of such current terms shall be appointed as provided3
in this Act.4
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not5
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature6
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If7
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become8
effective on the day following such approval.9
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hardy HB No. 536
Abstract: Relative to the Opelousas Housing Authority, changes the appointment process
of its governing board. Provides for terms of board members.
Present law generally authorizes the governing body of each municipality and parish which
has not established a local housing authority prior to Aug. 15, 1997, to create, by resolution,
a local housing authority. Provides generally that any local housing authority established
prior to Aug. 15, 1997, shall have continued existence.
Present law generally requires the chief elected official of the municipality or parish, or if
no such official exists, then the governing body itself, to appoint five persons who shall
constitute the governing body of the local housing authority. Requires members to serve
five-year staggered terms.
Proposed law retains present law but provides an exception for the Opelousas Housing
Authority. Requires that the housing authority be governed by a board consisting of five
members appointed by the governing authority of the city of Opelousas. Additionally
requires that each commissioner represent one of the five single member council districts of
the city of Opelousas.
Proposed law provides that members of the governing board in office on the effective date
of the act will continue to serve until the expiration of their terms. Provides that members
appointed to serve upon the expiration of the current terms shall be appointed pursuant to
proposed law for five-year terms.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 40:531(A)(3))