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ACT No. 487
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 956
BY REPRESENTATIVES DOVE AND BALDONE AND SENATOR CHABERT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:130.252(A)(1)(b) and (2), relative to the Terrebonne2
Economic Development Authority; to provide for membership on the board of3
commissioners; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published5
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of6
Louisiana.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 33:130.252(A)(1)(b) and (2) are hereby amended and reenacted to9
read as follows: 10
ยง130.252. Board of commissioners; members; agents and employees11
A.(1)12
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph,14
no member of the board of commissioners appointed pursuant to Subparagraph (2)(e)15
or (f) Item (2)(a)(v) or (vi) of this Subsection shall be required to be a proprietor,16
partner, or officer of a business within the limits of the authority.17
(2)(a)(i) Two members shall be appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council,18
one of whom shall be appointed at large from the parish and one of whom shall be19
an African-American selected by the council from a list of two names nominated by20
the Terrebonne Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored21
People.22
(b) (ii) One member shall be appointed by the Terrebonne Parish president.23
(c) (iii) Three members shall be appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council,24
at least one of whom shall be an African-American, selected by the council from a25
list of six names nominated by the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce.26 ENROLLEDHB NO. 956
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(d) (iv) Three members shall be appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council,1
at least one of whom shall be a woman, selected by the council from a list of six2
names nominated by the South Central Industrial Association.3
(e) (v) One member shall be appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council4
from a list of two nominees submitted by the superintendent of the Terrebonne5
Parish school system. Each nominee shall be approved by a majority vote of the6
Terrebonne Parish School Board prior to submission to the parish council.7
(f) (vi) One member shall be appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council8
from a list of two names nominated by the chancellor of L.E. Fletcher Technical9
Community College.10
(g) (vii) The president of Nicholls State University, ex officio, who shall be11
a nonvoting member and shall not be counted for purposes of a quorum, or his12
designee.13
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Items (iii) and (iv) of Subparagraph14
(a) of this Paragraph, for each vacancy on the board, the Houma-Terrebonne15
Chamber of Commerce and the South Central Industrial Association shall submit16
two names for nomination. Nothing in this Subparagraph shall be construed to affect17
the qualifications of members imposed by Items (iii) and (iv) of Subparagraph (a) of18
this Paragraph.19
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: