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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 334
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAMPAGNE
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 38:291(AA)(1) and (2) and to enact R.S. 38:291(CC), relative2
to levee districts; to remove Vermilion Parish from the limits of the Chenier Plain3
Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority; to create the Vermilion Parish Levee,4
Hurricane Protection, and Conservation District; to provide for jurisdictional limits;5
to provide for a board of commissioners; to provide for appointment of6
commissioners, terms of office, and determination of domicile; to provide for an7
additional member of the Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration Protection Authority;8
and to provide for related matters.9
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published10
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of11
Louisiana.12
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:13
Section 1. R.S. 38:291(AA)(1) and (2) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.14
38:291(CC) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 15
ยง291. Naming; limits of districts; composition of boards16
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AA. Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority.18
(1) All of the lands in the parishes of Calcasieu, and Cameron, and19
Vermilion shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the20
Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority. These lands and all21
property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the22
provisions of this Chapter.23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 334
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(2) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, nine seven1
persons to serve as commissioners as follows:2
(a) The police jury of Calcasieu Parish shall submit a list of six nominations,3
subject to ratification by the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish, and the4
governor shall appoint three members from the list.5
(b) The police jury of Cameron Parish shall submit a list of six nominations,6
subject to ratification by the governing authority of Cameron Parish, and the7
governor shall appoint three members from the list.8
(c) The police jury of Vermilion Parish shall submit a list of six nominations,9
subject to ratification by the governing authority of Vermilion Parish, and the10
governor shall appoint three members from the list.11
(c) A person who is not a resident of either the Parish of Calcasieu nor the12
Parish of Cameron who shall be either an engineer or a professional in a related field13
such as geotechnical, hydrological, or environmental science.14
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CC. Vermilion Parish Levee, Hurricane Protection, and Conservation16
District.17
(1) All of the lands in the parish of Vermilion shall be embraced in the limits18
of a levee district to be known as the Vermilion Parish Levee, Hurricane Protection,19
and Conservation District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt20
from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.21
(2) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, a board of22
commissioners consisting of nine persons who reside in Vermilion Parish located23
within the levee district and who meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A) as24
follows:25
(a) Two members shall be appointed from the Vermilion Parish Police Jury.26
(b) One member shall be appointed from the Abbeville Harbor and Terminal27
Port Commission.28
(c) One member shall be appointed from each of the following municipalities29
within Vermilion Parish:30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 334
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(i) City of Abbeville.1
(ii) City of Kaplan.2
(iii) Town of Erath.3
(iv) Town of Gueydan.4
(v) Town of Delcambre.5
(vi) Village of Maurice.6
(3) A vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of7
term, or any other cause of a member of the board shall be filled in the same manner8
as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.9
(4)(a) The members of the board initially appointed shall at their first10
meeting determine by lot their terms of office, which terms shall commence11
immediately upon their appointment and shall expire, respectively, as follows: three12
members in two years, three members in three years, and three members in four13
years, from the first day of July immediately succeeding such appointment.14
(b) All commissioners thereafter appointed, except a commissioner15
appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall be appointed as provided in Paragraph (2)16
of this Subsection for staggered terms of four years, which shall expire on July first17
of the fourth year of the term to which he is appointed, or until his successor is18
appointed and takes office.19
(c) No member shall serve more than four consecutive three-year terms;20
however, if a person has been appointed to fill more than one-half of an unexpired21
term, such person shall be eligible to serve consecutively no more than two terms in22
addition to such partial term.23
(5) The official domicile of the board of the district shall be established by24
the board.25
(6) No member of the board shall receive compensation for serving as a26
member of the board.27
(7)(a) The district shall have such taxing authority as authorized by Article28
VI, Sections 39(A) and (B) of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable29
provisions of law.30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 334
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(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, the district shall be limited by the Charter1
for the city of Abbeville.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: