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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 16
BY SENATOR SMITH
LOCAL AGENCIES. Changes membership of the Vernon Parish Arena District. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4580(B)(1)(b) and (3), relative to the Vernon Parish Arena2
District; to provide relative to governance; and to provide for related matters.3
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 33:4580(B)(1)(b) and (3) are hereby amended and reenacted to read6
as follows: 7
ยง4580. Vernon Parish Arena District; creation; jurisdiction; purposes; board;8
powers9
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B.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, hereby11
created and referred to as the "board". The board shall be composed of five members12
to be appointed as follows:13
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(b) The mayor of Leesville. president of the West Louisiana Forestry15
Board.16
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(3) The president of the police jury and the mayor of Leesville president of1
the West Louisiana Forestry Board shall serve terms concurrent with that of their2
elected offices. The remaining members shall serve terms concurrent with the terms3
of the legislative delegation.4
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
Smith (SB 16)
Present law provides for the appointment authority for the board of commissioners of the
Vernon Parish Arena District as follows:
(a)The president of the Vernon Parish Police Jury.
(b)The mayor of Leesville.
(c)Two members appointed by the Lions' Club of Vernon Parish.
(d)One member appointed by the legislative delegation.
Proposed law retains present law but removes the appointment authority given to the mayor
of Leesville in favor of the president of the West Louisiana Forestry Board.
Present law provides that the president of the police jury and the mayor of Leesville shall
serve terms concurrent with that of their elected offices. The remaining members shall serve
terms concurrent with the terms of the legislative delegation.
Proposed law retains present law but changes the applicability of the term of office relating
to the mayor of Leesville to the president of the West Louisiana Forestry Board.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Amends R.S. 33:4580(B)(1)(b) and (3))