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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 44
BY SENATOR SMITH
LOCAL AGENCIES. Increases the membership of the Beauregard Parish Airport Board
from seven to ten members. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 2:319, relative to Beauregard Parish; to increase the number of2
members of the board of commissioners for the Beauregard Parish Airport Board;3
and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 2:319 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง319. Governing authority in district composed of land in one parish8
A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the governing authority of an9
airport district composed of land situated in only one parish may either be the10
governing body of the parish in which the district is located, in which case the11
officers of the parish governing body shall be the officers of the airport district, or12
the governing body of the parish creating the airport district, may, in the resolution13
creating the airport district provided for in R.S. 2:316, provide that a board of14
commissioners composed of either five or seven members, so designated at the15
option of the governing body of the parish creating the airport district, shall be the16
governing authority of the airport district and shall be selected by the governing body17 SB NO. 44
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of the parish creating the airport district. The governing body of any parish which1
has heretofore created an airport district prior to August 21, 1975, and is serving as2
the governing authority of such airport district may elect to appoint a board of3
commissioners as the governing authority of such airport district; however, such4
election shall not have the effect of affecting or impairing in any manner any5
obligations incurred by the airport district prior to such election, and shall not relieve6
the governing body of the parish of any liability with respect to any outstanding7
obligations incurred for airport purposes prior to such election, nor shall the newly8
appointed board of commissioners be deemed to have assumed any obligations9
incurred by the governing body of the parish for airport purposes prior to their10
appointment.11
B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an airport12
district composed of land situated in Beauregard Parish shall be governed by13
a board of commissioners composed of ten members. The board of14
commissioners shall be selected by the governing authority of Beauregard15
Parish.16
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
Smith (SB 44)
Present law provides that the governing authority of an airport district composed of land
situated in only one parish may either be the governing body of the parish in which the
district is located, in which case the officers of the parish governing body shall be the
officers of the airport district, or the governing body of the parish creating the airport district,
may provide that a board of commissioners composed of either five or seven members, so
designated at the option of the governing body of the parish creating the airport district, shall
be the governing authority of the airport district and shall be selected by the governing body
of the parish creating the airport district.
Proposed law retains present law but authorizes an airport district composed of land situated
in Beauregard Parish to be governed by a board of commissioners composed of ten members
selected by the governing authority.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Amends R.S. 2:319)