HLS 14RS-1252 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 955
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to training requirements for board members
of transit authorities
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 48:236, relative to transit authorities; to provide for training for certain2
members of board or commissions of regional transit authorities; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 48:236 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง236. Transit authorities; training7
A. All appointed members of a board or a commission of a regional transit8
authority shall receive at least six hours of training either prior to taking office or no9
later than one year from taking office. The training shall be approved by the parish10
or municipal governing authority of the jurisdiction where the transit authority is11
located and shall include the duties, responsibilities, ethics, and substance of the12
position held or to be held.13
B. The provisions of this Section shall only apply to members appointed to14
such boards or commissions on or after January 1, 2015.15 HLS 14RS-1252 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 955
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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)]
Leger HB No. 955
Abstract: Requires training for members of board or commissions of regional transit
authorities.
Proposed law requires all appointed members of a board or a commission of a regional
transit authority receive at least six hours of training either prior to taking office or no later
than 1 year from taking office.
Proposed law requires the training be approved by the parish or municipal governing
authority of the jurisdiction where the transit authority is located.
Proposed law provides that the training include the duties, responsibilities, ethics, and
substance of the position held or to be held.
Proposed law provides that proposed law shall only apply to members appointed to such
boards or commissions on or after Jan. 1, 2015.
(Adds R.S. 48:236)