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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 152
BY SENATOR JOHN SMITH
LOCAL AGENCIES. Provides for increasing the board membership to ten on the War
Memorial Civic Center Board in the town of DeRidder. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:4643.1, relative to the board of control; to provide for an increase in2
membership on the Beauregard Parish War Memorial Civic Center; to provide for3
an effective date; 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. 33:4643.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง4643.1. Beauregard Parish board of control8
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, regarding9
the Beauregard Parish War Memorial Civic Center, the governing authority of10
Beauregard Parish shall appoint ten citizens of the parish or the territory of the11
ward affected to serve as the board of control. Initial appointees shall serve for12
terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, and their successors shall be13
appointed for terms of five years.14
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17 SB NO. 152
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vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become1
effective on the day following such approval.2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
John Smith (SB 152)
Present law provides for the governing authority of the parish to appoint five citizens to
serve on the board of control of a war memorial civic center. Provides that the president of
the police jury shall be an ex officio member of the board.
Proposed law provides for the governing authority of the parish of Beauregard to appoint 10
citizens to serve on the board of control of the war memorial civic center in the town of
DeRidder.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 33:4643.1)