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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 310
BY SENATOR BROOME
AN ACT1
To enact Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised2
of R.S. 48:1501, relative to regional public transportation; to provide for the3
development and implementation of training of members of boards and commissions4
of regional public transit entities; to require training for such membership; to provide5
that the lack of training is a cause for removal; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,8
comprised of R.S. 48:1501, is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
CHAPTER 11. REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION10
ยง1501. Regional transit entities; training required of members11
A. All members of a regional transit entity board shall receive and12
complete at least six hours of annual training beginning in the first year of13
office. The training shall be approved by the staff of the regional planning14
commission where the transit entity is located and shall include the duties,15
responsibilities, ethics, and substance of the position held or to be held.16
B. The regional planning commission staff shall determine the eligibility17
of training sessions which meet the criteria related to these topics: transit18
planning, financing, operations, and design best practices; parliamentary19
procedure; public hearing procedure; cultural sensitivity; ethics; workforce and20
labor issues; public engagement; transit entity governance; and requirements21
of the Americans with Disabilities Act.22
C. Documentation of continuing education. Members shall document23
their attendance of training sessions in a written statement filed with the chief24
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executive officer of the transit entity. Each statement shall identify the date of1
each program attended, its subject matter, location, sponsors, and the time2
spent in each program. The chief executive officer shall submit this3
documentation to the regional planning commission annually.4
D. Removal of a member. Failure of a member to receive and complete5
the requisite number of training hours within the first year after the member6
takes office and annually thereafter or to file the statement required by7
Subsection C of this Section shall constitute a cause for removal of the member8
by the appointing body.9
E. Validity of decisions. Failure of one or more members to receive and10
complete training required by this Section shall not affect, impact, or invalidate11
any decision of the board or commission.12
F. The provisions of this Section shall apply only to persons appointed13
to a board on or after January 1, 2015.14
G. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following15
meaning, unless the context requires otherwise:16
(1) "Board" means the board or commission which serves as the17
governing body of a regional transit entity.18
(2) "Regional transit entity" includes each area public transit system19
and regional public transit authority which administers a public transit system20
within a metropolitan area that is created by law as a political subdivision of the21
state.22
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: