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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 566
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
LOCAL AGENCIES. Provides relative to the board of commissioners of the Capital Area
Transit System (CATS). (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 48:1456(D), relative to Capital Area Transit System; to provide2
for certain action relative to the board of commissioners; to provide for an effective3
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. 48:1456(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1456. Board of commissioners8
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D. Notwithstanding the expiration of their terms, members shall serve until10
their successors are appointed and qualified, unless removed for cause which11
removal shall take immediate effect. The governing authority body of the12
appointing parish shall appoint a temporary replacement to the board13
immediately upon removal or within fourteen days. The temporary appointee14
shall remain on the board until a successor is appointed and qualified. A15
temporary appointee is not eligible for reappointment for a term. Members All16
other appointed members are eligible for reappointment.17 SB NO. 566
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not2
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature3
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If4
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become5
effective on the day following such approval.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
Claitor (SB 566)
Present law provides for a board member to serve his term until a successor is appointed and
qualified.
Present law provides that member may be removed only for cause determined by the
governing authority of the appointing parish. Further provides that the board shall declare
a member's office vacant upon the member's conviction of a felony and a plea for nolo
contendere to a felony offense. Finally, provides that a member shall be deemed to have
abandoned his office upon failure to attend two of any three consecutive regularly scheduled
meetings without an excuse approved by a resolution of the board at the next regular
meeting, and that a vacancy shall be deemed to exist in that member's office beginning at
such time.
Proposed law provides for the removal of a board member immediately if removed for
cause, at which time the governing body of the appointing parish is to appoint a temporary
replacement to the board immediately or within 14 days.
Proposed law provides that the temporary appointee is to remain on the board until a
successor is appointed and qualified and is not eligible for reappointment for a term.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 48:1456(D))