HLS 15RS-19 ENGROSSED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 93
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for meetings of the West Feliciana Port
Commission
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 34:3283(A)(introductory paragraph), relative to the West
3 Feliciana Port Commission; to provide for the frequency of commission meetings;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 34:3283(A)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
10reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง3283. Officers; meetings; quorum; report
12 A. The commission shall elect annually from among the commissioners a
13 president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer whose respective duties shall
14 be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the offices of
15 secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person. The commission shall meet
16 in regular session once each month yearly and shall also meet in special session at
17 the call of the president of the commission or on the written request of three
18 commissioners. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and
19 shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held. A majority of the commissioners,
20 not including vacancies, shall constitute a quorum. All actions of the commission
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HB NO. 93
1 shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners present
2 and voting. However, no action of the commission shall be authorized on the
3 following matters unless approved by a majority of the total commissioners:
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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)]
HB 93 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Havard
Abstract: Changes the frequency of meetings of the West Feliciana Parish Port
Commission from monthly to yearly.
Present law creates the West Feliciana Parish Port Commission and requires the commission
to hold regular monthly meetings.
Proposed law changes the regular meetings from monthly to yearly.
Present law provides for special meetings, the election of the commission's officers, the
location of meetings, quorum, and the vote necessary for action by the commission.
Proposed law retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 34:3283(A)(intro. para.))
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