RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 43 (SB 20) 2017 Regular Session Ward
Prior law created the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, composed of 15 members
appointed by the governor, and provided for per diem for each member not to exceed $75 per
day during the time a member is in actual attendance upon the board, or performing duties
authorized by the board; provided for payment of per diem for a maximum of 24 days per
year, except when an emergency is declared by the governor; and provided for an unlimited
number of emergency meetings or emergency activities as the commission deems necessary
and requires payment of per diem to members for such meetings or activities.
Prior law required commission members to elect the following officers from among its
members: president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer; provided an option for the
offices of secretary and treasurer to be held by one person; required the commission to meet
in regular and special session at the call of the commission's president or upon written
request of five commission members; provided that a quorum is a majority of members of
the commission and that all action or resolutions of the commission shall be approved by
affirmative votes of not less than a majority of all members of the commission; and provided
for the commission to prescribe rules to govern its meetings and to fix the place of its
meetings.
New law changes prior law to require election of officers at the commission's regularly
scheduled meeting each November, and changes per diem from $75 to a per diem set by the
commission, not to exceed $300.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 34:1221(A)(intro para) and 1222)