SLS 17RS-252 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 219
BY SENATOR FANNIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HOSPITALS. Provides relative to certain hospital service districts. (8/1/17)
1 AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for hospital service district board membership in any parish with
3 a population greater than sixteen thousand and less than seventeen thousand,
4 according to the latest federal decennial census; to provide for board composition;
5 to provide for minimum qualifications; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing
8 authority of any parish with a population greater than sixteen thousand and less than
9 seventeen thousand, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall have a
10 hospital service district board governed by five commissioners, who shall be qualified
11 voters and residents of the parish and shall possess the following qualifications: one
12 commission member who shall possess financial expertise as the officer or owner of a
13 bank or group of banks in the parish, one commission member who shall possess legal
14 expertise as a licensed attorney in good standing in the parish who shall not be
15 employed by the district attorney's office, one commission member who shall possess
16 medical expertise and is a licensed practitioner at the hospital service district hospital
17 in the parish, one commission member who shall possess business or accounting
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SLS 17RS-252 ORIGINAL
1 expertise and is a licensed certified public accountant or who holds a master's degree
2 in business administration and practices in the parish, and one commission member
3 who shall have managerial expertise and is employed by a manufacturer located in the
4 parish of products made from pulp wood or other fibrous substances with more than
5 two hundred employees. The commissioners shall be appointed by a majority vote of
6 the police jury of the parish for six year terms.
7 Section 2. The police jury of the parish shall ensure that all necessary
8 appointments are made such that the commission members appointed pursuant to this
9 Act shall assume their responsibilities on August 1, 2017.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 219 Original 2017 Regular Session Fannin
Provides for hospital service district board membership and member qualifications in any
parish with a population greater than sixteen thousand and less than seventeen thousand,
according to the latest federal decennial census.
Effective August 1, 2017.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.