2017 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 219
BY SENATOR FANNIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
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
18 expertise and is a licensed certified public accountant or who holds a master's degree
19 in business administration and practices in the parish, and one commission member
20 who shall have managerial expertise and is employed by a manufacturer located in the
21 parish of products made from pulp wood or other fibrous substances with more than
22 two hundred employees. The commissioners shall be appointed by a majority vote of
23 the police jury of the parish for six year terms.
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1 Section 2. The police jury of the parish shall ensure that all necessary
2 appointments are made such that the commission members appointed pursuant to this
3 Act shall assume their responsibilities on August 1, 2017.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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