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ACT No. 62
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 54
BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDERS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1053(Q)(2), relative to Concordia Parish Hospital Service
3 District Number One; to provide relative to the membership of the governing board
4 of commissioners; 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.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 46:1053(Q)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1053. Commission; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies;
11 compensation; removal of commissioners; certain powers
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13 Q.
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15 (2) Upon expiration of the term of each of the initial two additional
16 commissioners appointed pursuant to this Subsection, the successors of one of such
17 additional commissioners shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish and shall
18 serve six-year terms and be subject to removal as provided in Subsection C of this
19 Section. Each of the successors of the remaining additional commissioner shall be
20 designated as the physician member. The police jury shall appoint the immediate
21 past chief of staff of the hospital medical staff as the physician member. The
22 medical staff of the Riverland Medical Center shall elect an active member of the
23 medical staff at the medical center to serve as the physician member. The term of
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1 the physician member shall be two years and the outgoing chief of staff shall be his
2 successor. The physician member shall not be is subject to the requirements of
3 Subsection A of this Section that commissioners be qualified voters and residents of
4 the district.
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6 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
7 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
8 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
9 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
10 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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