ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 67
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 34:2472(A) and 2473(F)(3), relative to the South Louisiana Port
3 Commission; to modify the titles of certain board officer positions within the
4 membership of the commission; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 34:2472(A) and 2473(F)(3) are hereby amended and reenacted to
7 read as follows:
8 §2472. Officers of the board; meetings
9 A. The commission shall elect from among its own members a president, a
10 vice president chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose
11 respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the
12 commission the offices of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person.
13 The commission shall meet in regular session once each month and also shall meet
14 in special session at the call of the president chairman of the commission or on the
15 written request of three members of the commission. A majority of the members of
16 the commission shall constitute a quorum and all action or resolutions of the
17 commission must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of
18 all members of the commission.
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20 §2473. Jurisdictional boundaries; rights and powers of commission and executive
21 director
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23 F.
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1 (3) The port shall contract for an annual independent audit. An auditor,
2 acceptable to the legislative auditor, shall be contracted with by the president
3 chairman of the commission and the chairman of the finance committee and shall be
4 approved by a record vote of a majority of the commission membership.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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