SLS 19RS-201 ORIGINAL 2019 Regular Session SENATE BILL NO. 167 BY SENATOR LAFLEUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Provides relative to the Evangeline Parish Communications District. (8/1/19) 1 AN ACT 2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9103(A)(3), relative to the Evangeline Parish 3 Communications District; to provide for board of commissioners; to provide for 4 powers; to provide for joint ventures and cooperative endeavors; and to provide for 5 related matters. 6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published. 7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 8 Section 1. R.S. 33:9103(A)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 9 ยง9103. Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications and terms; powers; 10 parish governing authority as district governing authority 11 A. 12 * * * 13 (3)(a) However, the governing authority of the parish of Evangeline may 14 appoint two additional members to the board of commissioners for the Evangeline 15 Parish Communications District. The board of commissioners shall serve without 16 compensation. 17 (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the Page 1 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 167 SLS 19RS-201 ORIGINAL 1 board of commissioners for the Evangeline Parish Communications District, in 2 an effort to carry out the purposes of this Chapter and in addition to other 3 powers granted by this Chapter, may enter into a joint venture or cooperative 4 endeavor agreement for a public purpose with a federal, state, or local 5 governmental agency or with a private or public firm, partnership, corporation, 6 or other entity. 7 * * * The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell. DIGEST SB 167 Original 2019 Regular Session LaFleur Present law authorizes the governing authority of any parish to create by ordinance communication districts composed of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the parish. Present law provides that the governing authority creating the communication district may appoint a board of commissioners who shall be qualified electors of the district. Present law provides that the board of commissioners for the Evangeline Parish Communications District shall serve without compensation. Proposed law retains present law and authorizes the board of commissioners for Evangeline Parish Communications District to enter into cooperative endeavor agreements for a public purpose with a federal, state, or local governmental agency or with a private or public firm, partnership, corporation or other entity. Effective August 1, 2019. (Amends R.S. 33:9103(A)(3)) Page 2 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions.