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2019 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 96
BY SENATOR BISHOP
LOCAL AGENCIES. Provides for membership of the board of commissioners for the
Gentilly Development District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.70(D)(1), relative to the Gentilly Development District
3 in Orleans Parish; to provide for membership to the board of commissioners; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:2740.70(D)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง2740.70. The Gentilly Development District; creation, composition, and powers;
10 levy of ad valorem taxes and issuance of bonds
11 * * *
12 D. The district shall be governed by a six-member seven-member board of
13 commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board". The board shall be
14 composed as follows:
15 (1)(a) The state representative who represents House District No. 97, or his
16 designee.
17 (b) The state representative who represents House District No. 99, or his
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1 designee.
2 (c) The state senator who represents Senate District No. 3, or his designee.
3 (d) The state senator who represents Senate District No. 4, or his
4 designee.
5 (d) (e) The mayor of the city of New Orleans, or his designee.
6 (e) (f) The city council member whose district encompasses all or a greater
7 portion of the area of the district, or his designee.
8 (f) (g) The assessor for the area included within the district, or his designee.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
11 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
12 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
13 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
14 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
SB 96 Original 2019 Regular Session Bishop
Present law creates a political subdivision of the state known as the Gentilly Development
District, in the parish of Orleans.
Present law provides for the district to be governed by a six-member board of
commissioners. Further provides that a majority of the members of the board shall constitute
a quorum.
Proposed law retains present law but increases the membership of the board from six to
seven.
Proposed law adds the state senator who represents Senate District No. 4, or his designee to
the board.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:2740.70(D)(1))
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