HLS 20RS-822 REENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 640
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES OWEN
DISTRICTS/WATERWORKS: Provides with respect to the salary of waterworks
commissioners
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:3819(A) and to repeal R.S. 33:3819(B) through (L), relative
3 to waterworks districts; to provide relative to the per diem paid to members of the
4 board of commissioners; to repeal provisions relative to certain waterworks districts
5 with respect to the per diem paid to board members; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 33:3819(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง3819. Meetings of commissioners; meeting place; absences; compensation
10 A. The commissioners of each waterworks district may meet as often as
11 necessary, but shall meet at least once every three months. The board of waterworks
12 commissioners by resolution shall designate a regular meeting place for the holding
13 of its meetings, which shall be held at a place located within the waterworks district
14 or at the parish seat of the parish in which the district is located, even though the
15 parish seat is not within the boundaries of the waterworks district. The absence of
16 a commissioner from any four consecutive meetings shall be deemed to create a
17 vacancy and it shall be filled by the police jury, if the commissioner had been
18 appointed by the police jury, or by appointment of the governing authority of a
19 municipality included in the district, if the commissioner had been appointed by the
20 municipal said governing authority. The parish governing authority in the parish in
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1 which each waterworks district is located may fix the and pay a per diem to be paid
2 to each of the members of the board of commissioners of the respective waterworks
3 districts in an amount not to exceed less than sixty dollars and not more than per
4 diem paid to members of the Louisiana legislature for each meeting they attend, up
5 to and including twenty-four meetings in each year and for each special meeting not
6 to exceed twelve special meetings in each year. Per diem provided by this Section
7 shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer; however, no
8 elected official serving as a member of the board of commissioners shall receive any
9 per diem for attending meetings of the board.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. R.S. 33:3819(B) through (L) are hereby repealed in their entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 640 Reengrossed 2020 Regular Session Charles Owen
Abstract: Provides relative to general limitations relative to per diem paid to members of
the board of commissioners of waterworks districts and repeals provisions relative
to certain waterworks districts with respect to the per diem paid to board members.
Present law authorizes parishes to create waterworks districts, which have control of water
systems in their respective districts. Provides for meetings of the board of commissioners
of any such district.
Present law authorizes a per diem of up to $60 for waterworks district commissioners for
attendance of meetings for up to 24 regular meetings and 12 special meetings each year.
Proposed law changes per diem to an amount not less than $60 and not more than per diem
paid to members of the La. legislature for each meeting that commissioners attend.
Present law provides for limits on per diem for particular districts and parishes. Proposed
law repeals these particular provisions in accordance with proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 33:3819(A); Repeals R.S. 33:3819(B)-(L))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Establish per diem limits of not less than $60 and not more than per diem paid
to members of the La. legislature.
2. Restore present law provisions that authorize per diem to be paid for up to 24
regular meetings and 12 special meetings each year.
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