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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 441
BY SENATOR ABRAHAM
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Provides for meetings of the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation
District Board of Commissioners. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 34:484(B), relative to the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation
3 District board of commissioners; to provide for meetings of the board of
4 commissioners; and to 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. 34:484(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง484. Officers and employees of board; meetings; quorum
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10 B.(1) The board shall meet in regular session once each quarter and shall also
11 meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on
12 written request of three members.
13 (2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if there is no
14 business to come before the board and there has not been a request of at least
15 three members, the president may elect not to call a regular session meeting. In
16 such instances, the president shall notify all members of the board of
17 commissioners of his decision.
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1 (3) The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings.
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3 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
4 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
5 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
6 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
7 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 James Benton.
DIGEST
SB 441 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Abraham
Present law provides that the board of Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District will meet in
regular session once each quarter. Further provides that the board will meet in special
session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of three
members.
Proposed law retains present law but allows the president to elect not to call a regular
quarterly meeting if there is no business to come before the board and three or more
members have not requested a meeting. Requires the president to notify all members of the
board of commissioners of his decision.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 34:484(B))
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