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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 95
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
LEVEES. Provides for the board of commissioners of the St. Mary Levee District. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:291(Z)(2), relative to the St. Mary Levee District; to provide
3 for the selection and appointment of the members of the board of commissioners;
4 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. 38:291(Z)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง291. Naming; limits of districts; composition of boards
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10 Z. St. Mary Levee District. (1)
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12 (2) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting
13 of nine persons. The commissioners shall be appointed as follows:
14 (a) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, board of
15 commissioners consisting of nine eight persons to the board of commissioners,
16 who reside in St. Mary Parish, and who meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A), as
17 follows:
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1 (a) The from a list submitted by the St. Mary Parish Council. shall submit
2 a list containing The list shall contain three nominations from each of the eight
3 single member parish council districts in St. Mary Parish, from which. From this
4 list the governor shall appoint one member to represent each such council district
5 from the list.
6 (b) One member shall be appointed at-large by the governor from a list of
7 three nominations submitted jointly by the The legislative delegation representing
8 St. Mary Parish shall appoint at-large, subject to Senate confirmation, one
9 person to the board of commissioners who meets the requirements of R.S.
10 38:304(A).
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12 Section 2. The term of the at-large member of the board of commissioners of the St.
13 Mary Levee District serving on August 1, 2020, shall terminate on September 1, 2020.
14 Section 3. On or before September 1, 2020, the legislative delegation shall appoint
15 the at-large commissioner to fill the unexpired term of the at-large member of the board of
16 commissioners who was serving on August 1, 2020. Thereafter, the at-large member of the
17 board appointed pursuant to this Act shall be appointed as provided in R.S. 38:291(Z)(4)(b).
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 95 Original 2020 Regular Session Allain
Present law provides for a nine person board of commissioners for the St. Mary Levee
District appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, who reside in St. Mary
Parish and meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A).
Present law provides for the governor to appoint eight persons from a list submitted by the
St. Mary Parish Council containing three nominations from each of the eight single member
parish council districts in St. Mary Parish, from which the governor appoints one member
to represent each district.
Present law provides for the governor to appoint one member at-large from a list submitted
jointly by the legislative delegation representing St. Mary Parish.
Proposed law changes present law to provide for the legislative delegation to appoint one
person at-large to the board of commissioners of the St. Mary Levee District, subject to
Senate confirmation.
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Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 38:291(Z)(2))
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