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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 682
BY REPRESENTATIVE COUSSAN
WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of
the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 38:3086.3(A), relative to the membership of the board of
3 commissioners of the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District; to add an additional
4 member to the board of commissioners; to provide for the expertise and privileges
5 of the additional member; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 38:3086.3(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง3086.3. Board of commissioners; membership; tenure; officers; vacancies;
12 compensation
13 A. The affairs of said district shall be governed by a board of commissioners
14 composed of one member from each of the parishes constituting the district and from
15 the parish of St. Landry, to be selected and appointed by the police juries of their
16 respective parishes; provided that the member from the parish of St. Landry shall
17 only have the right to vote on matters pertaining to drainage and flooding.
18 commissioners, whose membership shall be as follows:
19 (1) One member from each of the parishes constituting the district, to be
20 selected and appointed by the governing authority of their respective parishes.
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1 (2) One member from St. Landry Parish, to be selected and appointed by the
2 governing authority of the parish, who shall have the right to vote only on matters
3 pertaining to drainage and flooding.
4 (3) One member domiciled within the jurisdictional boundaries of the district
5 with expertise in hydrology, flood control management, or civil engineering, to serve
6 in an advisory role without having the right or privilege of voting, selected and
7 appointed by the governor from a pool of three candidates agreed on and selected by
8 the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate whose district, or a part
9 thereof, is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the district.
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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 682 Reengrossed 2021 Regular Session Coussan
Abstract: Adds a member to the board of commissioners for the Teche-Vermilion
Freshwater District.
Present law provides for the membership, tenure, officers, vacancies, and compensation
relative to members of the board of commissioners for the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater
District.
Present law specifies that the membership of the board of commissioners is to be made up
of one member from each of the parishes constituting the district, to be selected and
appointed by the governing authority of their respective parishes, and one member from St.
Landry Parish, to be selected and appointed by the governing authority of the parish, who
shall only have the right to vote on matters pertaining to drainage and flooding.
Proposed law retains present law and adds one member domiciled within the jurisdictional
boundaries of the district with expertise in hydrology, flood control management, or civil
engineering, to serve in an advisory role without having the right or privilege of voting,
selected by the governor from a pool of three candidates agreed on and selected by the
members of the House of Representatives and the Senate whose district, or a part thereof,
is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the district.
(Amends R.S. 38:3086.3(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Make technical changes.
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