2021 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 188
BY SENATOR WOMACK AND REPRESENTATI VE THOMPSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:531(B)(2)(b) and 600.89(A)(1) and the introductory
3 paragraph of (2), (c), and (e), relative to the Louisiana Housing Corporation and local
4 housing authorities; to provide relative to the board of directors; to provide for the
5 appointment of landlord commissioners; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:531(B)(2)(b) and 600.89(A)(1) and the introductory paragraph of
8 (2), (c), and (e), are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §531. Appointment of commissioners to local housing authority
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11 B.
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13 (2)
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15 (b) The one landlord commissioner shall be appointed by the mayor from a
16 list of three nominees submitted by the Landlords Advisory Committee. No person
17 who has or who is seeking a business or financial relationship with the housing
18 authority or who otherwise has a conflict pursuant to the Code of Governmental
19 Ethics regarding service on the housing authority shall be eligible to be appointed as
20 a landlord commissioner. The committee shall meet within sixty days after any
21 mayoral election is concluded or any vacancy in the landlord commissioner
22 position and shall nominate the list of landlord commissioners as provided in this
23 Subsection upon a majority vote of the members of the committee present and
24 voting. The committee shall give notice of the purpose, time, and place of such a
25 meeting through the landlord portal on the official website of the housing authority
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1 or by publication in the official journal of the city of New Orleans at least seven days
2 prior to the date set for the hearing.
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4 §600.89. Organization of the corporation
5 A. The Louisiana Housing Corporation shall be governed by a board of
6 directors composed of the following members:
7 (1) One member shall be the state treasurer or his designee. Notwithstanding
8 the provisions of R.S. 49:307.1, the treasurer may name any person as his
9 designee to this board.
10 (2) Six Eight members shall be appointed by the governor, two of whom
11 shall be at-large appointments. All members appointed by the governor and
12 shall meet all of the following criteria:
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14 (c) Not more than one member appointed pursuant to this Paragraph shall be
15 a resident of a single congressional district, except for the at-large members whom
16 may be selected from the state at large.
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18 (e) The six eight members appointed by the governor shall be diverse and
19 representative of the state's population as near as practicable, including with respect
20 to ethnicity, and shall each be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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