SLS 21RS-328 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 79
BY SENATOR WARD
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Provides relative to the governance of fire protection districts
created by Pointe Coupee Parish. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:1504, relative to fire protection districts; to authorize the governing
3 authority of Pointe Coupee Parish to provide, by ordinance, for the governance of
4 districts created by the parish; 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. 40:1504 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1504. Fire protection districts within Pointe Coupee Parish; governance
9 The governing authority of Pointe Coupee Parish may provide, by
10 ordinance, for the governance of fire protection districts created by the parish.
11 Any such ordinance may provide for the creation of one or more supervising
12 boards to govern such districts. Any ordinance that creates a supervising board
13 shall provide for the appointment and compensation of board members.
14 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
15 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
16 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
17 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
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SLS 21RS-328 ORIGINAL
1 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 79 Original 2021 Regular Session Ward
Proposed law provides that the governing authority of Pointe Coupee Parish may provide,
by ordinance, for the governance of fire protection districts created by the parish. Provides
that any such ordinance may provide for the creation of one or more supervising boards to
govern such districts and that the ordinance that creates a supervising board will provide for
the appointment and compensation of board members.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 40:1504)
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.