ENROLLED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 238
BY REPRESENTATIVE ORGERON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Section 2 of Act No. 569 of the 1976 Regular Session of the
3 Louisiana Legislature, as amended and reenacted by Act No. 622 of the 1980
4 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature and Act 462 of the 1989 Regular
5 Session of the Louisiana Legislature, relative to Special Education District No. 1 of
6 the parish of Lafourche; to provide relative to the membership of the district's board
7 of commissioners; to provide for the method of appointment; and to provide for
8 related matters.
9 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
10 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
11 Louisiana.
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
13 Section 1. Section 2 of Act No. 569 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Louisiana
14 Legislature, as amended and reenacted by Act No. 622 of the 1980 Regular Session of the
15 Louisiana Legislature and Act No. 462 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Louisiana
16 Legislature, is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
17 Section 2. The powers of the district and the control and management of the affairs
18 of the district shall be vested in a board of commissioners to be composed of seven qualified
19 electors residing within the limits of the district. The initial members of the board and their
20 successors, who shall serve without compensation, shall be appointed as follows:
21 (1) Three Four commissioners shall be appointed by the Lafourche Parish
22 School Board from a panel of six names submitted by the members of the Lafourche
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1 Parish School Board elected from the geographic area comprising Ward Ten of
2 Lafourche Parish the district. One commissioner shall be appointed by the
3 Lafourche Parish School Board from among the members in good standing of the
4 organization, Friends of the Center.
5 (2) Two Three commissioners shall be appointed by the parish governing
6 authority from a panel of four names submitted by the members of the parish
7 governing authority elected from the geographic area comprising Ward Ten of
8 Lafourche Parish the district. One commissioner shall be appointed by the parish
9 governing authority from among the members in good standing of the organization,
10 Friends of the Center.
11 (3) The commissioners shall serve terms of six years each; provided
12 however, that the term of any commissioner shall terminate and his office shall
13 become vacant ipso facto upon such commissioner's failure to attend three
14 consecutive regular monthly meetings of the board, and the vacancy in such office
15 shall be filled in the manner provided for in Paragraphs (1) or (2) of this Section by
16 the Lafourche Parish School Board or the parish governing authority whichever
17 appointed the commissioner whose office has been vacated as provided for herein.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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