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HB 690 Original 2022 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Abstract: Changes the composition of levee commissioners and requires the governor select
commissioners from a list of nominations for the Pontchartrain Levee District.
Present law creates and provides for the Pontchartrain Levee District.
Present law requires the governor to appoint, in accordance with present law (R.S. 38:304) one
person for each of the parishes in the levee district, one person residing within the district, and also
one representative of the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway Company and one
representative of the Illinois Central Railroad Company.
Proposed law modifies present law by adding a representative from the La. Chemical Association
and providing gubernatorial appointments of members to serve as levee commissioners as follows:
(1)Requires the president of East Baton Rouge Parish to submit three nominations, subject to
ratification by the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish, and requires the governor
to appoint one member from the list.
(2) Requires the president of Iberville Parish to submit three nominations, subject to ratification
by the governing authority of Iberville Parish, and requires the governor to appoint one
member from the list.
(3)Requires the president of Ascension Parish to submit three nominations, subject to
ratification by the governing authority of Ascension Parish, and requires the governor to
appoint one member from the list.
(4)Requires the president of St. James Parish to submit three nominations, subject to ratification
by the governing authority of St. James Parish, and requires the governor to appoint one
member from the list.
(5)Requires the president of St. John the Baptist Parish to submit three nominations, subject to
ratification by the governing authority of St. John the Baptist Parish, and requires the
governor to appoint one member from the list.
(6)Requires the president of St. Charles to submit three nominations, subject to ratification by
the governing authority of St. Charles, and requires the governor to appoint one member
from the list. (Amends R.S. 38:291(L)(2))