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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 690
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS: Provides relative to the appointment of levee
commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 38:291(L)(2), relative to the appointment and nomination
3 process for the Pontchartrain Levee District; to require a list of nominations for the
4 appointment of commissioners; to require the governor to appoint commissioners
5 from a list of nominations; 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. 38:291(L)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง291. Naming; limits of districts; composition of boards
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13 L. Pontchartrain Levee District.
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15 (2) The governor shall appoint, in accordance with the provisions of R.S.
16 38:304, one person for each of the parishes embraced in the levee district, one person
17 residing within the district, and also one representative of the Louisville, New
18 Orleans, and Texas Railway Company, and one representative of the Illinois Central
19 Railroad Company. , and one person from each parish or part of a parish in the
20 district to serve as levee commissioners as follows:
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1 (a) The president of East Baton Rouge Parish shall submit three nominations,
2 subject to ratification by the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish, and the
3 governor shall appoint one member from the list.
4 (b) The president of Iberville Parish shall submit three nominations, subject
5 to ratification by the governing authority of Iberville Parish, and the governor shall
6 appoint one member from the list.
7 (c) The president of Ascension Parish shall submit three nominations, subject
8 to ratification by the governing authority of Ascension Parish, and the governor shall
9 appoint one member from the list.
10 (d) The president of St. James Parish shall submit three nominations, subject
11 to ratification by the governing authority of St. James Parish, and the governor shall
12 appoint one member from the list.
13 (e) The president of St. John the Baptist Parish shall submit three
14 nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of St. John the Baptist
15 Parish, and the governor shall appoint one member from the list.
16 (f) The president of St. Charles Parish shall submit three nominations,
17 subject to ratification by the governing authority of St. Charles Parish, and the
18 governor shall appoint one member from the list.
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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 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.
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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))
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