ENROLLED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 72
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1496(F), relative to Terrebonne Parish Fire Protection District
3 Number Six; to provide for membership of its board of commissioners; to provide
4 for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:1496(F) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1496. Appointment of members of board; term; vacancies
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12 F. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the board
13 of commissioners of Terrebonne Parish Fire Protection District Number Six shall
14 consist of seven five members to be appointed as follows provided that the governing
15 authority of Terrebonne Parish and the governing authority of Lafourche Parish have
16 respectively authorized the extension of the boundaries of Terrebonne Parish Fire
17 Protection District Number Six into Lafourche Parish as such an extension is
18 provided for by R.S. 40:1493 and 1494:
19 (1) Five Four members shall be appointed by the governing authority of
20 Terrebonne Parish. Such commissioners shall be electors of the area of Terrebonne
21 Parish lying within the boundaries of the district.
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1 (2) Two commissioners One commissioner shall be appointed by the
2 governing authority of Lafourche Parish. Such commissioners commissioner shall
3 be electors an elector of the area of Lafourche Parish lying within the boundaries of
4 the district.
5 (3) The commissioners so appointed shall elect from their number a
6 chairman of the board.
7 (4) Initial terms of two of the commissioners from Terrebonne Parish and
8 one of the commissioners commissioner from appointed by the governing authority
9 of Lafourche Parish shall be one year, and the initial terms of the remaining
10 commissioners shall be two years as determined by lot. All subsequent terms The
11 term of office for each commissioners commissioner shall be two years.
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13 Section 2. This Act does not require the removal of any member of the board serving
14 on the effective date of this Act.
15 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
16 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
17 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
18 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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