HLS 23RS-392 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 93
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARRIER
DISTRICTS/FIRE PROTECT: Provides relative to per diem paid to members of the
governing board of Fire District No. 5 of Allen Parish
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:1498(K), relative to Fire Protection District No. 5 of the Parish of Allen,
3 State of Louisiana; to provide relative to per diem paid to member of the district's
4 governing board; 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.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:1498(K) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1498. Compensation of board members
11 * * *
12 K.(1) Notwithstanding the per diem rate set by Subsection A of this Section
13 but otherwise in accordance therewith and subject to the provisions of Paragraph (2)
14 of this Subsection, members of the governing board of Fire Protection District No.
15 5 of the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana may be paid a per diem of one hundred
16 dollars and the district president may be paid a per diem of one hundred fifty dollars.
17 (2) The district's governing board may increase the per diem its members
18 receive above the amount provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, but the
19 per diem shall not exceed three hundred dollars.
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 23RS-392 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 93
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 93 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Carrier
Abstract: Increases the amount of per diem members of the governing board of Fire
Protection District No. 5 of Allen Parish may receive for attending meetings.
Present law authorizes parishes to create fire protection districts.
Present law provides that members of the governing boards of fire protection districts may
be paid a per diem of $30 for attending meetings of the board, not to exceed two meetings
in a month. Provides that per diem payments are paid from funds of the district.
Proposed law increases the authorized per diem for members of the governing board of Fire
Protection District No. 5 of Allen Parish to $100 for members and $150 for the president.
Further authorizes the governing board to increase its per diem to not more than $300.
Otherwise retains present law.
(Adds R.S. 40:1498(K))
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.