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ACT No. 601
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 146
BY REPRESENTATIVE FARNUM
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2322(A), relative to board appointments for the Sabine River
3 Authority; to provide relative to qualifications for board members residing in
4 Calcasieu Parish; 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. 38:2322(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง2322. Board of commissioners
11 A.(1) The governing authority of the Sabine River Authority shall be vested
12 in a board of commissioners thereof, which is hereby provided for in this Section.
13 The board shall be composed of thirteen members, who shall be appointed by the
14 governor, one of whom shall serve as chairman. Of the thirteen members of the
15 board to be appointed by the governor, four members shall be residents of Sabine
16 Parish, two members shall be residents of Calcasieu Parish, two members shall be
17 residents of Vernon Parish, two members shall be residents of DeSoto Parish, two
18 members shall be residents of Beauregard Parish, and one member shall be a resident
19 of Cameron Parish.
20 (2) Preference shall be given to a domiciled resident of the Sabine River
21 Watershed area, as defined by the established parish drainage maps, for one of the
22 two members from Calcasieu Parish.
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1 (2) (3) Each member of the board appointed by the governor shall serve at
2 the pleasure of the governor making the appointment. Each appointment by the
3 governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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