HLS 24RS-248 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 150
BY REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS JOHNSON
DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Delta Agriculture Research and
Sustainability District
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 3:342(I)(2) and to enact R.S. 3:341(E), relative to the Delta
3 Agriculture Research and Sustainability District; to establish the domicile of the
4 district; to provide for residency requirements of the district director; and to provide
5 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. 3:342(I)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 3:341(E) is
11hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §341. Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District; creation; purpose;
13 territorial jurisdiction; domicile
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15 E. The domicile of the district shall be Concordia Parish.
16 §342. Board of commissioners; members; officers; personal immunity
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18 I.
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are additions. HLS 24RS-248 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 150
1 (2) The Any district director, hired after July 1, 2023 2024, shall be a
2 resident of the state and have been domiciled in the district for the preceding two
3 years prior to employment establish residency in the district within three months
4 from hiring, if not already a resident of the district. The provisions of this Paragraph
5 shall not apply to the district director employed prior to July 1, 2023 2024.
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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 150 Original 2024 Regular Session Travis Johnson
Abstract: Establishes the domicile of the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability
District and requires that any district director hired after a certain date establish
residency in the district within a specified period.
Proposed law specifies that Concordia Parish is the domicile of the district.
Present law requires that a district director hired after July 1, 2023, be a resident of the state
and have been domiciled in the district for the preceding two years prior to employment.
Proposed law modifies present law by requiring that any district director hired after July 1,
2024, be a resident of the state and establish residency in the district within three months
after being hired by the board, if not already a resident of the district.
(Amends R.S. 3:342(I)(2); Adds R.S. 3:341(E))
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