ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 150
BY REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS JOHNSON AND SENATORS BOUDREAUX,
CARTER, EDMONDS, JACKSON-ANDREW S, AND REESE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact the heading of Part IV of Chapter 4-A of Title 3 of the Louisiana
3 Revised Statutes of 1950 and R.S. 3:341(A) and 342(B) and (I) and to enact R.S.
4 3:341(E), relative to the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District; to
5 provide for a name change; to establish the domicile of the district; to provide for
6 residency requirements of the district director; to provide relative to ex officio
7 members without voting rights; and to provide for related matters.
8 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
9 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
10 Louisiana.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. The heading of Part IV of Chapter 4-A of Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised
13 Statutes of 1950 and R.S. 3:341(A) and 342(B) and (I) are hereby amended and reenacted
14 and R.S. 3:341(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
15 PART IV. DELTA AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC RESEARCH
16 AND SUSTAINABILITY DISTRICT
17 §341. Delta Agriculture Economic Research and Sustainability District; creation;
18 purpose; territorial jurisdiction; domicile
19 A. The Delta Agriculture Economic Research and Sustainability District,
20 referred to in this Part as the "district", is hereby constituted and is declared to be a
21 body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article
22 VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
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1 E. The domicile of the district shall be Concordia Parish.
2 §342. Board of commissioners; members; officers; personal immunity
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4 B.(1) Members shall serve during their tenure in the offices listed in
5 Subsection A of this Section.
6 (2) The presidents of Louisiana Tech University, University of Louisiana at
7 Monroe, Southern University System, Louisiana State University System, and
8 Grambling State University, and the chair of the Louisiana Public Transit
9 Association shall serve as ex officio members without voting rights.
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11 I.(1) The board shall may hire a district director staff persons to manage the
12 day-to-day management operations of the district. The board shall establish the
13 duties and responsibilities and the salary and benefits for the position positions of
14 district director. The district director Staff persons shall report directly to the
15 chairman of the board and, with approval of the board, may hire an administrative
16 assistant.
17 (2) The district director, Staff persons hired after July 1, 2023 2024, shall be
18 a resident residents of the state. and have been domiciled in the district for the
19 preceding two years prior to employment. The provisions provision of this Paragraph
20 shall not apply to the district director staff persons employed prior to July 1, 2023
21 2024.
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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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