SSHB150 4573 4776
HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 150 2024 Regular Session Travis Johnson
DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Delta Agriculture Research and
Sustainability District
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Changes the name of the district from the Delta Agriculture Research and
Sustainability District to the Delta Economic Research and Sustainability
District.
2.Adds the chairman of Louisiana Public Transit Association as one of the
members who will serve ex officio with no voting rights.
3.Changes who the board may hire from a "district director" to "staff persons".
4.Clarifies that the board may hire staff persons to manage day-to-day
management operations and to establish the duties and responsibilities of such
staff persons.
5.Clarifies that a staff person hired after July 1, 2024 must be a resident of the
state.
6.Exempts staff persons hired prior to July 1, 2024 from the provisions of
proposed law.
7.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Proposed law changes the name of the district from the Delta Agriculture Research and
Sustainability District to the Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District.
Proposed law specifies that Concordia Parish is the domicile of the district.
Present law specifies that the district is governed by a board of commissioners, consisting
of 26 members. In pertinent part, the membership includes the following university
presidents:
(1)The president of La. Tech University or his designee.
(2)The president of the University of La. at Monroe or his designee.
(3)The president of the Southern University System or his designee.
(4)The president of the La. State University System or his designee.
(5)The president of the Grambling State University or his designee.
Proposed law removes the voting rights of the presidents of La. Tech University, University
of La. at Monroe, Southern University System, La. State University System, and Grambling
State University, and their designees making them ex officio members. Further adds the
chairman of the La. Public Transit Association as an ex officio member without voting
rights.
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Present law requires the board to hire a district director to manage day-to-day management
operations and to establish the duties, responsibilities, and the salary and benefits of the
district director.
Proposed law modifies present law by changing who the board may hire from a "district
director " to "staff persons". Further authorizes the board to hire staff persons to manage
day-to-day management operations and to establish the duties, responsibilities, and the salary
of such staff persons.
Present law requires the district director to report directly to the board and authorizes him to
hire an administrative assistant with approval of the board.
Proposed law modifies present law by requiring staff persons to report directly to the
chairman of the board and authorizes a staff person to hire an administrative assistant with
approval of the board.
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 removing the requirement that the district director
hired after July 1, 2023 be domiciled in the district for two preceding years prior to
employment and instead requires a staff person hired after July 1, 2024 to be a resident of the
state.
Present law exempts a district director hired prior to July 1, 2023 from the provisions of
present law.
Proposed law modifies present law by exempting staff persons hired prior to July 1, 2024
from the provisions of proposed law, instead of exempting a district director.
(Amends the heading of Part IV of Chapter 4-A of Title 3 of the La. Revised Statutes of
1950, R.S. 3:341(A) and 342(B) and (I); Adds R.S. 3:341(E))
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