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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 254
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
DISTRICTS/DOWNTOWN DEVEL: Provides relative to appointments to the Shreveport
Downtown Development Authority
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.38(C)(1)(e), relative to appointments to the governing
3 authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District; to provide relative to
4 nominations of members; 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. 33:2740.38(C)(1)(e) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
10follows:
11 §2740.38. Shreveport; downtown development district
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13 C.(1) The Shreveport Downtown Development District, hereinafter referred
14 to as the "district," shall be governed by the Shreveport Downtown Development
15 Authority hereinafter referred to as the "authority", originally established by
16 Ordinance No. 47 of 1975 of the city council of the city of Shreveport. The members
17 of the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority shall be composed of two
18 nonvoting members: the mayor of the city of Shreveport and the executive director
19 of the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority and seven voting members
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1 who shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of Shreveport (the "mayor"), subject
2 to confirmation by the city council as follows:
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4 (e) One member from a list of three nominees submitted to the mayor by the
5 state senators whose senatorial districts are defined by R.S. 24:35.1(A)(37) as
6 District 37 and by R.S. 24:35.1(A)(39) as District 39 any state senator whose
7 senatorial district encompasses a portion of the area of the district and by the any
8 state representative whose representative district is defined by R.S. 24:35.5(A)(4) as
9 District 4 encompasses a portion of the area of the district.
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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 254 Original 2024 Regular Session Jackson
Abstract: Provides relative to appointments to the governing board of the Shreveport
Downtown Development District.
Present law creates the Shreveport Downtown Development District, which is governed by
a board known as the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority.
Present law provides that one of the members of the authority is appointed by the mayor of
Shreveport, subject to city council confirmation, from a list of nominees submitted by the
state senators from districts 37 and 39 and the state representative from district 4.
Proposed law provides instead that this appointment shall be made by the mayor from
nominations made by any state senator and any state representative whose legislative district
encompasses a portion of the area of the downtown development district.
Present law, which is retained by proposed law, provides that the authority also includes the
mayor and the authority's executive director as nonvoting members and the six other mayoral
appointments, subject to city council confirmation, as follows:
(1)One from nominees submitted to the mayor by Downtown Shreveport Unlimited.
(2)One from nominees submitted by the Shreveport Bossier African American Chamber
of Commerce or its successor.
(3)One from nominees submitted by the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce.
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(4)One from nominees submitted by the Downtown Shreveport Development Corp.
(5)Two from nominees submitted by Shreveport city council members.
(Amends R.S. 33:2740.38(C)(1)(e))
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