2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 257
BY SENATOR FOIL
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 37:3173, relative to interior designers; to provide for board
3 members; to provide for terms of office of the members of the board; to provide for
4 board member qualifications; to provide for vacancies on the board; to provide for
5 terms and conditions; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 37:3173 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง3173. State Board of Examiners of Interior Designers; creation; qualifications;
9 appointment
10 A.(1) There is hereby created the State Board of Examiners of Interior
11 Designers within the office of the governor consisting of seven members appointed
12 by the governor from a list of names of qualified candidates submitted by the
13 board as follows:
14 (a) Six members shall be registered interior designers.
15 (b) One member selected from the public at-large.
16 (2) Each appointment shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. Each
17 member shall be a registered interior designer and a citizen of Louisiana.
18 (3)(a) Upon expiration of the terms of the members in office on January 1,
19 2000, the terms of members shall be for a period of four years or until the members'
20 successors have been appointed and have taken office.
21 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the
22 seven appointed members who are the successors to those members whose terms
23 expired at noon on January 1, 2004, shall serve for the following terms as designated
24 by the governor:
25 (i) One member appointed from the list submitted by the American Society
26 of Interior Designers shall serve a two-year term, the other shall serve a three-year
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1 term, and the other shall serve a four-year term.
2 (ii) One member appointed from the list submitted by registered interior
3 designers whose registrations are in good standing shall serve a two-year term, the
4 other shall serve a three-year term.
5 (iii) One member appointed from a list submitted by the International Interior
6 Design Association shall serve a three-year term.
7 (iv) One member appointed from a list submitted by the Interior Design
8 Educators Counsel, Inc. shall serve a four-year term.
9 (v) Thereafter, all successive appointed members shall serve four-year terms
10 as provided in Subparagraph (A)(3)(a) of this Section.
11 B.(1) Three members of the board shall be selected from a list of nine names
12 from its membership submitted by the American Society of Interior Designers.
13 (2) Two members shall be selected from the list of licensed or registered
14 interior designers whose licenses are in good standing at the time of the appointment.
15 (3) One member shall be selected from a list of three names from its
16 membership submitted by the International Interior Design Association.
17 (4) One member shall be an interior design educator selected from a list of
18 three names submitted by the Interior Design Educators Counsel, Inc.
19 Each member shall hold the following qualifications:
20 (1) Each registered interior designer member shall:
21 (a) Be an interior designer registered in the state whose registration is in
22 good standing.
23 (b) Be a resident of the state.
24 (c) Possess a National Council for Interior Design Qualification
25 certificate.
26 (d) Have provided interior design services as a registered interior
27 designer for at least five years prior to appointment to the board.
28 (2) The public member shall represent the health, safety, and welfare of
29 consumers of the state and shall:
30 (a) Be a resident of the state.
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1 (b) Not be an immediate family member as defined in the Code of
2 Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq., of any registered interior designer.
3 C. The term of each member of the board shall be for a period of four
4 years or until a member's successor has been appointed and taken office.
5 D. Each vacancy shall be filled in the manner of original appointment except
6 that a list of names shall be submitted for each vacancy arising under the categories
7 designated under Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Subsection B of this Section.
8 D. E. Prior to entering upon the discharge of his duties, each member of the
9 board shall subscribe to and file with the secretary of state the constitutional oath of
10 office.
11 E. F. The board shall select annually from among its members a chairman
12 and such other officers as it deems necessary.
13 F. G. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
14 of business, but no action shall be taken without at least four votes in accord.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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