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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 438
BY SENATOR MILLER
LEVEES. Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:304(A), relative to levee commissioners; to provide for
3 requirements for levee commissioners; to provide relative to education requirements
4 for levee commissioners; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 38:304(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง304. Appointment of members; residency and education requirements; filling of
8 vacancies
9 A. Any person appointed as a levee commissioner or levee and drainage
10 commissioner must have shall meet all of the following requirements;
11 (1) resided Resides in this state for the preceding two years,.
12 (2) resided Resides in the levee district or one of the parishes included in
13 the district for the preceding year,.
14 (3) be Is a qualified voter of one of the parishes included in the district,.
15 (4) Have or possess the equivalent of a high school diploma.
16 (5) and reside Resides in the district or one of the parishes included in the
17 district while serving as a member of the board.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 438 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Miller
Present law provides for the appointment of members and residency requirements for levee
commissioners.
Proposed law adds an educational requirement for levee commissioners.
Proposed law clarifies the levee district includes parishes in the levee district.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 38:304(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Adds clarifying language.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.