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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 462 2024 Regular Session Hodges
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
APPOINTED OFFICIALS. Provides for gubernatorial appointments. (gov sig)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Remove provision that officers of any La. public retirement or pension
system, plan, or fund are not subject to serving at the pleasure of the
governor.
2. Remove provision that the terms of the members of all boards and
commissions, except for higher education boards and boards and
commissions provided for in the constitution, shall be concurrent with the
governor, notwithstanding any law to the contrary.
3. Remove provision exempting post-secondary education boards and providing
that the governor is not authorized to appoint any officer of any board or
commission created in La. Const. Article VIII (Education).
4. Require governor to submit the name of the person being selected as
chairman or presiding member to the senate for confirmation and provide
that such person, if confirmed, serves in the position at the pleasure of the
governor.
5. Authorize a board or commission to select its chairman or presiding member
in the manner otherwise provided by law or in its rules, regulations, or
bylaws until the governor appoints a chairman.
6. Exempt boards and commissions that as of May 1, 2024, are chaired by a
statewide elected official from the provisions allowing the governor to
appoint the chair or presiding member.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
DIGEST
SB 462 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Hodges
Present law provides that all public officers who are appointed by the governor shall serve
at the pleasure of the governor except for public officers appointed upon recommendation
or from lists submitted by others where the law requires appointments to be so made, officers
whose terms of office are fixed by the constitution, and those officers who are required by
the constitution to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. Proposed law
retains present law.
Proposed law provides that notwithstanding any provision of present law to the contrary, the
governor may appoint the chairman or presiding member of each board and commission
provided that the majority of the membership of the board or commission is gubernatorially
appointed and the appointment is not otherwise prohibited by present constitution. Proposed
law requires any appointment of a chairman or presiding officer by the governor pursuant
to proposed law shall be from the membership of the board or commission.
Proposed law provides that any gubernatorial appointment made pursuant to proposed law
and confirmed by the Senate serves at the pleasure of the governor in the position to which
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appointed. Authorizes a board or commission to select its chairman or presiding member
in the manner otherwise provided by law or in its rules, regulations, or bylaws until the
governor appoints a chairman.
Proposed law exempts boards and commissions that as of May 1, 2024, are chaired by a
statewide elected official from the provisions of proposed law allowing the governor to
appoint the chair or presiding member.
Provides that for terms of office beginning January 8, 2024, any election or appointment
made pursuant to proposed law shall occur not later than August 1, 2024.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S.42:4)
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Thomas L. Tyler
Division Director
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