HLS 25RS-371 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 39
BY REPRESENTATIVE AMEDEE
HOUSING/AUTHORITIES: Provides relative to the Houma-Terrebonne Housing
Authority
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:537(A)(7) and (B)(3), relative to the Houma-Terrebonne Housing
3 Authority; to provide relative to the governing body of the housing authority; to
4 provide relative to the removal of commissioners; 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. 40:537(A)(7) and (B)(3) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง537. Removal of commissioners
11 A.
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13 (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a
14 commissioner of the Houma-Terrebonne Housing Authority, excluding a tenant
15 commissioner, may be removed without cause by the parish president.
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17 B.
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19 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the
20 parish president seeking to remove a commissioner pursuant to Paragraph (A)(7) of
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HB NO. 39
1 this Section shall send a notice of removal to such commissioner and a copy of the
2 notice to the board of commissioners. The commissioner shall be deemed removed
3 from office upon receipt of such notice or ten days following the date of the notice,
4 whichever is later.
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 39 Original 2025 Regular Session Amedee
Abstract: Authorizes the parish president to remove a commissioner of the Houma-
Terrebonne Housing Authority without cause.
Present law (R.S. 40:531(D)) provides for the governance of the Houma-Terrebonne
Housing Authority by five commissioners appointed by the parish president including at
least one tenant from the housing developments operated by the authority.
Present law (R.S. 40:537(A)(1)) authorizes the chief elected official of a parish to remove
a commissioner of a local housing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or
conviction of any felony.
Proposed law authorizes the parish president to remove a commissioner of the Houma-
Terrebonne Housing Authority, excluding a tenant commissioner, without cause.
Present law (R.S. 40:537(B)(1)) requires notification of the removed commissioner and an
appeals hearing by the parish or municipal governing authority if such commissioner
requests such a hearing within 10 days of the notice of removal.
Proposed law requires the parish president to provide a notice of removal to a commissioner
that is removed pursuant to proposed law and a copy to the board of commissioners.
Provides that the commissioner is removed upon receipt of the notice or 10 days following
the date of the notice, whichever is later.
(Adds R.S. 40:537(A)(7) and (B)(3))
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