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2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 86
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
DISTRICTS/RECREATION: Provides relative to membership of the Recreation and Park
Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4570.1, relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for
3 the Parish of East Baton Rouge; to provide relative to the membership of the
4 commission; to decrease the commission's membership; to provide for an effective
5 date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:4570.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง4570.1. Board of commissioners; officers; quorum; employees
12 A. The commission shall be composed of three five ex officio members and
13 six appointed members for a total of nine commissioners. The ex officio members
14 shall be the mayor-president, or an officer or employee of the city or parish
15 designated by the mayor-president from time to time; a member of the school board
16 of East Baton Rouge Parish, designated by the school board for a term coincident
17 with his term on the school board; and a member of the planning commission
18 designated by the planning commission for a term coincident with his term on the
19 planning commission. The six appointed members shall be qualified voters of the
20 parish appointed by the metropolitan council for terms of three years. Vacancies
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1 shall be filled by the designating or appointing body for the unexpired portion of the
2 term the mayors of the following municipalities: Baker, Baton Rouge, Central, St.
3 George, and Zachary. The members shall serve during their terms of office. All
4 commission members shall serve without compensation.
5 B. The commission shall elect from the six appointed its members a
6 chairman, a vice chairman, and a treasurer whose terms of office shall be one year.
7 Four Three members shall constitute a quorum of the commission for all purposes.
8 The commission shall have the power and authority to name and employ a person
9 who shall be designated as superintendent of the commission, who shall not be a
10 member of the commission, and who shall be ex officio secretary of the commission,
11 and to prescribe and pay an annual salary to the superintendent.
12 Section 2. The terms of the members of the Recreation and Park Commission for the
13Parish of East Baton Rouge in office on the effective date of this Act shall terminate on that
14date; however, the members shall remain in office until the commission members take office
15as provided in this Act. The members of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish
16of East Baton Rouge shall take office as provided in this Act and shall serve terms of office
17as provided in this Act.
18 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
19signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
20by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
21vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
22effective on the day following such approval.
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 86 Original 2025 Regular Session McMakin
Abstract: Reduces the membership of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish
of East Baton Rouge.
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Present law creates the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge
as a subdivision of the state to plan, own, and operate public recreational and park facilities
in the parish. Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that the commission is comprised of nine members, six of whom are
appointed by the city-parish governing authority and three of whom are ex officio members.
The three ex officio members are the mayor-president or his designee, a member of the East
Baton Rouge Parish school board designated by the school board, and a member of the
planning commission designated by the planning commission. Provides that four members
constitute a quorum.
Proposed law reduces the membership of the commission from nine to five. Provides that
the five members shall be mayors of the following municipalities: Baker, Baton Rouge,
Central, St. George, and Zachary. Provides that three members constitute a quorum.
Proposed law provides that terms of the members of the commission in office on the
effective date of proposed law shall terminate on that date; however, the members shall
remain in office until the members take office pursuant to proposed law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:4570.1)
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