§333.2. Board of commissioners; appointment and qualifications of members; terms of office; compensation

A. The governing authority of said district is hereby declared to be a board of commissioners, consisting of six members, who shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters and taxpayers within the limits of said district during their term of office. The said commissioners shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Three members to be appointed by the mayor and town council of the town of Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

(2) Three members to be appointed by the police jury of the parish of Vermilion, state of Louisiana, one of whom shall be a member of a racial minority.

B.(1) The commissioners initially appointed shall be appointed for terms respectively of one, two, three, four, and five years, to be determined as follows: Initially the commissioners appointed for terms of one, three, and five years shall be appointed by the mayor and town council of the town of Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and those commissioners appointed for terms of two and four years shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish of Vermilion, state of Louisiana. Any vacancy in any original terms shall be filled in the manner for original appointments. Any vacancy occurring due to expiration of the original term shall be filled by the board of commissioners, for the term of five years, from a panel of names submitted to them as follows.

(2) Two names to be submitted by each of the following:

(a) The governing authority of the town of Abbeville.

(b) The police jury of Vermilion Parish.

C. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, and shall have the power to organize and reorganize legal, executive, engineering, clerical, and other department and forces of said board and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees under said board.

D.(1) The term of office of the commissioner originally appointed in 1990 is hereby extended to a term of six years and any vacancy occurring in that office thereafter due to the expiration of a term shall be filled by the board of commissioners for a term of six years.

(2) The term of office of all commissioners other than that of the commissioner originally appointed in 1990 shall remain at five years until such terms expire in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, respectively. At the expiration of each term, the successive term shall be for a period of six years. Any vacancy occurring in that office thereafter due to expiration of a term shall be filled by the board of commissioners for a term of six years.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §2; Acts 1990, No. 32, §1; Acts 1991, No. 327, §1.