§464. Board of commissioners; appointment and qualification of members

A. The Jennings Navigation District of Louisiana shall be governed, and its affairs managed and controlled by a board of commissioners composed of five members, all of whom shall be qualified electors, domiciled in the district. They shall be chosen as follows: the police jury of the parish of Jefferson Davis shall elect, in such manner as it may determine, five citizens thereof possessing the requisite qualifications to serve as members of the board of commissioners. One of the commissioners shall be appointed for a term of two years, two for four years, and two for six years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office their successors shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish of Jefferson Davis for a period of six years each.

B. Any vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled by the Jefferson Davis Parish Police Jury for the remainder of the unexpired term.

C. The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall have the power to organize and reorganize legal, executive, engineering, clerical and other departments and forces of said board and to fix the duties, powers and compensation of all officers, agents and employees under said board. They shall be entitled to receive all necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board or while attending to the business of the board. In the event the secretary should be also a commissioner of the district, he shall be paid a salary for his services to be fixed by the board.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1; Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.