§2154. Meetings; compensation; quorum; license application and issuance procedure

A.(1) The board shall have at least one regular meeting per month on dates and times designated by the chairman. Notice of such board meetings shall be posted at the board office at least ten days prior to the date when the board is to meet. Further, any person desiring actual notice of the board meeting may request in writing that the board send notification through the United States mail at least ten days prior to the board meeting date.

(2) The board may receive applications for licenses under this Chapter at any time. Upon initial application, the license of a contractor domiciled in the state of Louisiana shall be issued after all requirements have been met and approved by the board at its next regularly scheduled meeting. Upon the initial application of a contractor domiciled outside of the state of Louisiana, except as provided herein, a period of at least sixty days must elapse between the date the application is filed and the license is issued. The executive director shall compile a list of all applicants for licensure that are to be considered at a board meeting and mail such list to each board member at least ten days prior to the meeting. The executive director shall certify that the list contains only the names of applicants who have fulfilled all licensure requirements and the board shall only consider applications on such list.

(a) For purposes of this Paragraph a contractor shall be considered "domiciled in the state" if he is either of the following:

(i) An individual who has been a resident of the state of Louisiana for at least one year prior to his filing an application with the board of licensing.

(ii) Any partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity whose majority interest is owned by and controlled by one or more residents of the state of Louisiana.

(b) For purposes of this Paragraph "majority interest" shall be determined in either of the following ways:

(i) In the case of corporations, on the basis of all stock, common and preferred, whether voting or nonvoting, and on the basis of all debentures, warrants, or other instruments convertible into common stock, preferred stock, or both.

(ii) In the case of partnerships, on the basis of all capital accounts together with any and all capital advances, loans, and debentures, whether or not convertible into capital accounts.

(3) No application may be considered at special meetings of the board.

(4) No application may be considered from any state or local governmental body including, without limitation, any agency of any such state or local governmental body including any corporation or other entity owned, controlled, or owned and controlled by any such state or local governing body.

(5) All meetings of the board shall be held in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, unless otherwise provided for in the bylaws of the board. Before a special meeting may be held, notice thereof stating time, place, and purpose of said meeting shall be sent by the chairman or vice chairman of the board by registered mail or telegram to the members thereof, addressed to their mailing addresses on file with the board, at least three days before the date of the meeting. No board meeting shall be recessed from one calendar day to another.

B. Each member of the board shall be reimbursed when actually in attendance of a board meeting or when he is required to travel for the official authorized business of the board, not more than seventy-five dollars per day plus actual expenses and mileage to and from his domicile to the place of meeting at the same rate of reimbursement set by the division of administration for state employees under the provisions of R.S. 39:231.

C. Ten members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business.            D. There shall be no voting by proxy.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 233, §4; Amended by Acts 1960, No. 455, §1; Acts 1962, No. 184, §1; Acts 1964, No. 113, §4; Acts 1974, No. 684, §1; Acts 1981, No. 668, §1; Acts 1984, No. 51, §1; Acts 1984, No. 915, §1; Acts 1984, No. 916, §1, eff. July 20, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 599, §1; Acts 1989, No. 559, §1; Acts 1992, No. 344, §1; Acts 1992, No. 681, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 2018, No. 529, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, NO. 916, §2.}}