§3086.3. Board of commissioners; membership; tenure; officers; vacancies; compensation

A. The affairs of said district shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of one member from each of the parishes constituting the district and from the parish of St. Landry, to be selected and appointed by the police juries of their respective parishes; provided that the member from the parish of St. Landry shall only have the right to vote on matters pertaining to drainage and flooding.

B. The terms of the first four commissioners shall be two terms of one year and two terms of two years, respectively, to be determined by the drawing of lots by the commissioners. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for two years.

C. The board shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and a secretary-treasurer and may employ such other employees as may be necessary, and fix their respective salaries.

D. The commissioners shall be paid seventy-five dollars per diem for official meetings of the board, not to exceed one meeting per month, and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commissioners also shall be paid such per diem and expenses for special meetings of the board, not to exceed six such special meetings per year.

E. The board shall fix its own meeting dates and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for its own government.

F. The commissioner appointed from the parish of St. Landry shall not receive per diem from the board; however, the governing authority of St. Landry Parish may pay per diem to him or his designee in an amount to be determined by the parish governing authority.

Acts 1969, No. 41, §3. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 65, §1; Acts 1976, No. 118, §1; Acts 1984, No. 624, §2; Acts 1988, No. 67, §1; Acts 1989, No. 93, §1; Acts 1995, No. 974, §1.