La. R.S. § 33:4578 Acadia Community Center District

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 33:4578

A. There is hereby created the Ward 4 of Acadia Parish Community Center District. The district shall consist of the entire area within Ward 4 of Acadia Parish, including any municipalities in such ward. The district is created for the purposes of building and operating a community center within the district.

B.

(1) The control and management of the affairs of the district shall be vested in a board of commissioners that is hereby created. The board shall consist of ten members charged with administering the activities of the district. All members of the commission shall be qualified voters and residents of the district. Commissioners shall be appointed by the Acadia Parish governing authority in such a manner as to provide broad representation of the communities within the district.

(2) The members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of four years, except for those initially appointed. Of those initially appointed, three members shall be appointed for two years, three members for three years, and four members for four years; the length of the term for each individual appointed shall be determined by lot at the initial meeting of the board. The members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The commissioners shall elect from their number a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary-treasurer. The commissioners shall serve without compensation. No elected public official shall be eligible for appointment to the commission.

(3) All vacancies occurring on the commission shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. Unexpired terms shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(4) A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No contracts shall be approved or financial obligations incurred by less than a majority of the board of commissioners.

C.

(1) The district shall constitute a body corporate in law and a political subdivision of the state. The district shall have perpetual existence and shall have power and right to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, and to perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for effectuating the purposes and objects for which it is created.

(2) The district may be sued at its domicile and service of citation made on the president, and in his absence, upon the vice president, and in his absence, upon the secretary.