La. R.S. § 2:131.1 Municipal Airport Located Outside Parish; Membership On Governing Board

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 2:131.1

A. The membership of the governing board of any municipally owned and operated airport or air transportation facility, which is used by common carriers of air passengers and which is located entirely outside the geographical boundaries of the parish in which the municipality which owns said airport or facility is located, shall include, in addition to such number of members as is otherwise provided by law or ordinance, one additional member, to be appointed by the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality from a list of two names submitted by the chief executive officer with the approval of the governing authority of the parish in which the airport or facility is located. In addition to this one additional member, if the airport or facility is located wholly or partially within a municipality, the governing board of such airport or facility also shall include two additional members to be appointed by the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality from a list of four names submitted by the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality. The appointment of such additional members as authorized by Act 424 of the 1972 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature shall become effective as hereinafter set forth. Any such member who is in office on July 1, 1983 pursuant to appointment on or after June 30, 1982 shall continue in office until the expiration of his term on June 30, 1987. Any such member who is in office on July 1, 1983 pursuant to appointment prior to June 30, 1982 whose term expired on June 30, 1982 and whose successor has not been appointed and qualified shall be replaced in the following manner:

(1) Within sixty days from July 1, 1983 the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality shall submit a list of two names for one appointment to the board.