La. R.S. § 33:103 Planning Commission; Membership; Appointment

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 33:103

A. A parish planning commission shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members, at the discretion of the police jury or other parish governing authority, all to be appointed by the police jury or other parish governing authority. The police jury or other parish governing authority may remove any member of the commission, after public hearing, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

B. A municipal planning commission shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members, at the discretion of the local legislative body, all to be appointed by the chief executive of the municipality, who may remove any member of the commission, after public hearing, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

C.

(1) All members of a commission, whether a parish or a municipal planning commission, shall serve without compensation, except as otherwise provided by this Paragraph or as otherwise provided by law, and shall hold no other public office, except they may also serve as members of any duly constituted regional commission of which their parish or municipality forms a part.

(a) Nothing contained in this Section shall prevent the governing authority of St. Charles Parish from paying to the members of the zoning commission of St. Charles Parish not less than forty dollars nor more than sixty dollars per diem for attending meetings of the commission. In no instance, however, shall the number of meetings exceed a maximum of twelve per year.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the police jury of St. John the Baptist Parish may pay members of the planning commission of St. John the Baptist Parish per diem not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than forty dollars for attending meetings of said commission for a maximum of fifteen meetings per year.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the police jury of St. James Parish may pay members of the planning commission of the parish and the respective governing authorities of the municipalities may pay the planning commissions of the municipalities of Lutcher and Gramercy per diem not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than forty dollars for attending meetings of said commissions for a maximum of fifteen meetings per year per commission.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the parish council of West Baton Rouge Parish shall pay members of the planning commission of West Baton Rouge Parish per diem which shall not exceed the rate allowable for per diem deduction under Section 162(h)(1)(B)(ii) of Title 26 of the United States Code for attending meetings of the commission for a maximum of twenty-four days per year.