§9004.  Board of directors; qualifications; terms; removal; chairman; compensation; meetings; records; appointment; corporation president; duties; removal; open board meetings

A.  The affairs of the corporation shall be administered by a board of directors composed of nine members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.  Members appointed when the Senate is not in session shall serve only until the end of the next regular session, unless confirmed by the Senate.  Should the Senate refuse to confirm a member appointed in the interim then he shall forfeit his office as of the date on which the Senate refuses to confirm him.  Any person not confirmed by the Senate shall not be reappointed as a member for a period of two years.

B.(1)  Members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate shall be residents of the state of Louisiana and serve staggered terms of four years.  One member shall be appointed from each congressional district and the remaining members shall be appointed at large.  Of the members appointed by the governor, one of the at-large members shall be selected from a list of five potential candidates to be submitted to the governor by the Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association.

(2)  Of the initial appointees, the member from the first congressional district and one member at large shall be appointed for terms to expire on December 31, 1991; the member from the second congressional district shall be appointed for a term to expire on December 31, 1992; the members from the third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts shall be appointed for terms to expire on December 31, 1993; and the members from the sixth, seventh, and eighth congressional districts shall be appointed for terms to expire on December 31, 1994.

(3)  Members confirmed by the Senate may serve sixty days beyond the end of their respective terms if their successors have not been appointed and qualified.  If the governor fails to appoint a successor within sixty days after expiration of a member's term, the board shall make the appointment.  No member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.  Members may be removed by the governor for neglect of duty, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office.  The board shall annually elect a chairman and vice chairman from among its voting members.

(4)  Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 412, §1, eff. June 21, 2013.

C.(1)  The members of the board of directors and all employees of the corporation shall be considered public employees as defined by R.S. 42:1102(18) and the corporation shall be considered an agency as defined by R.S. 42:1102(2).  The members of the board of directors and all employees of the corporation shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 of Title 42.

(2)  The members of the board of directors shall be considered to hold appointive office and all employees of the corporation shall be considered to hold employment as defined by R.S. 42:62.  The members of the board of directors and all employees of the corporation shall be subject to the provisions of law regulating dual officeholding and dual employment provided in Part III of Chapter 2 of Title 42.

D.  Appointed members of the board of directors shall be entitled to fifteen thousand dollars per year from the corporation as remuneration for serving on the board, except for the chairman, who shall receive twenty-five thousand dollars, and all members shall be reimbursed by the corporation for necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.  No person who serves as a member of the board shall by reason of such membership be eligible for membership in the State Group Benefits Program and service on the board shall not be eligible for service credit for any public retirement system.

E.  The board, upon call of the chairman or the president, shall meet at least monthly for the first eighteen months and bimonthly thereafter and at such other times as the chairman or the president may determine.  Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.  The board shall also meet upon call of five or more of the voting members of the board.  The board shall keep accurate and complete records of all its meetings.

F.  The state treasurer shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board and shall not be compensated for his or her service on the board.

G.  All meetings of the board shall be open and governed by the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq.  Security personnel, plans, and devices as listed in R.S. 42:17(A)(3) shall include but not be limited to the security portions or segments of lottery requests for proposals, proposals by vendors to conduct lottery operations, and records of the security division of the corporation.

Acts 1990, No. 1045, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 90, §1, eff. Jan. 13, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 315, §1; Acts 2004, No. 16, §1; Acts 2010, No. 814, §1, eff. May 1, 2011; Acts 2013, No. 412, §1, eff. June 21, 2013.