§224. The Calcasieu Ship Channel Advisory Committee

            A. The advisory committee shall consist of a group of stakeholders that will offer advice and counsel, and meet with the Calcasieu Ship Channel Funding Management Board quarterly to review funding plans and activities. The members of the advisory committee shall not have decisionmaking authority.

            B. The members shall serve concurrently with the governor and without compensation.

            C. The advisory committee shall be composed of seven members as follows:

            (1) One member shall be a representative of the Corps.

            (2) One member shall be the port director of the Cameron Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District or his designee.

            (3) One member shall be the executive director of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District or his designee.

            (4) One member shall be a state-commissioned river port pilot appointed by the Associated Branch Pilots for the Port of Lake Charles.

            (5) Three members shall be appointed by the governor and shall represent separate facilities that utilize the Calcasieu Ship Channel for commerce involving deep draft seagoing vessels. One member shall represent a facility on the ship channel in Cameron Parish and two members shall represent a facility on the ship channel in Calcasieu Parish. The appointments by the governor shall be subject to Senate confirmation.

            Acts 2020, No. 332, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.