§1948.12.  Board of commissioners

A.(1)  The commission shall be a board of nine members as follows:

(a)  The lieutenant governor or his designee.

(b)  The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development or his designee.

(c)  The secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism or his designee.

(d)  The assistant secretary of the office of state parks or his designee.

(e)  The assistant secretary of the office of tourism or his designee.

(f)  The assistant secretary of the office of cultural development or his designee.

(g)  The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works or his designee.

(h)  The chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works or his designee.

(i)  The Department of Transportation and Development highway construction/maintenance manager or his designee.

(2)  The lieutenant governor or his designee shall serve as the chairman of the commission.

B.  A majority of the membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

C.  The commission shall prescribe rules to govern the scheduling and conduct of its meetings.

D.  The commission may appoint a Louisiana Byways Program coordinator to oversee the operations of the commission as provided in R.S. 56:1948.13 and an additional program employee.  The program coordinator and the additional program employee shall constitute the two positions for which provision is made in Article X, Section 2(B)(7) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 2003, No. 999, §2.