§409.  Board of trustees; terms; removal; meetings; salary

A.  Every trust fund shall be governed by a board of no fewer than five trustees.  The initial trustees need not be appointed or elected by the beneficiaries of the trust fund.  During the second year following the creation of an authorized trust fund, at least one-fourth of all its trustees in office shall have been elected or appointed by the beneficiaries.  After the end of the second year following the creation of an authorized trust fund, a majority of all trustees in office shall have been elected or appointed by the beneficiaries.

B.  All trustees serving during the first two years following the creation of an authorized trust fund shall be elected or appointed for one-year terms.  All trustees serving thereafter shall be elected or appointed for two-year terms, provided that the trustees may be elected or appointed for one-year terms to the extent necessary in order to create staggered terms.

C.  Any trustee may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by a majority vote of the beneficiaries.

D.  The board of trustees shall meet at least four times each year.

E.  No trustee shall be paid a salary or receive other compensation for service as a trustee, except that the bylaws or plan of operation may provide for reimbursement for actual expenses incurred on behalf of the trust fund and for the payment of a reasonable per diem amount for attendance at meetings of the board.

Acts 1986, No. 574, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 22:2049 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.