SUBPART B.  ASCENSION-ST. JAMES AIRPORT AND

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

§341.  Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority; creation; domicile; membership; terms

A.  There is hereby created in the executive department of the state of Louisiana the Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority which is hereby declared to be a body corporate and public composed of all the territory in the parishes of Ascension and St. James and shall constitute an instrumentality of the state of Louisiana exercising public and essential governmental functions.

B.  The domicile of the authority shall be in the town of Convent; provided that by appropriate action of the board of commissioners, said domicile may be relocated within the geographical boundaries of the authority.

C.(1)  The control and management of the affairs of the Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority shall be vested in a board of commissioners to be composed of seven qualified electors, three of whom shall reside in the parish of St. James to be appointed by the governor from a list of nominations submitted by the members of the legislature serving the parish of St. James, and three of whom shall reside in the parish of Ascension to be appointed by the governor from a list of nominations submitted by the members of the legislature serving the parish of Ascension, and one appointed by the governor residing within the geographical boundaries of the authority, all subject to confirmation by the Senate.  The commissioners shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing governor.

(2)  Commissioners may receive per diem of seventy-five dollars for each meeting attended, not to exceed twenty-four meetings in one calendar year, as funds are appropriated by the parish governing authorities of Ascension and St. James Parishes or as otherwise made available for such purpose.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 819, §1.  Amended by Acts 1984, No. 770, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 68, §1.