§556.3. Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board
A. The Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board is hereby created within
the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The board shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge.
B. The board shall consist of eleven members appointed by the commissioner of
agriculture and forestry in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) One member who is engaged in crawfish farming east of the Atchafalaya River
appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers
Association.
(2) One member who is engaged in crawfish farming west of the Atchafalaya River
and south of U.S. Highway 190 appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the
Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association.
(3) One member who is engaged in crawfish farming north of U.S. Highway 190
appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers
Association. However, if no member north of U.S. Highway 190 is available, the
commissioner shall appoint the member from the state-at-large.
(4) Three members engaged in harvesting wild crawfish.
(5) One member who is engaged in crawfish farming or crawfish harvesting
appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.
(6) One member who is an owner or operator of a facility which produces artificial
crawfish bait.
(7) One member who is an owner or operator of a facility which processes crawfish.
(8) One member appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana
Restaurant Association.
(9) One member appointed who owns or operates a retail crawfish-seafood facility,
appointed from the state at large.
(10) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 219, §2.
C. Each appointment by the commissioner shall be submitted to the Senate for
confirmation.
D. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 219, §2.
E. A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment. If any board or association nominating potential members becomes
defunct or does not submit the required list of names to the commissioner within thirty days
after he requests such list, the commissioner may appoint any otherwise qualified person not
already a board member to fill a vacancy. A person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve
out the unexpired portion of the term of office vacated.
F. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. All official actions of the board shall require the affirmative vote of
a majority of the members of the board present and voting.
G. Members of the board shall not receive any salary for their duties as members.
Members may receive a per diem for each day spent in actual attendance of meetings of the
board. The amount of the per diem shall be fixed in an amount not to exceed forty dollars.
Members may receive a mileage allowance for mileage traveled in attending meetings. The
mileage allowance shall be fixed by the board in an amount not to exceed the mileage rate
for state employees.
H. The board shall meet quarterly and may meet on the call of the chairman or any
four members. The board shall not receive per diem or mileage for more than twelve
meetings in any calendar year.
I. The board, by a vote of a majority of the members, may expel a member for good
cause shown. Good cause shall include but shall not be limited to three consecutive
unexcused absences. The expulsion of a member creates a vacancy in the office of the
expelled member.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 679, §1; Acts 1985, No. 865, §1; Acts 1985, No. 328, §1;
Acts 1985, No. 327, §1; Acts 1990, No. 128, §1; Acts 1995, No. 543, §1; Acts 2004, No. 12,
§1, eff. May 12, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1,
eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2014, No. 219, §2; Acts 2016, No. 219, §§1, 2.