CHAPTER 10.  GAS

PART I.  LOUISIANA LIQUEFIED

PETROLEUM GAS COMMISSION

§1841.  Creation of commission; domicile; membership; terms; officers of commission

A.  The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission is hereby created.  It shall have power to sue and be sued and shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge.  The commission shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee, who shall serve as an ex officio member; two members shall be appointed by the governor, and two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of four names selected in the manner hereinafter provided by a majority vote of the liquefied petroleum gas dealers, as that term is hereinafter defined.  In default of such nomination by the liquefied petroleum gas dealers, the governor shall make the appointments.  All appointments by the governor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.

B.  For the purpose of voting on the selection of the two members of the commission to be appointed by the governor, each liquefied petroleum gas dealer shall be entitled to one vote per permit held, to be cast by the person designated in a duly executed power of attorney from the dealer he represents.  The power of attorney shall be filed with the commission and shall remain effective for such purposes until revoked.  Any natural person may be selected. The Louisiana Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission shall conduct the selection process.  The selection process shall be held thirty days prior to a new gubernatorial inauguration and every four years thereafter, beginning in the year 2000.

C.(1)  Each of the four members appointed by the governor shall serve a term which shall be concurrent with the term of the governor making the appointment.  Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.  The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee shall serve for a term corresponding with the term of his official appointment.

(2)  A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

D.  The commission shall elect its chairman and vice chairman, and the director hereinafter provided for shall be the secretary of the commission.

Acts 1950, No. 63, §1.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 49, §1; Acts 1978, No. 603, §1; Acts 1980, No. 735, §1, eff. July 29, 1980; Acts 1987, No. 552, §1; Acts 1997, No. 98, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1446, §1; Acts 2003, No. 774, §11.