Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 3224. Board of trustees; composition

A. The board of trustees shall be composed of seven members, consisting of the president of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, or his appointee, who shall be chairman of the board, a representative of the parish accounting department, a representative of the parish council to be appointed by said council, and four active members of the department, who shall not be above the rank of district chief when elected or reelected and who shall be elected by the active fire department personnel by election conducted within the fire department, by secret ballot, with the first election to be on the first Monday in September, 1973. The elected members shall be elected for a two-year term. The board of trustees shall elect one of its members to serve as vice chairman and another member to serve as secretary-treasurer of the board. In the case of a vacancy on the board of trustees from among the members of the fire department on said board, said vacancy shall be filled by an election conducted as herein provided within sixty days of the creation of such vacancy.

B. At such times as the number of retirees outnumber the number of active members of the fire department, then the retirees shall be allowed to serve on the board of trustees and the retirees shall be allowed to vote in the board elections.