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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 15, § 1109.1. Board of commissioners; appointments; terms

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District Commission is hereby created to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district. The commission shall be composed of a board of eleven commissioners who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within Acadia Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Acadia Parish for an initial term of four years.

(2) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in Allen Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Thirty-Third Judicial District and the sheriff of Allen Parish for an initial term of four years.

(3) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within Evangeline Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Evangeline Parish for an initial term of four years.

(4) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within Iberia Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Iberia Parish for an initial term of four years.

(5) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in Jefferson Davis Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Thirty-First Judicial District and the sheriff of Jefferson Davis Parish for an initial term of four years.

(6) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in St. Landry Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District and the sheriff of St. Landry Parish for an initial term of four years.

(7) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within St. Martin Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of St. Martin Parish for an initial term of four years.

(8) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in St. Mary Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of St. Mary Parish for an initial term of four years.

(9) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within Vermilion Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Vermilion Parish for an initial term of four years.

(10) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the parish presidents of the parishes included within the district and the presidents of the police juries in those parishes without home rule charters or parish presidents for an initial term of four years.

(11) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the judges of the city courts within the district exercising juvenile jurisdiction for an initial term of four years.

B. Following the expiration of the initial term of each commissioner, all subsequent appointments shall be for terms of four years. The members of the board shall serve without salary or per diem, but the board may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties.

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