Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 4305. Domicile; meetings; officers; bonds; depositories; compensation; rate fixing

B. (1) No member of the board of commissioners shall receive a salary for the performance of his duties as a member. Each member may receive a per diem for each meeting attended, up to twenty-five meetings per year. The board shall fix the amount of the per diem in an amount not to exceed seventy-five dollars. A member may be reimbursed for all proper expenses incurred in carrying on the business of the district. The board may fix reasonable additional compensation, commensurate with the additional duties performed, for a member who serves as secretary or treasurer or secretary-treasurer of the board.

(2) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Subsection or of any other provision of law, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, no member of the board of commissioners shall be paid a salary for his services, but may be paid a fee of up to fifty dollars for each meeting he attends as determined by the board, for not in excess of twenty-four regular and twelve special meetings in each year, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for all expenditures which he incurs in carrying on the business of the district. The meeting fee may be adjusted once annually to reflect the change in the valuation of the dollar; however, the total fee shall not exceed fifty dollars per meeting. The chief executive officer of the board, president or chairman, the vice president or vice chairman when he serves as chief executive officer, the secretary, the treasurer, or the secretary-treasurer may receive such reasonable additional compensation for administrative services as is commensurate with the duties to be performed.

(3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Subsection or of any other provision of law, no member of the board of commissioners of Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1 shall receive a salary for the performance of his duties as a member. Each member may receive a per diem for each meeting attended, up to fifty meetings per year, and for each day devoted to the business of the district. The board shall fix the amount of the per diem in an amount not to exceed seventy-five dollars per day. A member may be reimbursed for all proper expenses incurred in carrying out the business of the district. The board may fix reasonable additional compensation, commensurate with the additional duties performed, for a member who serves as secretary or treasurer or secretary-treasurer of the board.

(4) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Subsection or of any other provision of law, no member of the board of commissioners of Washington Parish Gas Utility District No. 2 shall receive a salary for the performance of his duties as a member. Each member may receive a per diem for each meeting attended, and for each day devoted to the business of the district. The board shall fix the amount of the per diem in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per day. A member may be reimbursed for all proper expenses incurred in carrying out the business of the district. The board may fix reasonable additional compensation, commensurate with the additional duties performed, for a member who serves as secretary or treasurer or secretary-treasurer of the board.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no member of the board of commissioners of any gas utility district located in a parish with a population of not less than twenty thousand persons and not more than twenty thousand five hundred persons according to the latest federal decennial census shall receive a salary for the performance of his duties as a member. Each member may receive a per diem for each meeting attended, up to twenty-five meetings per year. The board shall fix the amount of the per diem in an amount not to exceed one hundred twenty dollars. A member may be reimbursed for all proper expenses incurred in carrying on the business of the district. The board may fix reasonable additional compensation, commensurate with the additional duties performed, for a member who serves as secretary or treasurer or secretary-treasurer of the board.