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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. The corporation shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of eleven members. The following individuals shall serve on the board of directors:
(1) Four designees of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association.
(2) The parish president, or his designee, of the following parishes:
(a) Calcasieu Parish.
(b) St. Landry Parish.
(c) Bossier Parish.
(d) Orleans Parish.
(e) St. Tammany Parish.
(3) Two members appointed by the governor representing Louisiana higher education institutions.
B. Board members serving by virtue of their appointive or elected offices shall serve during the time that they are elected or appointed to their respective offices. Initial terms of the elected members designated in Subsection A of this Section shall be three years. Elected members may succeed themselves if reelected.
C. Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation, but the corporation may reimburse such members, or the institutions which they represent, for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties if such compensation does not violate any other provision of law to the contrary.
D. Members of the board of directors of the corporation may be removed for just cause, as defined by the board of directors.
E. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. All official actions of the corporation shall require an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present and voting at any meeting.
F. There shall be elected a chairman, vice chairman, secretary-treasurer, and an executive committee of the board of directors to be composed of not less than three nor more than seven directors, including the chairman of the corporation who shall be an ex officio member thereof.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 4, § 285. Membership of board of directors; vacancies; compensation; expenses; executive committee - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-4-sect-285/
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