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A.  The membership of the governing board of any municipally owned and operated airport or air transportation facility, which is used by common carriers of air passengers and which is located entirely outside the geographical boundaries of the parish in which the municipality which owns said airport or facility is located, shall include, in addition to such number of members as is otherwise provided by law or ordinance, one additional member, to be appointed by the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality from a list of two names submitted by the chief executive officer with the approval of the governing authority of the parish in which the airport or facility is located.  In addition to this one additional member, if the airport or facility is located wholly or partially within a municipality, the governing board of such airport or facility also shall include two additional members to be appointed by the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality from a list of four names submitted by the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality.  The appointment of such additional members as authorized by Act 424 of the 1972 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature shall become effective as hereinafter set forth.  Any such member who is in office on July 1, 1983 pursuant to appointment on or after June 30, 1982 shall continue in office until the expiration of his term on June 30, 1987.  Any such member who is in office on July 1, 1983 pursuant to appointment prior to June 30, 1982 whose term expired on June 30, 1982 and whose successor has not been appointed and qualified shall be replaced in the following manner:

(1)  Within sixty days from July 1, 1983 the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality shall submit a list of two names for one appointment to the board.

(2)  Within sixty days from July 1, 1983 if more than one such position is available then the chief executive officer of the parish in which the airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such parish shall submit a list of two names for one appointment to the board.

(3)  In the event such airport or facility is located in more than one parish then the chief executive officer of each parish shall establish the order of priority by lot.

(4)  In the event that all four such positions are available then the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located shall submit a list of two additional names.

(5)  The terms of all persons appointed pursuant to the foregoing shall expire on June 30, 1987.

(6)  Thereafter, all successors shall be appointed for terms of five years.

B.  The following shall be applicable to all appointments made subsequent to July 1, 1983:

(1)  In the event that the governing authority of the parish in which the airport or facility is located or the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located does not submit the lists hereinabove provided for within sixty (60) days from the date a vacancy occurs, then the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality shall make the appointment.

(2)  In the further event that the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility does not make the appointment within sixty (60) days of receipt of such list and the governing authority of said municipality does not approve same within said sixty (60) days, then the chief executive officer with the approval of the governing authority of the parishes submitting the list in which the airport or facility is located or the mayor of the municipality submitting the list of names with the approval of the governing authority of said municipality shall make the appointment.

Acts 1983, No. 25, §1, eff. June 9, 1983.