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A.  Notwithstanding the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 33:3812, in the event there is formed under the provisions of this Chapter, within one year of July 13, 1992, a new water district in Tangipahoa Parish to be known as “The Tangipahoa Water District”, comprised of the entirety of the territory of Tangipahoa Parish, less and except the area lying within the territorial limits of any municipality and Waterworks Districts 3, 8, and the Husser-Loranger District, or if the existing Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish should be expanded to include the territorial limits of Second Ward Water District and Fourth Ward Water District, then such new Tangipahoa Water District or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish shall be governed by a board of commissioners of seven members.

B.  Notwithstanding the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 33:3812, should any of the presently existing Water Districts 3, 8, or the Husser-Loranger Water District of Tangipahoa Parish be incorporated into the new Tangipahoa Water District or incorporated into the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish after one year subsequent to July 13, 1992, the size of the board of commissioners shall be increased by one new member per added district up to the maximum of nine members and provided further the eighth or ninth member of the board of commissioners, as the case may be, shall reside within the geographical territory of the enumerated district added to the new Tangipahoa Water District, or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish.

C.(1)  The existing members of the board of commissioners of Water Works District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish on July 13, 1992, without need of further appointment, together with one member living within the geographical limits of the Fourth Ward Water District of Tangipahoa Parish and one member living within the geographical limits of the Second Ward Water District of Tangipahoa Parish, as they have been heretofore constituted, shall make up the initial seven-member board of commissioners of the new Tangipahoa Water District or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish when formed.

(2)(a)  Members of the board of commissioners of the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish shall be entitled to per diem at the rate of one hundred dollars per regular meeting or special meeting.  Per diem shall not be paid for more than twelve special meetings per year, and the board of commissioners shall not hold more than two regular meetings during any one calendar month.

(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of the Tangipahoa Water District shall be entitled to per diem at the rate of one hundred fifty dollars per regular meeting or special meeting.  Per diem  shall not be paid for more than twelve special meetings per year, and the board of commissioners shall not hold more than two regular meetings during any one calendar month.

(3)  The fact of inclusion by annexation at a future date of any territory of the new Tangipahoa Water District or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish within the territorial limits of any municipality shall not affect the makeup of the board of commissioners.

D.(1)  The governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish shall make the appointment of the two commissioners necessary to complete the makeup of the initial board and such governing authority shall make all future appointments.  The terms of the holdover members of the board of commissioners shall end at the same time their terms as commissioners of Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish otherwise would end.  The term of each member of the board of commissioners shall be for four years.  However, notwithstanding, all service as a member of the board of commissioners shall be at the pleasure of the governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish.

(2)  The term of each member of the board of commissioners of the Tangipahoa Water District in office on February 1, 2001, shall be extended for an additional two years from the date the member was appointed to serve, such that the member will have served a four-year term.  Thereafter, the successors of such members shall serve four-year terms.

Acts 1992, No. 1051, §2, eff. July 13, 1992; Acts 2001, No. 442, §1, eff. June 18, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 478, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.