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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:326.4

  • Board of commissioners: means a group of persons appointed under the provisions of law to exercise certain authorities over and have oversight and control of a levee district or levee and drainage district. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:281
  • Levee district: means a political subdivision of this state organized for the purpose and charged with the duty of constructing and maintaining levees, and all other things incidental thereto within its territorial limits. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:281

A.  The positions of executive director and assistant executive director of the board of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Levee District are hereby created.  The executive director and assistant executive director shall be appointed by the board.  The executive director, on behalf of and as authorized or directed by the board, shall administer the affairs of the district.  The assistant executive director shall assist the executive director in all of his functions and duties as deemed necessary by the executive director.

B.  The positions of executive director and assistant executive director shall be filled by the board before February 1, 2015, if not currently filled by administrative rule of the board.

C.  Neither the executive director nor the assistant executive director shall be a member of the board.  The executive director and assistant executive director shall each be a full-time unclassified employee of the board who shall be paid compensation in an amount to be determined by the board which shall be comparable to like positions with levee districts throughout the state.

Acts 2014, No. 858, §1.