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A.  Each board may employ a regional director who shall serve at the pleasure of the board.  The board shall fix the qualifications, duties, and salary of the regional director.

B.  In addition to the qualifications fixed by the board pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, the regional director shall:

(1)  Reside in southeast Louisiana.

(2)  Have a bachelor’s degree, at a minimum, in the area of business, engineering, geology, hydrology, natural sciences, environmental sciences, renewable resources, or any similar academic field.

(3)  Have a minimum of ten years senior executive experience in business, engineering or hydrology, or in the performance of public works functions, related to flood and drainage control, flood plain management, water resources, soil conservation, land surveying and mapping, disaster relief, or any related function.

C.  In addition to the duties prescribed by the board, the regional director shall keep records of all proceedings, preserve all books, maps, documents, papers, records, and reports entrusted to its care, and keep them open for public inspection.

Acts 2006, 1^st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2009, No. 521, §1.