This section sets how the district’s board of commissioners is made up, how it operates, and what board members may not do.
§130.532. Board of commissioners; members; officers; employees A.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of seven voting members as provided by this Subsection. The initial term shall be two years. At the termination of the initial terms of office each term thereafter shall be for three years. A board member may succeed himself. (2)(a) One member shall be appointed by the Hopkins Street Revitalization Association, Incorporated. (b) One member shall be appointed by the Southwest Leadership Training and Development Association. (c) One member shall be appointed by the Iberia Parish Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (d) The state representative, or his designee, from the state representative district that includes all or a majority of the Hopkins Street Economic Development District, shall be a member. (e) The state senator, or his designee, from the state senate district that includes all or a majority of the Hopkins Street Economic Development District, shall be a member. (f) The New Iberia City Council member representing city council district number two, or his designee, shall be a member. (g) The New Iberia City Council member representing city council district number five, or his designee, shall be a member. (h) The mayor of the city of New Iberia, or his designee, shall serve as a nonvoting member. (3) Each appointee pursuant to Subparagraph (2)(a), (b), or (c) of this Subsection shall be submitted to the board of commissioners for confirmation. (4) Appointees to the board of commissioners shall be submitted to the secretary-treasurer of the district within forty-five days after notification of a board vacancy. In the event that the entity responsible for the appointment of such member fails to provide the board of commissioners with an appointee for each such vacancy to be filled, within forty-five days of such vacancy, the board of commissioners shall appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the respective appointing entity as provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. B. The members of the board of commissioners may receive reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder; however, commissioners shall not receive per diem or be paid a salary for serving on the board. C. Members of the board, individually, and members of their immediate family are prohibited from bidding on or entering into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the district. D. The board of commissioners shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board of commissioners, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. E. The board of commissioners shall meet in regular session every month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them or on the written request of four members. Four members of the board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum. F. The board of commissioners shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings. The board of commissioners may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, a director, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and terms of employment. Acts 1995, No. 359, §2; Acts 2006, No. 509, §1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2013, No. 142, §1.