This section creates the Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1, sets up its five-member board, and lets the board levy an ad valorem tax if voters approve it.
§3887.9. Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 A. The Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 is hereby created and shall be governed by a board of directors. B.(1) The Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 board of directors shall be comprised of five members appointed by the police jury of Cameron Parish. Terms of members shall be determined by the police jury. Each member shall be a registered voter of Cameron Parish and shall have resided within the boundaries of the district for at least two years prior to his appointment. The police jury shall designate the domicile of the board. The board shall by resolution designate a place within the district for holding its meetings. (2) The police jury may authorize payment of a per diem to each member of the board in an amount not to exceed sixty dollars for each day of his attendance at meetings of the board up to twenty-four days in each year. The police jury may also authorize payment of a per diem for attendance at up to twelve emergency meetings of the board called in a year. Per diem for board members shall be paid out of district funds. C. The Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 board of directors shall be the successor board to the board of Cameron Parish Sewerage District No. 1, the board of Cameron Parish Waterworks District No. 1, and the Cameron Parish Sewerage and Water Board for District No. 1. As successor, the Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 board of directors shall have all powers and duties of the boards of sewerage districts set forth in this Chapter and all other powers granted by law for the maintenance and operation of sewerage districts. D. The board is hereby authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax. The ad valorem tax shall be imposed by resolution of the board only after the question of the imposition of the tax has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district at an election conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state and a majority of those voting in the election have voted in favor of the proposition. The proceeds of the tax shall be used for the purpose of maintaining and operating the district. E. The Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 shall be comprised of the territory beginning at a point which is the intersection of the east line of Township 15 South, Range 9 West, with the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, thence north along the east lines of the said Township 15 South, Range 9 West, and Townships 14 and 13 South, Range 9 West, to the intersection of said line with the north boundary line of Ward 3, which is the center section line of Section 13, Township 13 South, Range 9 West at that point, thence west along the center section line of Section 13, Township 13 South, Range 9 West and a projection thereof to a point where said line intersects on the east or left descending bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, thence following the east or left descending bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, thence easterly along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, to point of beginning. Acts 2023, No. 66, §1.