A commission must choose a chairman, meet at least monthly, adopt business rules, and keep its records as public records. Some commissions may cancel a monthly meeting if there is nothing on the agenda, but must give public notice at least five days in advance and post it in the required places.
§104. Organization, meetings, and rules A. A commission shall elect a chairman from its membership and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of chairman shall be one year, with eligibility for reelection. A commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record. B.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, a commission located in any municipality with a population of not less than six thousand one hundred twenty-five persons and not more than six thousand five hundred persons according to the latest federal decennial census may cancel a monthly commission meeting if there are no items to be placed on the agenda for the meeting. The commission shall provide notice to the public that the meeting is cancelled no less than five days prior to the scheduled meeting by placing a notice of cancellation in the official journal of the municipality in which the commission is located and by posting a copy of such notice on the door of the building in which the meeting is to be held and via the internet on the official website of the municipality in which the commission is located. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the Washington Parish planning commission may cancel a monthly meeting if there are no items to be placed on the agenda for the meeting. The commission shall provide notice to the public that the meeting is cancelled no less than five days prior to the scheduled meeting by placing a notice of cancellation in the official journal of the parish and by posting a copy of such notice on the door of the building in which the meeting is to be held and on the official website of the parish. Acts 2014, No. 268, §1; Acts 2019, No. 98, §1.