§7. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College; Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College
Section 7.(A) Creation; Powers. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Board of Supervisors of
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College are created as bodies
corporate. Subject to powers vested by this Article in the Board of Regents, each shall
supervise and manage the institutions, statewide agricultural programs, and other programs
administered through its system.
(B)(1) Membership; Terms. Each board shall be composed of fifteen members, of
whom two members shall be from each congressional district and the remaining member or
members shall be from the state at large, appointed by the governor with consent of the
Senate. The members shall serve overlapping terms of six years, following initial terms
fixed by law.
(2) No person who has served as a member of either board for more than two and
one-half terms in three consecutive terms shall be appointed to the board for the succeeding
term. This Subparagraph shall not apply to any person appointed to either board prior to the
effective date of this Subparagraph,1 except that it shall apply to any term of service of any
such person that begins after such date.
(C) Vacancy. A vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled
for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment by the governor, with consent of the
Senate.
Amended by Acts 2008, No. 935, §1, approved Nov. 4, 2008, eff. Dec. 8, 2008; Acts
2012, No. 870, §1, approved Nov. 6, 2012, eff. Dec. 10, 2012.
1Dec. 8, 2008