§1109.1. Board of commissioners; appointments; terms

            A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District Commission is hereby created to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district. The commission shall be composed of a board of ten commissioners who shall be appointed as follows:

            (1) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within Acadia Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District, the sheriff of Acadia Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than fifty seven thousand five hundred and less than fifty eight thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.

            (2) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in Allen Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Thirty-Third Judicial District, the sheriff of Allen Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than twenty two thousand five hundred and less than twenty three thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.

            (3) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within Evangeline Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District, the sheriff of Evangeline Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than thirty two thousand three hundred and less than thirty three thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.

            (4) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within Iberia Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District, the sheriff of Iberia Parish, and the president of a parish having a population of more than sixty nine thousand and less than seventy thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.

            (5) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in Jefferson Davis Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Thirty-First Judicial District, the sheriff of Jefferson Davis Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than thirty two thousand two hundred and less than thirty two thousand three hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.

            (6) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in St. Landry Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, the sheriff of St. Landry Parish, and the president of a parish having a population of more than eighty two thousand and less than eighty three thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.

            (7) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within St. Martin Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District, the sheriff of St. Martin Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than fifty one thousand five hundred and less than fifty two thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years.

            (8) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing in St. Mary Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District, the sheriff of St. Mary Parish, and the police jury president of a parish having a population of more than forty nine thousand and less than fifty thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, for an initial term of four years. 

            (9) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the parish presidents of the parishes included within the district and the presidents of the police juries in those parishes without home rule charters or parish presidents for an initial term of four years.

            (10) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the judges of the city courts within the district exercising juvenile jurisdiction for an initial term of four years.

            (11) Repealed by Acts 2026, No. 941, §2, eff. June 22, 2026.

            B. Following the expiration of the initial term of each commissioner, all subsequent appointments shall be for terms of four years. The members of the board shall serve without salary or per diem, but the board may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties.

            C. Failure of appointed members to attend two consecutive meetings shall be cause for termination from the commission and the position shall be deemed vacant by notifying the appropriate appointing party. The appointing authority shall have ninety days to fill the vacancy.

            Acts 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023; Acts 2026, No. 780, §1, eff. June 9, 2026; Acts 2026, No. 941, §§1, 2, eff. June 22, 2026.