§9039.15.1. Lakeshore Villages Community Development District; board of supervisors, elections, and meetings

            A. The Lakeshore Villages Community Development District in St. Tammany Parish, hereafter in this Section referred to as the "district", is subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:9039.15 except as otherwise provided by this Section.

            B.(1) District supervisors shall be elected on the date specified by R.S. 18:402 for congressional elections, and their terms shall begin on January third of the year after the election. Each supervisor shall be elected to a designated division of the board. The divisions are for the sole purpose of election of supervisors. The divisions are designated alphabetically as Divisions "A" through "E", and each supervisor in office on January 1, 2025, shall be assigned to a designated division by name alphabetically. A candidate for supervisor shall, at the time of filing his declaration as a candidate therefor, designate only one division for which the person is a candidate. The electors of the district shall elect one member from among the candidates for each division of the commission.

            (2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if the total number of registered voters in the district is fewer than two hundred fifty in any even-numbered year, no election shall be held in that year, and the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish shall appoint the successors to supervisors whose terms expire on January third of the following year. By April fifteenth of each even-numbered year, the chief executive officer of the district shall request from the registrar of voters a report on the number of registered voters in the district. By June fifteenth of the year, the board of supervisors shall decide whether to call an election or request that the parish governing authority appoint such members.

            C.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Subsection, district supervisors serve four-year terms.

            (2) The terms of all supervisors serving on January 1, 2025, end on January 3, 2027. The initial term of three supervisors elected at the election in 2026 is four years, and the initial term for two supervisors is two years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board after the beginning of the term.

            D. The district's board of supervisors shall elect one supervisor as chair and one supervisor as a vice chair. The board shall also elect a secretary who need not be a supervisor and who may also serve as the treasurer as provided in R.S. 33:9039.16(B). The board may elect other officers as it deems necessary.

            E. Each district supervisor may receive a per diem of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for meetings that the supervisor attends, but not more than two meetings per month. Each supervisor may also receive travel expenses as authorized in the district's bylaws.

            Acts 2024, No. 414, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.