§4570.1. Board of commissioners; officers; quorum; employees

            A. The commission shall be composed of five ex officio members and four appointed members for a total of nine commissioners. The ex officio members shall be the mayors of the following municipalities: Baker, Baton Rouge, Central, St. George, and Zachary. Each mayor may designate a person to serve in his place as a member of the commission. Each designee shall serve at the pleasure of the designating mayor. The ex officio members shall serve during their terms of office. The four appointed members shall be qualified voters of the parish appointed by the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge for terms of three years. Of the four appointed members, at least two shall be residents of the city of Baton Rouge, and at least one shall be a resident of the unincorporated area of East Baton Rouge Parish. Following the release of each federal decennial census, the commission may, by majority vote, reallocate these designated residency requirements to reflect the changes in population distribution across the parish. Any such reallocation shall apply prospectively and shall not alter the term of any sitting member. Vacancies shall be filled by the designating or appointing authority. All commission members shall serve without compensation.

            B. The commission shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, and a treasurer whose terms of office shall be one year. Five members shall constitute a quorum of the commission for all purposes. The commission shall have the power and authority to name and employ a person who shall be designated as superintendent of the commission, who shall not be a member of the commission, and who shall be ex officio secretary of the commission, and to prescribe and pay an annual salary to the superintendent.

            Acts 1985, No. 95, §1, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 2025, No. 391, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.