§1759. Appointment and terms of commissioners

            A. The police jury organizing the drainage district shall appoint five commissioners in each district, two of the commissioners for the term of two years and three for the term of four years, and all selections or appointments thereafter shall be for the term of four years. The appointment of commissioners by the police jury shall be made upon the petition or recommendation of a majority in number of acres or a majority of the resident land owners in the district where the district contains forty or fewer land owners. Where more than forty land owners are embraced in the district, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation or petition of twenty-five of the land owners of the district. Where there is a contest over the appointment of commissioners, the police jury shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by the land owners owning the greatest number of acres of land in the districts. In the absence of any petition or recommendation, the police jury may appoint commissioners in their discretion.

            B.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the board of commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 2 and Gravity Drainage District No. 5 of Livingston Parish shall consist of seven members, subject to all other requirements of qualifications for office provided in Subsection A of this Section.

            (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the board of commissioners of the East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 consists of the Ascension Parish council members whose council districts include portions of the drainage district.

            (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the board of commissioners of the West Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 consists of three members as follows:

            (a) The member of the Ascension Parish council whose council district includes all or the larger part of the drainage district.

            (b) The mayor of Donaldsonville or his designee.

            (c) A member appointed by the Ascension Parish council for a four-year term.

            Amended by Acts 1966, No. 447, §1; Acts 2017, No. 169, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2019, No. 84, §1, eff. June 4, 2019; Acts 2024, No. 417, §1.