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Code · Louisiana · Title 25 — Libraries, Museums, and Other Scientific

RS 25:214

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RS 25:214
§214. Board of control; members; appointment and terms of office
A. The governing authority of the municipality shall, in the ordinance creating a public library, name and appoint five citizens of the municipality as a board of control for such public library to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, the successors of whom shall each be appointed for a term of five years. The mayor of the municipality shall be ex officio, a member of the board of control of such public library, provided however that he shall have the right to designate another member of the governing authority of the municipality to serve in his place and stead on the board of control of such public library.
B. The governing authority of the parish shall, in the ordinance creating a public library, name and appoint, at its option, not less than five citizens nor more than seven citizens of the parish as a board of control for such parish library to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, the successors of whom shall each be appointed for a term of five years. The president of the police jury shall be ex officio, a member of the board of control for such public library, provided however that the president of the police jury shall have the right to designate another member of the governing authority of the parish to serve in his place and stead on the board of control of such public library.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the parish of Orleans.
D. The provisions of R.S. 33:1415(A) shall apply to the appointment of all members of the boards of control created pursuant to Subsections A and B of this Section.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 208, §1; Acts 1978, No. 368, §1; Acts 2024, No. 647, §1.
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