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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:1495
citation: "R.S. 40:1495"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 7 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1983, number: 145, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1984, number: 72, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Governing body of district

A. If no municipal corporation is included within the boundaries of a district comprising all or part of a single parish, the parish governing authority may be the governing body of the district or may appoint a board of commissioners to serve as the governing body for the district.

B.(1) If a municipal corporation is included within the boundaries of a district, or if the boundaries of a district comprise all or part of two or more parishes, the governing body of the district shall consist of a board of commissioners of the district.

(2) However, the parish governing authority may in its discretion continue to be the governing body of the district in those instances where a municipal corporation lying within the boundaries of the district is created after the creation of the district and after 1970.