HB871

Provides relative to the membership the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans

Introduced·2/27/26
Ment Text

Louisiana HB871 increases the Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners from seven to nine members, adding two from St. Tammany Parish.

Louisiana HB871 modifies the composition of the Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners, increasing its membership from seven to nine. The new law adds two members from St. Tammany Parish, bringing the total to four members from Orleans Parish, two from Jefferson Parish, one from St. Bernard Parish, and two from St. Tammany Parish. The bill also establishes a St. Tammany Parish nominating organization, composed of five agencies, to select nominees for the two new board positions. The nominating process and the sequence for filling vacancies are updated to include the new positions.

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Current
Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee
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Committee decision

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History

Mar 9

House

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Feb 27

House

Prefiled.

Feb 27

House

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.