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2011 Louisiana Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2011)

handle is hein.sag/sagla0072 and id is 1 raw text is: July 31, 2012 OPINION 11-0001 Ms. Carolyn Cheramie Executive Director Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission Post Office Box 340 Raceland, Louisiana 70394 Dear Ms. Cheramie: 166 - TOURISTS - Regulations, etc. 90-A - POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - Officers, Agents & Employees La. R.S. 33:4574 Pursuant to La. R.S. 33:4574(F)(1)(a) and (b)(i), the directors of the Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission shall consist of seven directors appointed by the governing authority of the parish from lists of nominees submitted to the governing authority by private, non-profit groups that have an interest in one or more aspects of the tourism industry. Any ordinance that is inconsistent with La. R.S. 33:4574(F)(1)(a) and (b)(i) would be invalid. You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General on behalf of the Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission d/b/a Bayou Lafourche Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (Lafourche Tourist Commission) regarding whether the Lafourche Parish Council may change the manner in which the board directors are appointed. Your question has been forwarded to me for research and reply. In 1975, the legislature enacted La. R.S. 33:4574 et seq., authorizing the governing authority of any parish to create a tourist commission on its own or jointly with one or more other parishes.' In 1995, the legislature significantly amended the laws governing tourism commissions.2 As a result of the 1995 amendments, there are now two types of tourist commissions authorized and created by La. R.S. 33:4574.3 The Lafourche Tourist Commission is specifically authorized by La. R.S. 33:4574(B)(17), which provides: B. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 30 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the following commissions and bureaus, hereafter collectively referred to in this Chapter as tourist commissions or commissions, are hereby specifically created as special districts or commissions. Each such commission shall be a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, composed of the following territory: (17) Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission composed of all the territory in Lafourche Parish. 'Act 19 of the 1975 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. 2 Act 47 of the 1995 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. 3 Previously La. R.S. 33:4574(A)(1) and (2).

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