DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the board of commissioners of Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Shane Mack
Last action: 2026-05-21
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill specifies a maximum per diem of $75, not $125 as initially stated in the candidate explanation.

Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1 Board Changes

This bill changes the rules for how board members of Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1 are compensated and reimbursed.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law to say that board members cannot receive a salary but can receive up to $75 per day as payment for attending meetings or working on district business, with a limit of fifty meetings each year.
Allows the board to set extra pay for members who also serve as secretary, treasurer, or both roles combined.
Permits board members to be reimbursed for expenses they incur while doing work for the district.

Who It Names or Affects

Board members of Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1

Terms To Know

per diem: A daily payment given to someone for expenses or work done each day.
reimburse: To pay back money spent by someone on behalf of the district.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a board member exceeds the fifty-meeting limit.
It is unclear how the Governor will respond to this bill after it has been sent for approval.

Bill History

2026-05-21 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-20 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-20 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-20 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-19 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-11 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-27 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-04-22 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-22 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-21 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
2026-04-20 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-16 H
Reported favorably (14-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-06 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.
2026-02-04 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-04 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the board of commissioners of Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 87
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4305(B)(3), relative to Livingston Parish Gas Utility District
3 No. 1; to provide relative to the members of the board of commissioners of the
4 district; to increase the maximum per diem authorized to be paid to such members;
5 and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:4305(B)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 §4305. Domicile; meetings; officers; bonds; depositories; compensation; rate fixing
12 * * *
13 B.
14 * * *
15 (3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Subsection or of any other
16 provision of law, no member of the board of commissioners of Livingston Parish Gas
17 Utility District No. 1 shall receive a salary for the performance of his duties as a
18 member. Each member may receive a per diem for each meeting attended, up to
19 fifty meetings per year, and for each day devoted to the business of the district. The
20 board shall fix the amount of the per diem in an amount not to exceed seventy-five
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1 one hundred twenty-five dollars per day. A member may be reimbursed for all
2 proper expenses incurred in carrying out the business of the district. The board may
3 fix reasonable additional compensation, commensurate with the additional duties
4 performed, for a member who serves as secretary or treasurer or secretary-treasurer
5 of the board.
6 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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