DISTRICTS/DRAINAGE: Provides for the membership of gravity drainage district boards of commissioners in Ascension Parish
This bill updates Louisiana state laws to change how the boards of commissioners are formed for specific gravity drainage districts in Ascension Parish. Under the new rules, the East Ascension district board would be made up of local council members representing areas within the district, while the West Ascension board would consist of a specific council member, the mayor of Donaldsonville, and one appointed official. Additionally, the bill clarifies that all work and services for these two districts will be managed and carried out by the Ascension Parish president and existing parish departments. These changes aim to align the leadership structure of the drainage districts with the current local government framework in Ascension Parish.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 26, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 16, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (16-0).
lower
Mar 19, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
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