WATER/SEWER OPERATORS: Provides for a special master for New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)
This bill amends existing laws to establish a special master for the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. The special master is an independent official appointed to oversee specific legal or administrative matters involving the board. The legislation makes minor technical corrections to the legal citations and formatting within the relevant statutes. This change affects the board's operational procedures by providing a mechanism for dispute resolution or oversight through the special master role.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2024 · House May 23, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Apr 9, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 21, 2024
Introduced
Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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