Board of commissioners; membership; tenure; officers; vacancies; compensation

A. The affairs of the district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, whose membership shall be as follows: (1) One member from each of the parishes constituting the district, to be selected and appointed by the governing authority of their respective parishes. (2) One member from St. Landry Parish, to be selected and appointed by the governing authority of the parish, who shall have the right to vote only on matters pertaining to drainage and flooding. (3) One member domiciled within the jurisdictional boundaries of the district who is a civil engineer or a civil engineer with a focus in hydrology to serve in an advisory role without having the right or privilege of voting, selected and appointed by the governor from a pool of four candidates, one each from the parishes of Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, and Vermillion, agreed on and selected by the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate whose districts, or a part thereof, are within the jurisdictional boundaries of the district. B. The terms of the first four commissioners shall be two terms of one year and two terms of two years, respectively, to be determined by the drawing of lots by the commissioners. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for two years. C. The board shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and a secretary-treasurer and may employ such other employees as may be necessary, and fix their respective salaries. D. The commissioners shall be paid seventy-five dollars per diem for official meetings of the board, not to exceed one meeting per month, and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commissioners also shall be paid such per diem and expenses for special meetings of the board, not to exceed six such special meetings per year. E. The board shall fix its own meeting dates and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for its own government. F. The commissioner appointed from the parish of St. Landry shall not receive per diem from the board; however, the governing authority of St. Landry Parish may pay per diem to him or his designee in an amount to be determined by the parish governing authority.