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Present law (R.S. 33:103) authorizes parishes and municipalities to create planning commissions for the purpose of making and adopting a master plan for the physical development of the parish or municipality. Provides for composition of the commission. Requires members of a parish or municipal planning commission to serve without compensation.
Present law provides exceptions with respect to certain municipalities. Authorizes the governing authorities of specified municipalities to pay a per diem to members of their respective municipal planning commissions for attending meetings of any such commission. Also provides that the rate of per diem and the number of meetings for which per diem paid shall be established by ordinance of the governing authority of each municipality.
Proposed law retains present law but adds the city of Lake Charles to the list of specified municipalities authorized to pay a per diem to commission members.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S. 33:103(C)(1)(l))