La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § VII-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VII-103 - Meetings

A. Regular Meetings

1. The authority shall hold at least one but not more than 12 meetings per calendar year.

2. All regular meetings shall be held at meeting places designated by the authority.

3. Proxy voting shall be allowed at all meetings for the chairman of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Board of Supervisors, Louisiana State University; Board of Supervisors, Southern University; Board of Regents; Board of Supervisors, University of Louisiana System and Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, or each of their designees; however, any proxy holder must also be a member of that respective board.

4. The state superintendent of education and the state treasurer may vote by proxy through members of their executive staffs.

5. The member from the Louisiana Bankers Association may vote by proxy. No other members shall have the right of proxy voting.

B. Special Meetings

1. Special meetings of the authority may be called by the chairman at any time, or by the secretary upon written request therefor, signed by a majority of the members and specifying the purposes of the desired meeting.

2. Written notification shall be sent to each member at least three calendar days before the time of the meeting.

C. Compensation

1. Members of the authority shall receive per diem as compensation for their services at the rate authorized by statute or as authorized by executive order. Members shall be reimbursed for their necessary travel expenses actually incurred in the conduct of the business of the authority.

2. The authority is limited to 12 meetings per year for which per diem may be drawn by authority members.

D. Quorum. A simple majority of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, and a simple majority of the quorum present at any meeting voting in favor or against a particular item shall be the act of the authority.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § VII-103

Promulgated by the Tuition Trust Authority, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 23:1653 (December 1997), amended LR 26:2269 (October 2000), LR 33:444 (March 2007).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3093 et seq.