Title 17. Education

Chapter 5-a. Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

17:1853      Domicile, organization, and meetings of board

A. The board shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge. 

B. The members of the board shall elect from among their number a chairman and a vice-chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary, whose terms shall be as fixed by the board. 

C. Nine members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and all official action of the board shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the members. 

D. The board shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep an accurate record of all of its proceedings and official actions. All papers, documents and records appertaining to the board shall be filed at the domicile of the board. 

E. The board shall meet in January each year and at other times as fixed by the board or upon call of the chairman. 

Added by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 6, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 2023, No. 6, § 1.