WHEREAS, Executive Order Nos. MJF 98-7, signed on February 16, 1998; MJF 98-9, signed on March 3, 1998; and MJF 98-18, signed on April 29, 1998, amended several provisions in that Order; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Executive Order Number MJF 97-54, as amended, in order to add a second at-large member to the Commission;
NOW THEREFORE I, M.J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR., Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and the laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 5 of Executive Order Number MJF 97-54, as amended by Section 3 of Executive Order Number MJF 98-7 and Section 1 of Executive Order Nos. MJF 98-9 and MJF 98-18, is amended to provide as follows:
The Commission shall be composed of seventeen (17) members who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The membership of the Commission shall be selected as follows:
SECTION 2: All other sections and subsections of Executive Order Number MJF 97-54, as amended by Executive Order Nos. MJF 98-7, MJF 98-9, and MJF 98-18 shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3: The provisions of this Order are effective upon signature and shall remain in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the state of Louisiana, at the capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 26th day of May, 1998.
M.J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.
Governor
ATTEST BY
THE GOVERNOR
Fox McKeithen
Secretary of State