§ 14-3. Same—Planning commission.

(a)

For the purpose of exercising the powers and duties set forth in R.S. 33:131—140, inclusive, and R.S. 33:1321—1332, inclusive, there is to be hereby created the Acadiana Regional Planning Commission. As soon as two (2) or more of the contiguous parishes included in the Acadiana Regional Planning Area, as per the map referred to in section 14-2 (identified as Acadiana Regional Planning Area), have adopted the ordinance referred to in such section or an identical ordinance then the existence of the Acadiana Regional Planning Commission shall be created, effective immediately upon adoption by the first two (2) parishes within the Acadiana Regional Planning Area, as per R.S. 33:131.

(b)

In accordance with R.S. 33:132(C), the governing body of this Acadiana Regional Planning Commission is hereby designated to the board of directors of the Evangeline Economic Development District (EEDD), an economic development district duly authorized by the governor of the state and duly designated by the United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. It is expressly understood that the privilege to act or vote on matters coming before the Acadiana Regional Planning Commission shall be limited to the Evangeline Economic Development Board members who represent parishes that have adopted the identical ordinance referred to in section 14-2 and EEDD members-at-large who reside in parishes that have adopted such identical ordinance.

(c)

The regional planning commission created by this section shall not be authorized to exercise the functions of the municipal planning commission, nor shall it be authorized to exercise the functions of the regional planning commission created by Ordinance No. 776 adopted on May 19, 1971.

(Code 1957, § 17-12)