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LA HB1096
Bill
Status
4/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jacob Landry
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AI Summary
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Amends R.S. 12:407(B) to allow electric cooperative bylaws to restrict the board of directors' authority to adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws, whereas current law gives boards this power automatically alongside members
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Reserves exclusively to cooperative members the authority to amend bylaws concerning dissolution of the cooperative or sale, lease, disposition, or encumbrance of all or any substantial portion of cooperative property
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Prohibits boards of directors from adopting bylaws that conflict with R.S. 12:414, 418, or 421 (provisions governing electric cooperative operations)
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Maintains members' existing authority to adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws
Legislative Description
Provides relative to the adoption, amendment, and repeal of bylaws of an electric cooperative
UTILITY/ELEC COOPS
Last Action
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
4/21/2026