Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 25 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part I - Office of Cultural Development › Chapter 5 - Bylaws for the Louisiana National Register Review Committee › Section I-503 - Bylaws for the Committee

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				committee members shall be appointed and shall serve as provided in 36 CFR Part
				61 (published in
Federal Register
, Volume 49, Number 73, April
				13, 1984, pp. 14900-14901) and R.S. 25:901-902, as amended.
B. The chairman shall be selected annually at
				the fall meeting by the committee members.
C. The committee members shall also select a
				vice-chairman annually at the fall meeting. The vice-chairman shall serve as
				temporary chairman in the chairman's absence. The chairman, or in his absence,
				the temporary chairman, shall preside over all meetings of the
				committee.
D. The committee shall
				meet at least four times a year as provided by R.S. 25:901-902 and at such
				other times as the chairman or majority of the members deems
				necessary.
E. The state historic
				preservation officer and deputy state historic preservation officer shall be
				nonvoting members of the committee with all other privileges, and the deputy
				shall serve as secretary to the committee.
F. Committee members shall be reimbursed
				according to the authorization established in R.S. 25:901-902, if funding
				permits.
G. All meetings of the
				committee shall be open to the public and shall be in accordance with all
				appropriate state and federal laws.
Robert's Rules of Order
will be the final authority on matters of parliamentary procedure.
H. Any six members shall constitute a quorum,
				and a quorum shall be necessary to conduct committee business. The chairman or
				temporary chairman shall be included in establishing a quorum.
I. Members must vote in person at scheduled
				committee meetings.
J. All
				committee recommendations to the state historic preservation officer shall be
				viva voce. All motions shall carry by a majority of those present ignoring
				abstentions or blanks.
K. A member
				shall recuse himself from voting on any property in which he has a vested
				interest or an interest from which he or his family could derive economic
				benefits.
L. Members shall comply
				with all federal and state laws on ethics, conflicts or interest and dual
				office holding.
M. The committee
				may consider a citizen sponsored nomination which has not received staff review
				by two-thirds vote provided notification requirements have been
				observed.
N. In cases where the
				state historic preservation officer and the committee disagree on the National
				Register eligibility of a particular property, the state historic preservation
				officer may send nomination papers to the keeper of the National Register for a
				final ruling, as per  36 CFR Part 60.6  (published in
Federal
				Register
, Volume 46, Number 220, November 16, 1981, pp. 56189-56192),
				and  36 CFR Part 60.6, Subsection M, and Part 60.11 and 60.12 (published in
Federal Register,
Volume 48, Number 198, October 12, 1983, pp.
				46306-46308).
O. There shall be a
				sunset limit of three committee hearings for each nomination. This provision
				may be waived by a two-thirds vote of the members.
P. In instances where the state has refused
				to nominate a particular property to the National Register, the applicant may
				appeal to the keeper of the National Register in accordance with 36 CFR Part
				60.6, Subsection M and Part 60.11 and 60.12 (published in
Federal
				Register
, Volume 48, Number 198, October 12, 1983, pp.
				46306-46308).
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  25:902.