Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:583

  • district: means "road district, sub-road district, or consolidated road district. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:572
  • Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.

If a district is composed of territory wholly within one parish, the governing authority of that parish is the governing authority of the district.  If a district is composed of territory partly within two or more parishes, the governing authorities of those parishes in joint session constitute the governing authority of the district.