La. R.S. 33:4315

The commission shall meet within twenty days after the effective date of the ordinance creating the utility commission, for the purpose of organization or for any other legal purpose. It shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary. The clerk of the municipality shall be the treasurer of the commission. The commission is authorized, if it so desires, to employ an auditor and an attorney or attorneys and to fix their terms of office and compensation and to make and adopt such bylaws and regulations as it may deem necessary for the economic and efficient management of the utilities herein defined, and for holding and conducting meetings thereof.