BATON ROUGE — A new state audit report shows Louisiana has 492 active boards and commissions on the books, but a number of them are not meeting, not responding to requests for information or not functioning at all.

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor released the annual report on boards, commissions and like entities as of June 30, covering the fiscal year reporting period.

The total number of boards in the state database grew by a net of three from the previous year, reflecting 13 boards added and 10 removed. The 13 added include 11 created during the 2025 legislative sessions and two existing boards not previously in the database. The 10 removed were abolished during the 2025 Regular Legislative Session.

One board, the Glen Oaks Area Crime Prevention and Improvement District, did not respond to requests for personnel data and financial information. That board also failed to respond in the prior year and has no record of meetings posted in the database.

The Division of Administration sent notices of noncompliance to the relevant legislative committees. The report said the Legislature may wish to consider taking action against boards that fail to comply with reporting requirements.

Auditors also flagged 15 boards as inactive, never fully organized or disbanded. Ten of those same boards were flagged as inactive the year before.

The reasons vary.

The Bi-State Corridor Commission has no appointed members and no record of ever meeting. The Castle Manor Improvement District said a special assessment property tax failed twice and the district lacks funding and support. The Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium said it has been unable to establish a quorum due to its legislatively required membership.

The report recommends the Legislature consider abolishing the inactive boards or taking steps such as additional legislation, appropriations or board appointments to help them function.

Beyond the inactive boards, auditors identified 22 boards that reported themselves as active but have not posted any meeting notices or minutes since Dec. 31, 2022. Five of those 22 boards have no members listed in the database at all.

The report recommended the Division of Administration continue working with those boards to ensure they are properly reporting their status and making meeting information available online.