New Orleans Regional Transit Authority board stalled from doing business for second time this year [Video]

For the second time this year, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority board of commissioners does not have the legally required number of members to conduct business.

The issue follows the passage of two new laws that changed how the agency is governed. Act 402 created a path for local governments to pull out of the RTA. And Act 474 shrank the board from eight members to seven and changed how commissioners are selected.

The new laws were passed after revelations of a contracting scandal early this year that left the board short of a legal quorum — the minimum number of members to conduct business — for nearly two months.

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In February, The Times-Picayunereported on an internal RTA investigation that found a top agency official had approved about $1 million in payments to a contractor without the required board approval. Shortly after …