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LA Rev Stat § 33:2012 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2012. Fire Service Bill of Rights

RS 2012 - Fire Service Bill of Rights A. This Section may be referred to as the "Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights". B. There is hereby established a Fire Service Bill of Rights to promote the rights of members of the fire service in Louisiana and to insure that their rights are safeguarded and protected. This Fire Service Bill of Rights consists of a statement, in nontechnical terms, of the rights of members of the fire service and obligations to them. The rights afforded members of the fire service are available insofar as they are implemented in accordance with the Constitution of Louisiana and Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the administrative rules of state and local governmental entities, and the budgetary consideration of state and local governmental entities. To this end, this Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights is enacted. C. The Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights promotes the following rights for the members of fire service in Louisiana: (1) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be recognized as first responder to all domestic emergencies. (2) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be adequately protected from the dangers associated with emergency response. (3) Promotes the preparation of first responder families so members of the fire service can focus on their mission of responding to domestic emergencies. (4) Promotes each member of a fire services right to have their families provided for in the event of tragic death related to performance on the job. (5) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be educated in the latest fire and life safety sciences. (6) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be provided with state-of-the-art equipment and apparatus to better handle all emergency situations. (7) Promotes each member of a fire services right to share innovative fire and life safety programs that have proven successful across the nation. (8) Promotes each member of a fire services right to fully understand and be able to effectively respond to incidents involving the transportation, storage, and use of hazardous materials. (9) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be fully informed of the threat of contracting infectious diseases during the course of life safety activities. (10) Promotes each member of a fire services right to expect that the people of Louisiana will become full partners in the struggle to preserve life and property from the ravages of fire and other disasters. (11) Promotes each member of a fire services right to celebrate the proud history of the American fire and emergency services personnel and the sacrifices they have made for communities across the nation. Acts 2003, No. 943, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2013 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2013. Fire suppression employees; city of New Orleans; maximum hiring age requirement

RS 2013 - Fire suppression employees; city of New Orleans; maximum hiring age requirement A. The fire department of the city of New Orleans shall adopt a written policy establishing a maximum age requirement for any person hired as a fire suppression employee of such department. The written policy shall provide that no person shall be hired by the department as a fire suppression employee who exceeds thirty-five years of age at the time the person is hired as a fire suppression employee. Such maximum age requirement shall not apply to a person hired by the department as a fire suppression employee who is a fireman as defined in R.S. 33:1991 immediately prior to being so hired. B. The provisions of this Section shall be superseded by any applicable state or federal law governing age discrimination. Acts 2005, No. 436, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2021 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2021. Municipalities and persons affected

RS 2021 - Municipalities and persons affected  R.S. 33:2022 through 33:2042 apply to any municipality, whether existing under special charter or under general law, having a population of less than twenty-five thousand and maintaining a regular fire department with equipment of the value of not less than one thousand dollars. As used in R.S. 33:2022 through 33:2042, the word "fireman" includes persons employed or engaged by the municipality in fire fighting or fire prevention services, including operators of fire alarms or signal systems, and the chief of the department. It does not include employees of privately owned and operated fire fighting or fire prevention services.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2022 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2022. Election to authorize disability and relief fund

RS 2022 - Election to authorize disability and relief fund  A special election for the purpose of submitting to the property taxpayers of the municipality the proposition of inaugurating a system of disability and relief payments for its firemen and of creating a special fund known as "The Disability and Relief Fund for Firemen," hereinafter referred to as "the fund," must be called by the governing authority of the municipality before it creates the fund. The election shall be held in accordance with the regulations for special elections set forth in Title 39, Sub-title II, Chapter 4, Part II.* If a majority in number and amount of the votes cast are in favor of the proposition, the governing authority may create the fund. If the fund has been created under Act 303 of 1940** and is in force on the effective date of these Revised Statutes, it is continued in effect subject to the following Sections, through R.S. 33:2042; the rights of all persons with regard to the fund, which exist on the effective date of these Revised Statutes, are continued in effect. *R.S. 39:501 to 39:518. See, now, R.S. 18:1281 et seq. **R.S. 33:2021 et seq.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2023 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2023. Maintenance of fund

RS 2023 - Maintenance of fund  The governing authority may appropriate and pay into the fund out of the annual revenues of the municipality a sum not to exceed the equivalent of one mill on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property in the municipality. This amount from the general revenues shall be discontinued by the municipal government whenever the interest from the fund is sufficient to pay all disability and relief benefits which are charged against the fund. When the interest from the fund becomes insufficient to meet the charges of disability and relief the municipal government may reinstate the amount from the general revenues for the purpose of building up the fund until the interest is sufficient to pay the obligations of the fund.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2024 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2024. Salary deductions; donations; source of fund

RS 2024 - Salary deductions; donations; source of fund  The municipality shall each month deduct from the salary of each paid fireman one per cent of the amount thereof and pay the amount deducted into the fund. The municipality may receive any donations or bequests to the fund. The fund shall be maintained by the salary deductions, by any donations that are made to it, and by the appropriations provided for in R.S. 33:2023.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2025 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2025. Special trust fund

RS 2025 - Special trust fund  The fund shall be set aside as a special trust fund and shall be disbursed only in the manner and for the purposes provided in this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2026 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2026. Administration of fund

RS 2026 - Administration of fund  The fund shall be controlled, managed, and administered exclusively by The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Disability and Relief Fund, hereinafter referred to as "the board". A board created under Act 303 of 19401 and existing on the effective date of these Revised Statutes is continued in effect, subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:2021 through 33:2042. 1R.S. 33:2021 et seq.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2027 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2027. Board of trustees of fund

RS 2027 - Board of trustees of fund  The board shall be a corporate body politic and shall be composed of: (1) The mayor or chief executive of the municipality. (2) The clerk or secretary of the municipality. (3) The chief of the fire department. (4) Two active firemen, appointed by the mayor or chief executive with the advice and consent of his council.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2028 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2028. Term of active firemen on board

RS 2028 - Term of active firemen on board  The two appointed firemen shall hold office for a period of four years.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2029 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2029. Review of board action

RS 2029 - Review of board action  The board is a quasi-judicial body. Its action is reviewable only by a writ of certiorari to the courts.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2030 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2030. Meetings of board

RS 2030 - Meetings of board  The board shall meet quarterly. A special meeting shall be called on forty-eight hours' notice by the president at the request of any three members.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2031 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2031. Powers and duties of board

RS 2031 - Powers and duties of board  The board shall:  (1) Make regulations necessary for the administration of the fund;  (2) Hear and decide applications for benefits;  (3) Retain and provide compensation for legal, medical, clerical, or other services necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the fund;  (4) Deduct the amounts provided from the salaries of the active participants in the fund and pay them into the treasury of the fund;  (5) Certify to the levying authority the amount of revenues required;  (6) Cause the examination of every disability pensioner or beneficiary at least once a year;  (7) Keep all necessary records of its meetings and proceedings;  (8) Annually, at the close of the fiscal year, cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the fund, showing number of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received, and present condition and manner of investment of the fund; and  (9) Keep a book to be known as "List of Retired Firemen." This book shall give a complete record of the action of the board in retiring or pensioning all persons, showing the names, dates of entering the service, date of removal from active service, and the reason for such action.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2032 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2032. Compensation of board; expenditures to preserve fund

RS 2032 - Compensation of board; expenditures to preserve fund  The members of the board shall receive no compensation from the fund. The board may make payments from the fund for its preservation and administration. These expenditures are limited to what is necessary to safeguard and administer the fund by means of court proceedings, and stenographic and clerical assistance.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2033 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2033. Duties of secretary

RS 2033 - Duties of secretary  The secretary of the board shall keep in books, provided for the purpose, a complete record of all proceedings of the board, particularly with reference to investing money belonging to the fund which proceedings shall be spread upon the minutes in full. He shall file and keep all correspondence of the board and shall perform other duties assigned him by the board, including the preparation of warrants for the various disbursements from the fund and the keeping of an accurate record thereof.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2034 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2034. Investment of funds

RS 2034 - Investment of funds  The board may at any time, after considering the probable current demands upon the fund, determine what portion of the fund may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes. All proceedings relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. Investments shall be only in interest-bearing bonds of the United States, the state or any political subdivision thereof. All income from such investments shall be a part of the fund. All securities shall be deposited with the fiscal agent of the municipality, and its receipt therefor filed with the governing authority of the municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2035 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2035. Fund not subject to claims against beneficiary

RS 2035 - Fund not subject to claims against beneficiary  The fund, or any portion thereof, before or after an order for its distribution is issued, shall be exempt from assignment or pledge by a beneficiary of the fund or from seizure by virtue of any judicial process issued against the beneficiary.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2037 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2037. Effect of receipt of workers' compensation or social security payments

RS 2037 - Effect of receipt of workers' compensation or social security payments   When a person entitled to benefits from the fund is covered by a workers' compensation insurance policy or any other type of insurance policy paid for by the municipality or fire company, or is entitled to benefits under social security legislation, and receives benefits from the insurance policies or social security legislation equal to or greater than the benefits herein provided, he shall not receive any benefits from the fund.  Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2038 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2038. Employment forfeiting benefits

RS 2038 - Employment forfeiting benefits  No person shall receive benefits from the fund if he attaches himself to a paid fire department in any municipality, or accepts public employment for compensation equal to or greater than the benefits herein provided.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2039 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2039. Proration of funds when insufficient for full payment

RS 2039 - Proration of funds when insufficient for full payment  Should the fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the beneficiaries shall not have a right of legal action against the municipality, or its governing authority, or the board, for the full amounts of their claims, but the amounts available shall be properly prorated until such time as the fund is sufficient to make full payments.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2040 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2040. Examination of claimants

RS 2040 - Examination of claimants  In all matters involving the disability or sickness of a fireman, he shall submit to physical and mental examinations when required by the board, and a failure so to do suspends the benefits of the fund until he submits to examination.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2041 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2041. Discontinuation of disability and relief system

RS 2041 - Discontinuation of disability and relief system  The governing authority of the municipality may discontinue the fund and the system of disability and relief for firemen. The fund and the system, however, shall continue as to paid firemen of the municipality already in service and entitled to participation in the fund.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2042 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2042. Conflicting provisions

RS 2042 - Conflicting provisions  R.S. 33:2021 through R.S. 33:2041 do not repeal special laws which establish benefits or relief funds for firemen in any municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2043 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2043. Authority to insure volunteer firemen

RS 2043 - Authority to insure volunteer firemen  The governing authority of any municipal corporation may expend out of its public funds the necessary amount to secure insurance or compensation for volunteer firemen killed or injured, while going to, returning from, or attending fires in the municipality or territory adjacent thereto.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2101. Contracts for provision of fire protection services

RS 2101 - Contracts for provision of fire protection services A. The governing authority of any municipality with a population of not less than seven thousand persons as of the most recent federal decennial census or any parish or fire protection district which maintains a full-time, regularly paid fire department may, subject to Subsection B of this Section, enter into a contract with a private entity for the provision of fire protection services. B.(1) No such governing authority shall enter into such a contract until such action has been approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality, parish, or fire protection district, as the case may be, voting at an election held for such purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. Any such governing authority may cause a proposition to authorize such contract to be placed on the ballot for such purpose. (2) A question submitted to the voters pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall appear on the ballot in the following form: "Shall (insert the name of the political subdivision) contract with a private company for the provision of fire protection services?" Acts 1999, No. 1161, §1, eff. July 9, 1999. NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1161, §2 relative to existing contracts and contracts with volunteer fire departments.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2182 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2182. Release of personal information

RS 2182 - Release of personal information No person, agency, or department shall release to the news media, press, or other public information agency a fire employee's home address, photograph, or any information that may be deemed otherwise confidential, without the express written consent of the fire employee, with respect to an investigation of the fire employee. Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2183 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2183. Personnel files

RS 2183 - Personnel files A. No fire employee shall have any comment adverse to his or her interest entered in his or her personnel file or any other file used for any personnel purposes by his employer without the fire employee having first read and signed the instrument containing the adverse comment indicating that he or she is aware of such comment, except that such entry may be made if, after reading such instrument, the fire employee refuses to sign it. Should a fire employee refuse to sign, that fact shall be noted on the document and signed or initialed by such fire employee. B. A fire employee shall have thirty days within which to file a written response to any adverse comment entered in his or her personnel file. Such written response shall be attached to and shall accompany the adverse comment. Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2184 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2184. Disclosure of finances

RS 2184 - Disclosure of finances No fire employee shall be required to disclose for the purpose of promotion or assignment any item of his or her property, income, assets, debts, or expenditures or those of any member of such fire employee's household. Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2185 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2185. Retaliation for exercising rights

RS 2185 - Retaliation for exercising rights There shall be no penalty nor threat of any penalty for the exercise by a fire employee of his or her rights under this Subpart. Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2186 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2186. Investigations

RS 2186 - Investigations A. Any investigation of a fire employee which is conducted pursuant to this Subpart shall be completed within sixty days, including the conducting of any pre-disciplinary hearing or conference. However, in each political subdivision which is governed by R.S. 33:2471 et seq., the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Law or R.S. 33:2531 et seq., the Fire and Police Civil Service Law for Small Municipalities and for Parishes and Fire Protection Districts, the fire department may petition the local governing authority for an extension of the time within which to complete the investigation. B. The governing authority shall set the matter for hearing and shall provide notice of the hearing to the fire employee who is under investigation. The fire employee who is under investigation shall have the right to attend the hearing and to present evidence and arguments against the extension. If the governing authority finds that the fire department has shown good cause for the granting of an extension of time within which to complete the investigation, it shall grant an extension of up to sixty days. C. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the fire employee under investigation and the appointing authority from entering into a written agreement extending the investigation for up to an additional sixty days. Nothing in this Section shall limit any investigation of alleged criminal activity. Further, nothing herein shall affect any investigatory procedures collectively bargained in any jurisdiction. Acts 2004, No. 262, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2191 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2191. Application of Sub-part

RS 2191 - Application of Sub-part  This Sub-part applies to any paid police department operated by a municipality which has a population of fifty thousand or more.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2192 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2192. Division of policemen into platoons; transfer

RS 2192 - Division of policemen into platoons; transfer  A. The officer having management of the department shall divide the members thereof into three platoons. B. The proper authority in the department may transfer a member from one platoon to another, but only for the good of the service. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 221, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2193 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2193. Substitutes; continuous duty during emergency

RS 2193 - Substitutes; continuous duty during emergency  Salaries of the members of the department shall not be reduced below the level paid on July 27, 1920. Substitutes shall be furnished whenever necessary. In cases of emergency, the officer having the management of the department may summon and keep on continuous duty any members of the department as long as the emergency exists.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2194 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2194. Platoon system inapplicable to superintendent or commanding officer

RS 2194 - Platoon system inapplicable to superintendent or commanding officer  The three-platoon system herein established does not apply to the superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department.