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LA Rev Stat § 33:1884 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1884. Liability for failure to serve process; prima facie evidence

RS 1884 - Liability for failure to serve process; prima facie evidence  Upon a neglect, failure, or refusal of any sheriff or his deputies, or the coroner, or constable, to serve any legal process in either a civil or criminal proceeding by which any person, the state, parish, or municipal corporation, ordering the same is injured, or loses his recourse on the claim sued on, or on the property which was liable to seizure under any writs at the time they were placed in the hands of the officer, the officer shall be responsible, as well as his securities on his official bonds, to the party injured for the full amount owing on the claim sued on, or the writ he has failed to execute, or other damage. Proof by the party injured that the officer failed to serve the process on the proper party, or that he made illegal service thereof, so that prescription barred the claim, or the court was deprived of jurisdiction, or that when the legal process was placed in the officer's hands, the party against whom it was issued, had property, rights, or credits liable to seizure, and within the jurisdiction of the officer, and he failed to seize the same, shall be prima facie evidence of liability of the officer and his securities on his official bond for the amount of the writ. However, the sheriff or other officer may require an indemnifying bond or the advance of or security for costs in cases provided by law.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1885 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1885. Municipal elections concurrent with congressional elections; term of office

RS 1885 - Municipal elections concurrent with congressional elections; term of office  A. Municipalities may, by ordinance of the governing authority, adopt a plan for holding municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B). Any plan so adopted shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than January 1 of the year in which the plan is to take effect. No such plan shall be revocable by the governing authority. Any municipality that complies with the provisions of this Section may hold municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B). The officers elected shall take office on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their office for four years. B. No plan shall be adopted pursuant to this Section if such plan would result in extending the term of office of a municipal official unless such plan was adopted at least thirty days prior to the primary election for the term to be extended. Acts 1985, No. 781, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1886 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1886. §§1886, 1887 [Terminated] See Acts 1976, No. 697, §4

RS 1886 - §§1886, 1887 [Terminated] See Acts 1976, No. 697, §4
LA Rev Stat § 33:1891 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1891. Merit awards

RS 1891 - Merit awards  The governing body of any municipality shall have authority to grant merit awards to full-time permanent employees of the municipality in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Nothing herein shall be in conflict with Civil Service rules and regulations. Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1892 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1892. Merit award system; reduction to writing

RS 1892 - Merit award system; reduction to writing  Prior to the granting of any awards, the governing body may formulate, adopt, establish, and maintain a plan to encourage and reward unusual and meritorious suggestions, actions, procedures, and accomplishments by its employees, which promote economy and efficiency in the performance of any function of the municipal government. The plan shall be reduced to writing and may be made available for inspection to all municipal employees. Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1893 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1893. Maximum amount of awards

RS 1893 - Maximum amount of awards  Awards may be in cash or in the form of corporeal movables. An award in cash shall be for a sum not in excess of two thousand dollars. An award in the form of a corporeal movable shall have a fair market value not greater than twelve hundred dollars. Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1894 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1894. Sunshine rule

RS 1894 - Sunshine rule  All proceedings of the governing body in relation to the plan and all proceedings pursuant to the plan shall be open to the public. All records, documents, and evidentiary material shall be public records. This Section shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of the law. Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1941 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1941. Medal for member of police or fire department

RS 1941 - Medal for member of police or fire department Any member of a police or fire department who, in the regular performance of his duty, renders some act of valor, or any act conducive to the betterment and credit of the department of which he is a member, shall be awarded a gold medal of honor, properly inscribed, to be presented by the board created by this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1942 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1942. Board authorized to award medal

RS 1942 - Board authorized to award medal  The board shall consist of the mayor and the heads of the police and fire departments, who shall sit in session whenever such deeds of valor, or acts conducive to the betterment and credit of the department are brought to their attention by anyone; the board is vested with full discretion in the matter of the award of gold medals, after a full investigation of all matters covered by the purposes of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1943 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1943. Value of medal

RS 1943 - Value of medal  The gold medals shall not cost less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and the city treasurer shall honor the cost voucher of any medal awarded under this Part when approved by the mayor.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1944 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1944. Duty to wear medal

RS 1944 - Duty to wear medal  Every member of the police or fire department honored with the reward of a medal shall wear the medal when in service or on parade.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1945 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1945. Withdrawal of medal

RS 1945 - Withdrawal of medal  Any member of the police or fire department who is awarded a medal shall have the same withdrawn for any act bringing discredit or shame to the department of which he is a member, or any act destructive of department discipline.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1946 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1946. Procedural requirements; investment of funds

RS 1946 - Procedural requirements; investment of funds  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to the investment procedures and methods presently authorized by law, those Firemen's Pension Funds and the Policemen's Pension Funds of municipalities of under one hundred fifty thousand population are hereby authorized to adopt and be governed by the same procedures, and to the same extent with regard to investment of funds as are authorized by law for the municipal governing authorities of their respective municipalities. Acts 1970, No. 580, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1947 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1947. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.3. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §3 and 7.

RS 1947 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.3. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §3 and 7.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1948 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1948. Development of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C during employment in fire or police service; occupational disease

RS 1948 - Development of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C during employment in fire or police service; occupational disease A. Because of exposure to blood and saliva of accident and crime victims, when a firefighter or policeman in the classified service, who has completed two or more years of service, has contracted Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, such disease shall be deemed an occupational disease or infirmity connected with the duties of a firefighter or policeman. The disease or infirmity shall be presumed to have been caused or to have resulted from such work performed. The presumption shall be rebuttable by evidence meeting judicial standards, and shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three months for each full year of service not to exceed sixty months commencing with the last actual date of service. The presumption shall also be rebuttable by evidence that the otherwise eligible affected member was at the time of diagnosis of Hepatitis B or C, or within one year of such diagnosis, unlawfully using controlled substances by means of intravenous injection, or lived in an intimate relationship with any person who has been diagnosed with Hepatitis B or C. B. The affected member or his survivors shall be entitled to all rights and benefits as granted by state or federal law to which one suffering from an occupational disease is entitled as service connected in the line of duty. C. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to affect in any way the provisions of R.S. 33:2011 or R.S. 33:2581. Acts 2001, No. 443, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1961 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1961. Application of Sub-part

RS 1961 - Application of Sub-part  This Subpart applies to any paid fire department operated by a municipality which has a population of thirteen thousand or more and also to firemen paid by any parish or fire protection district. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 193, §1; Acts 1956, No. 359, §1; Acts 1962, No. 134, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1962 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1962. Day force and night force

RS 1962 - Day force and night force  The fire department shall be divided into two forces or platoons, one to perform day service and the other to perform night service. The proper authority may transfer a member of the department from one platoon to another for the good of the service.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1963 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1963. Alternating shifts; twenty-four hours service

RS 1963 - Alternating shifts; twenty-four hours service  The forces shall alternate. On the day of the shift of forces the day force shall be on duty twenty-four hours. This Section does not apply to the City of New Orleans.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1964 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1964. Inspection work; fire drill

RS 1964 - Inspection work; fire drill  The chief fire engineer may use both the day and night forces for inspection work on their offshift, once each month, assigning to each of the men certain territory to inspect. The chief engineer may also call any fire company, when going off duty, to the central fire station for fire drill. However, no one company shall be called for drill more than twice in any month. This Section does not apply to a fire department in a municipality having one hundred thousand inhabitants or more.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1965 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1965. Regulation of department; working conditions

RS 1965 - Regulation of department; working conditions  A. If the municipality has less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the governing authority of the municipality shall regulate the fire department, shall provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and shall provide a sufficient number of beds for the men on night duty.  B. If the municipality has one hundred thousand or more inhabitants:  (1) The chief engineer or commanding officer of the fire department or other proper authority shall regulate the department, fix the hours of duty, provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and provide for substitutes in the department.  (2) The members of the department shall not perform any hours of service longer than those fixed.  (3) All fire drills shall take place during the hours of platoon watch or service.  (4) Sufficient beds shall be furnished to each company for the men on night duty.  C. If a nonprofit corporation under contract with a fire protection district, municipality, or other political subdivision operates, administers, or maintains a fire department, the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section shall apply. Additionally, firemen employed by such nonprofit corporation shall be considered a firefighter covered by and benefitting from the occupational disease presumptions and other provisions of R.S. 33:1948, 2011, 2581, 2581.1, and 2581.2.  Acts 2020, No. 224, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1966 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1966. Continuous duty in case of emergency

RS 1966 - Continuous duty in case of emergency  If an emergency should arise the chief engineer may order all of the forces, both day and night, to remain on continuous duty until the emergency has passed, at which time the fire department shall return to the two shifts. During the period of continuous service the men shall be granted time to go home for their meals three times daily, one hour for each meal.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1967 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1967. Captain of force

RS 1967 - Captain of force A. A member of the department holding the rank of captain shall be in charge of each force in each fire company during each shift and at all times. "Force" as used herein means any single piece of fire fighting or rescue apparatus. In any paid fire department operated by a municipality having a population of thirteen thousand or more or by any parish or fire protection district which employs eight or more full-time paid fire suppression employees, excluding the fire chief and any training officer, every fire fighting or rescue apparatus shall be operated by a member of the department holding the rank of engineer or fire driver, by whichever designation he may be known, provided the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall not be construed to include standard passenger vehicles, nor any other type of automotive equipment assigned to fire department use other than vehicles specially designed for fire fighting or rescue purposes. Provided further, that all fire departments, regardless of the number of employees in their employ, now having engineers, captains, or fire drivers operating each force, fire car, or other fire vehicle shall continue this practice. B. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any law to the contrary, the governing authority of a municipal fire department governed by the provisions of this Subpart, a parish fire department, and a fire protection district may assign a member of such department holding the rank of captain to operate fire cars and other fire vehicles. C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section or any law to the contrary, the fire department in the city of Baton Rouge and any fire protection district comprised of unincorporated areas of the parish of Jefferson may continue the staffing procedures in effect on July 2, 1999. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 193, §2; Acts 1956, No. 359, §1; Acts 1962, No. 134, §1; Acts 1993, No. 521, §1; Acts 1999, No. 849, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1967.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1967.1. Manning of fire fighting apparatus in the city of Bogalusa

RS 1967.1 - Manning of fire fighting apparatus in the city of Bogalusa  A. As used in this Section, the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall mean any type of automotive equipment specially designed for fire fighting purposes and shall not include standard passenger motor vehicles. B. Each unit of fire fighting apparatus operated by the city of Bogalusa shall at all times be manned by a fire fighter holding the rank of captain and a fire fighter holding the rank of engineer or driver, and all pumper units shall, in addition thereto, be manned by at least one fire fighter holding the rank of hoseman. Such a minimum crew shall be provided on each shift for each unit of fire fighting apparatus in service in the department. Each such unit shall be under the control of the captain assigned to that unit and shall be operated by the engineer or driver so assigned. Acts 1985, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1967.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1967.2. Manning of fire fighting apparatus in Fire District Number Two of Rapides Parish

RS 1967.2 - Manning of fire fighting apparatus in Fire District Number Two of Rapides Parish  A. As used in this Section, the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall mean any type of automotive equipment specially designed for fire fighting purposes and shall not include standard passenger vehicles. B. Each unit of fire fighting apparatus operated by Fire District Number Two of Rapides Parish shall at all times be manned by a fire fighter holding the rank of captain and a fire fighter holding the rank of engineer or driver. Such a minimum crew shall be provided on each shift for each unit of fire fighting apparatus in service in the department. Each such unit shall be under the control of the captain assigned to that unit and shall be operated by the engineer or driver so assigned. Acts 1986, No. 592, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1967.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1967.3. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1382, §2, eff. June 1, 1999.

RS 1967.3 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1382, §2, eff. June 1, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1968 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1968. Chief engineer not included

RS 1968 - Chief engineer not included  The two-platoon system does not apply to the chief engineer or commanding officer of the fire department.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1969 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1969. Equal recognition for equal performance

RS 1969 - Equal recognition for equal performance  Equal recognition and compensation shall be received for equal performance of duty and responsibility.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1970 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1970. Status of firemen on rolls January 1, 1928

RS 1970 - Status of firemen on rolls January 1, 1928  If, on January 1, 1928, the municipality had a population of one hundred thousand or more, the members of the fire department whose names appeared on the rolls thereof on that date are recognized as regularly appointed members of the department and entitled to all rights, including pension time, from the date of their appointment to or in connection with the department. This Section does not apply to substitute members of the department.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1971 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1971. Fire ground authority

RS 1971 - Fire ground authority A.(1) When a situation develops which requires the services of and is responded to by the members of a fire department subject to this Subpart as provided in R.S. 33:1961, of a volunteer fire department, or of any other fire department, then the ranking fire protection or fire prevention officer from that jurisdiction dispatched to the scene shall have the sole authority, command, and control of all fire safety personnel and of all persons within the boundaries as described in Subsection B of this Section. However, in the event that the situation is a forest fire, grass fire, or other wildland fire that would come within the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, office of forestry, then the ranking forestry officer on the scene shall establish a unified command of equal authority with the ranking fire department officer on the scene to abate the incident. This authority, command, and control shall not in any manner restrict the authority of law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties at any scene. This authority, command, and control shall be known as the fire ground authority. (2) For purposes of this Section, "that jurisdiction" shall mean the fire department jurisdiction in which the situation requiring services is located. B. The boundaries of such fire ground authority, command, and control shall extend to the perimeters of the zone of danger, which zone shall be determined by the ranking fire protection or fire prevention officer and the chief law enforcement officer at the scene from that jurisdiction. C. Defiance or violation of this authority, command, and control shall constitute fire fighting interference and shall be punishable in conformance with R.S. 14:206. Added by Acts 1979, No. 770, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1108, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:1972 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§1972. Fire districts; personnel; exception

RS 1972 - Fire districts; personnel; exception A. In all cities having a population of not less than thirty-five thousand and not more than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, and in all parishes and fire protection districts, fire districts are hereby established within the fire departments. No more than four fire stations in service shall be included within each fire district. B.(1) In each such fire department, an assistant or deputy fire chief shall be on active duty on an assigned shift at all times, shall have general supervision over all fire districts, and shall be under the supervision of the chief of the fire department. (2) A district fire chief shall also be on active duty on an assigned shift at all times in each fire district, and shall be in charge of the district and under the supervision of the assistant or deputy fire chief. C. Each assistant, deputy, or district fire chief to whom this Section is applicable shall work the same work schedule as all other fire fighting personnel under his command. D. For the purposes of this Section, "active duty" shall mean the active performance of duties and shall not be construed to mean time during which an assistant, deputy, or district fire chief is away from his place of duty subject to call. E. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1382, §3, eff. June 1, 2000. Acts 1984, No. 536, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 391, §1; Acts 1988, No. 392, §1; Acts 1988, No. 393, §1; Acts 1992, No. 158, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1382, §§1, 3 (§3 eff. June 1, 2000).