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LA Rev Stat § 33:2565 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2565. Other prohibited acts

RS 2565 - Other prohibited acts  No person shall:  1. Make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under any of the provisions of this Part, or commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this Part, and the rules of the board. 2. Directly or indirectly give, render, pay, offer, solicit or accept any money, service or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in the classified service. 3. Defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in his right to examination, eligibility, certification or appointment under this Part, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the classified service. Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2566 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2566. Legal services

RS 2566 - Legal services  If this Part or its enforcement by the board is called into question in any judicial proceedings, or if any person fails or refuses to comply with the lawful orders or directions of the board, the board may call upon the attorney general, or the chief legal officer of the municipality, parish or fire protection district under which the fire and police service functions or may employ independent counsel to represent it in sustaining this Part and enforcing it. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any municipal, parish or fire protection district officer, employee or private citizen from taking legal action in the courts to enforce the provisions of this Part or of any rules, order or other lawful action of the board. Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2567 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2567. Penalties

RS 2567 - Penalties  Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Part or of the rules thereby authorized shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and shall, for a period of six years, be ineligible for appointment to or employment in any position of the classified service. If the offender is an officer or employee of the classified service, he shall forfeit his office or position. Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2568 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2568. Effect of other laws

RS 2568 - Effect of other laws  This Part shall not be rendered ineffective by any general law affecting employees or departments of municipalities, parishes or fire protection districts in matters of classified civil service. Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2569 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2569. Assistant police chief; city of Westwego

RS 2569 - Assistant police chief; city of Westwego Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2541 or any other law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police for the city of Westwego shall be in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for any such position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city. Acts 2004, No. 273, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2570 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2570. City of Harahan; assistant chief of police

RS 2570 - City of Harahan; assistant chief of police A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2541 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police of Harahan is in the unclassified service. The right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position is vested in the chief of police of the city. B.(1) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police. The assistant chief of police shall serve indefinitely in the position and shall be evaluated every three years by the chief of police. After each evaluation by the chief of police, the chief may reconfirm the assistant chief for another three-year period, or may, at his discretion, demote the assistant chief to his former class of position. (2) If any such person is demoted as the result of such evaluation, or otherwise vacates the position on the approval of the chief of police, he shall be demoted to a position in the class he held immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If an assistant chief of police is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service. Acts 2011, No. 247, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2571 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2571. Assistant chief of police in certain municipalities

RS 2571 - Assistant chief of police in certain municipalities A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police in the municipalities of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville shall be in the unclassified service. The right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city. B. Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment and shall continue to accumulate seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police. Acts 2012, No. 644, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2572 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2572. Assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine

RS 2572 - Assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine is in the unclassified service. The right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city. B. Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment and shall continue to accumulate seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police. C. If any such person resigns from the position of assistant chief of police or is terminated for any reason other than malfeasance in office, he shall be eligible to be reemployed to the same position in the classified service in which he was employed immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If the position has been filled or no longer exists, the department shall employ him in a comparable position. Acts 2014, No. 44, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2581 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2581. Development of heart and lung disease during employment in classified fire service; occupational disease

RS 2581 - Development of heart and lung disease during employment in classified fire service; occupational disease  Any disease or infirmity of the heart or lungs which develops during a period of employment in the classified fire service in the state of Louisiana shall be classified as a disease or infirmity connected with employment. The employee affected, or his survivors, shall be entitled to all rights and benefits as granted by the laws of the state of Louisiana to which one suffering an occupational disease is entitled as service connected in the line of duty, regardless of whether the fireman is on duty at the time he is stricken with the disease or infirmity. Such disease or infirmity shall be presumed, prima facie, to have developed during employment and shall be presumed, prima facie, to have been caused by or to have resulted from the nature of the work performed whenever same is manifested at any time after the first five years of employment. Added by Acts 1968, No. 337, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 30, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2581.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2581.1. Development of hearing loss during employment in the classified fire service; occupational disease

RS 2581.1 - Development of hearing loss during employment in the classified fire service; occupational disease A. Any loss of hearing which is ten percent greater than that of the affected employee's comparable age group in the general population and which develops during employment in the classified fire service in the state of Louisiana shall, for purposes of this Section only, be classified as a disease or infirmity connected with employment. The employee affected shall be entitled to medical benefits including hearing prosthesis as granted by the laws of the state of Louisiana to which one suffering an occupational disease is entitled, regardless of whether the fireman is on duty at the time he is stricken with the loss of hearing. Such loss of hearing shall be presumed to have developed during employment and shall be presumed to have been caused by or to have resulted from the nature of the work performed whenever same is manifested at any time after the first five years of employment in such classified service. This presumption shall be rebuttable by evidence meeting judicial standards and shall be extended to an employee following termination of service for a period of twenty-four months. B. Each person selected for appointment to an entry level position in the classified fire service on July 1, 2006, or thereafter shall submit to a baseline audiology examination. The appointing authority shall develop and implement policies and procedures for the administration of such examination. Such examination shall take place not later than one year after the selection of such person for such appointment. Acts 2006, No. 649, §2, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2582 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2582. Parochial employees; conversion of annual leave into financial benefit; Jefferson Parish

RS 2582 - Parochial employees; conversion of annual leave into financial benefit; Jefferson Parish A. Eligibility. (1) Any employee of the governing authority of the parish of Jefferson who has been in parish service in the parish for at least seven years of continuous service and has accumulated a total of not less than ninety days of annual leave credit shall have the option to convert certain portions of such annual leave into financial benefit. (2) Any employee of the parish governing authority who has been in parish service in the parish for at least five years of continuous service and has accumulated less than ninety annual leave days but at least forty-two days may in an emergency apply to the personnel board of the agency for permission to convert certain portions of such annual leave into financial benefit. (3) No employee who otherwise qualifies for conversion of annual leave and has exercised such option in accordance with this Subsection shall be allowed such option more than once in a twelve-month period. B. Application (1) Any parochial employee desiring to convert annual leave into financial benefit shall apply to his department head no later than the tenth month of the preceding year in which conversion is desired. (2) Annual leave may only be converted into financial benefit in portions consisting of twenty-one days. (3) In no instance shall any employee be allowed to convert annual leave into financial benefit and have less than twenty-one days of annual leave benefit remaining and currently eligible to be used. Added by Acts 1975, No. 453, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 399, §1; Acts 1990, No. 167, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 266, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2583 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2583. Annual vacation for police; Houma

RS 2583 - Annual vacation for police; Houma  Each employee of the police department of the city of Houma shall, after one year of service, be entitled to and given with full pay an annual vacation leave of fourteen days during each calendar year; after five years of service, each such employee shall be entitled to and given with full pay an annual vacation leave of fourteen days plus one additional day for each year of service not to exceed a total of twenty-one (21) days. Such annual vacation leave shall not be denied to any such employee for any reason whatsoever. Added by Acts 1976, No. 413, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2584 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2584. Local civil service; inclusion of employees

RS 2584 - Local civil service; inclusion of employees A. The governing authority of any parish or municipality is hereby authorized to enact ordinances, by majority vote, permitting the inclusion, in any civil service system created by the governing authority of the parish or municipality, of any employees of any board, commission, or other local agency or special district created by or appointed by the governing authority of the parish or municipality, except those officials and employees who are prohibited from being included in the local civil service by the provisions of Article X, Section 15 of the Louisiana Constitution, and particularly the second paragraph thereof. B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply, or be interpreted or construed to apply, to any municipality or parish governed by the provisions of Part I of Article X of the Louisiana Constitution; nor shall the provisions of this Section authorize, or be interpreted or construed to authorize, the inclusion in any local civil service of firemen or policemen in contravention of the provisions of Article X, Section 19 of the Louisiana Constitution. Added by Acts 1977, No. 370, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 396, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585. Civil service boards; member in classified service

RS 2585 - Civil service boards; member in classified service  Except for any board or commission created by or pursuant to Article X, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana and any board or commission created by or established in a home rule charter, the composition of which board or commission is specified in such home rule charter and is inconsistent with the provisions herein, each civil service board, regardless of how created or established, which has jurisdiction over parochial or municipal civil service employees shall have at least one member on such board who shall be an employee in the classified service, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary. Such member shall be a full-time, permanent employee in the classified municipal or parochial service for a period of at least one year prior to the date on which he qualified as a candidate. Except as otherwise provided by law, such member shall serve a term of five years, which shall commence on May 1 of the year in which he is elected. Added by Acts 1979, No. 410, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1; Acts 1981, No. 253, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.1. Call of election

RS 2585.1 - Call of election  Commencing on January 1, 1981, and, except as otherwise provided by law, every five years thereafter, the governing authority of the parish or municipality shall issue the call for an election for the classified employee member of the municipal or parochial civil service commission. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 253, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.2. Nominations by petition; conduct of election; secret ballot

RS 2585.2 - Nominations by petition; conduct of election; secret ballot  Nomination as a candidate for the office of employee member of the commission shall be by petition of at least ten employees in the municipal or parochial service. Such petition shall be filed with the administrative head of the municipal or parochial civil service not later than seven days after the call for the election. The administrative head shall be responsible for conducting and supervising the election, which shall be by secret ballot.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.3. Ballots; election procedures; counting; determination of whether the election was conducted according to duly established procedures

RS 2585.3 - Ballots; election procedures; counting; determination of whether the election was conducted according to duly established procedures  A. The administrative head shall arrange the names of the candidates in alphabetical order and shall assign a number to each. He shall place the name of each candidate who meets the requirements for candidacy in alphabetical order on the ballot, together with the number assigned to each. The ballot shall be uniform. Election procedures other than those provided by law shall be established by rule of each municipal or parochial civil service board. Such rules shall provide for secret ballots; for the time, place, and manner for ballot collection; for procedures to assure that no otherwise eligible person is prevented from voting by reason of physical incapacity, blindness, or illiteracy; and for procedures to assure that only eligible voters are allowed to vote and that ballot counting is accurate and proper. B. All ballots shall be counted by a ballot-counting committee composed of two classified municipal or parochial employees named by each candidate and such additional number of classified municipal or parochial employees, named by each candidate, as the administrative head determines is necessary to complete the count. C. The governing authority of the parish or municipality, with the assistance of the administrative head, shall determine if the election was held and the ballots counted according to law and the rules of the municipal or parochial civil service board. D. Any ballot which is not timely returned, or which is returned in an envelope without a signature slip or with a signature slip improperly signed shall be marked "Rejected" by the ballot counting committee and shall not be counted by the ballot counting committee. In addition, the ballot counting committee shall reject any ballot upon which the name of more than one candidate is marked. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 253, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.4. Secrecy of ballot; interference with voter; penalty

RS 2585.4 - Secrecy of ballot; interference with voter; penalty  A. Except as to any person who is illiterate, blind, or so physically disabled as to prevent his exercise of the right to cast his ballot without assistance, no voter shall allow his ballot to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote, or place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot. No person shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when marking his ballot, or endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he is about to mark or has marked his ballot, or influence or attempt to influence any voter to vote for or against a particular candidate, or otherwise violate any of the provisions of Sections 2585 through 2585.9 or rules adopted pursuant thereto. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be punished in accordance with R.S. 18:1461, R.S. 14:119, R.S. 14:120, R.S. 14:136 or any other applicable law enacted to punish violations of laws relating to other elections. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.5. Cost of election

RS 2585.5 - Cost of election  All costs incurred in connection with the election provided for by Sections 2585 through 2585.9 shall be paid out of funds provided by the particular municipal or parochial civil service for its operations. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.6. Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation

RS 2585.6 - Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation  A. The administrative head shall submit a written report of the election results to the municipal or parochial civil service commission and the governing authority of the parish or municipality within three days after the election is held. Upon receipt of the results of the election, the governing authority of the parish or municipality shall promulgate the results thereof. The candidate who receives the greatest number of the votes cast in the election shall be elected, and the governing authority shall notify the candidate of his election. In the event there are two candidates who each receive the same and greatest number of votes in the election, the winner shall be determined by lot by the governing authority of the parish or municipality. B. The local governing authority of the parish or municipality may make such reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 242, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.7. Contest of election

RS 2585.7 - Contest of election  Any election held under the provisions of Sections 2585 through 2585.9 may be contested in accordance with the provisions of the general laws of this state applicable to contests of elections of public officials. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2585.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2585.8. Initial election; successors; vacancies

RS 2585.8 - Initial election; successors; vacancies A. The initial election of the classified employee member of the commission hereunder shall be held within ninety days after January 1, 1981, and the member then elected shall take office on May 1, 1981. Each successor thereafter shall be elected in the same manner as the initial member. B. Vacancies occurring for any cause prior to the expiration of the term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by special election called by the administrative head within three days after the day on which he is cognizant that a vacancy has occurred. The special election shall be held, in the manner provided by R.S. 33:2585.2 through R.S. 33:2585.7, within ninety days after the date on which the vacancy occurs.  C. Loss of status as a classified employee of the particular municipality or parish shall vacate the office of classified employee member of the commission and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in Subsection B of this Section. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.