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LA Rev Stat § 33:2474 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2474. Effective date of provisions

RS 2474 - Effective date of provisions  Any system of municipal fire and police civil service under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes, is continued in effect under the provisions of this Part. The rights of any person under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which exist on the effective date of the Revised Statutes are continued in effect. Every rule, classification plan, or allocation established under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes is continued in effect until it is amended or repealed by the proper authority under this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2475 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2475. System of classified civil service

RS 2475 - System of classified civil service  There is created in the municipal government a classified civil service embracing the positions of employment, the officers, and employees of the municipal fire and police services. The classified civil service shall be known as "the municipal fire and police civil service."
LA Rev Stat § 33:2476.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2476.2. City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members

RS 2476.2 - City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part to the contrary, the members of the City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, except the two members elected from the municipal fire and the municipal police departments, shall receive from funds available to the board compensation in the amount of twenty-five dollars for attendance at meetings of the board not to exceed two meetings per month, for a maximum of twenty-four days per year. Acts 2001, No. 683, §1, eff. June 25, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2476.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2476.3. City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members

RS 2476.3 - City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Part or of Paragraph 6 of Section 15.1 of Article XIV of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 made statutory by the provisions of Article XIV, Section 18 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the members of the City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, except the two members elected from the municipal fire and the municipal police departments, shall receive from funds available to the board compensation in the amount of fifty dollars per day for attendance at meetings of the board not to exceed two days per month, for a maximum of twenty-four days per year. Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 76, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2476.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2476.4. Jefferson Parish municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary

RS 2476.4 - Jefferson Parish municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), any municipal fire and police civil service board in any municipality in Jefferson Parish may also fill the office of secretary by employing any other person on a full-time basis with a rate of salary equivalent to like administrative personnel of the municipality, which salary range shall be subject to approval by the governing authority and the mayor. Acts 2009, No. 393, §1, eff. July 7, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2476.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2476.5. City of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary

RS 2476.5 - City of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary  Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Lafayette may fill the office of secretary by employing any person on a full-time basis. The board shall pay such person an amount that is within a salary range that is comparable to the salary range established by the Lafayette city-parish consolidated government for classified personnel employed in similar administrative positions.  Acts 2016, No. 542, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2476.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2476.6. Municipal fire and police civil service boards in certain municipalities; board secretary

RS 2476.6 - Municipal fire and police civil service boards in certain municipalities; board secretary  Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), a municipality having a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand but not more than two hundred ten thousand persons, based on the latest federal decennial census, may fill the office of secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board by employing any other person on a full-time basis with a rate of salary and benefits equivalent to like administrative personnel of the municipality, as determined by the municipality. The duties of the full-time secretary will be assigned by the civil service board.  Acts 2016, No. 542, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2478 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2478. Rules

RS 2478 - Rules  Each board may adopt and execute rules, regulations, and orders necessary or desirable effectively to carry out the provisions of this Part, and shall do so when expressly required by this Part. No rule, regulation, or order shall be contrary to, or in violation of, any provision, purpose, or intent of this Part or contrary to any other provision of law. The board may amend or repeal any rule or part thereof in the same manner provided herein for the adoption of the rule. All rules shall be applicable to both the fire and police classified services, unless by express provisions therein, it is made applicable to only one of the services.  A board may adopt any rule, either in its proposed or revised form, after holding a public hearing at which any municipal officer, employee, private citizen, and the state examiner shall be given an opportunity to show cause why the proposed rule, amendment, or any part thereof should not be adopted. Before the board holds this public hearing, it shall furnish at least thirty days notice in advance of the date, time, and place therefor to the mayor, commissioner of public safety, any other municipal commissioner whom the rule may in any way affect, the chief and each station of the departmental service to be affected by the adoption of any such rule, and to the state examiner. A copy of all proposed rules to be discussed at any hearing shall be furnished with all notices. Each notice and copy of proposed rule furnished the various stations of a respective department shall be posted upon the bulletin board of each station for a period of at least thirty days in advance of the hearing. Within thirty days after the board has adopted any rule, whether it is a new rule or amendment to an existing rule, or an abolition in whole or part thereof, it shall furnish an official copy thereof to all persons and places set forth above. Rules adopted under the authority of this section shall have the force and effect of law.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2480 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2480. Appropriations; facilities for board

RS 2480 - Appropriations; facilities for board  The legislature shall make adequate annual appropriations to enable the state examiner to carry out effectively the duties imposed upon him by this Part. The governing body of the municipality shall make adequate annual appropriations to enable the board of the municipality to carry out effectively the duties imposed upon the board and shall furnish the board with office space, furnishings, equipment, and supplies and materials necessary for its operation.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2481 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2481. Classified and unclassified service

RS 2481 - Classified and unclassified service A. The classified service shall comprise every position, except those included in the unclassified service, to which the right of employee selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge is vested in the municipal government or with an officer or employee thereof, and which has as its primary duty and responsibility one of the following: (FIRE) (1) The chief and assistant chiefs; the intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon and company officers of the fire department. (2) Fire fighting. (3) Fire prevention; inspection. (4) Driving, tillering, and operation of fire apparatus. (5) Operations and maintenance of radio, fire alarm, or signal system. (6) Fire department instructors in employee training. (7) Fire salvage and overhauling services, first aid, advance life support, and emergency medical services. (8) Automotive or fire apparatus repairs, if such service is operated exclusively by and for either or both the fire or police department. (9) Secretary to the chief. Departmental records clerk. (POLICE) (1) The chief and assistant chiefs; the intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon, and company officers of the police department. (2) Law enforcement. (3) Crime prevention; identification; inspection; and investigation. (4) Police headquarters desk service; jailer, and police matron. (5) Operations and maintenance of radio, police alarm, or signal system. (6) Police department instructors in employee training. (7) Police control of traffic (vehicular and pedestrian.) (8) Automotive or police apparatus repairs, if such service is operated exclusively by and for either or both the police or fire department. (9) Secretary to the chief. Department records clerk. B. The unclassified service shall comprise the following: (1) All officers, employees, and positions of employment in the municipal government, not having as a principal duty one of the duties hereinabove provided in the classified service. (2) Officers elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices. (3) Secretaries, stenographers, and all clerical positions not specifically included in the classified service. (4) Pound keepers, dog catchers, janitors, porters, elevator operators, chefs, kitchen helpers and workers, mechanic's helper, car washers, unskilled labor, special guards at schools, or any part-time, or temporary employee. (5) Any position of employment, the duties of which are included in the classified service, to which the right of employee selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge is vested in and with those other than the municipal government or an officer or employee thereof. (6) The chief of police for the city of Hammond. Acts 1985, No. 998, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 2001, No. 5, §1. NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 5, §2, relative to application of the Act.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2481.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2481.1. Emergency medical services

RS 2481.1 - Emergency medical services   A. Any municipality subject to the provisions of this Part may, in accordance with this Section, establish within the fire department an emergency medical services division. Assignments to the division shall be made from within the classified service. The local fire and police civil service board shall prescribe qualifications for positions within the division and the office of state examiner shall prepare and administer a competitive test for the entrance level position in the division. All positions in the division above the entrance level shall be by promotion in accordance with the other provisions of this Part based upon promotional tests prepared and administered by the office of state examiner to determine fitness for such promotional positions as such positions are described by the rules adopted by the fire and police civil service board. No person shall be admitted to a test for any position in the emergency medical services division who does not hold as a minimum a certificate as a "Certified Emergency Medical Technician - Basic" as that term is defined in R.S. 40:1131.  B. A fire and police civil service board may by rule require that any person assigned to emergency medical services division shall maintain minimum certification as a "Certified Emergency Medical Technician - Basic" as provided in R.S. 40:1131. Any person not maintaining such certification shall be returned to the position that he occupied in the classified service prior to his assignment to the emergency medical services division in accordance with the other provisions of this Part.  C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit any municipality, parish, or fire protection district from establishing an emergency medical services division, department, or other agency rendering such services outside of the fire department without compliance with the provisions of this Section. However, a fire department may provide advance life support and emergency medical services without creating a separate division for that purpose.  Acts 1985, No. 998, §1, eff. July 23, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2481.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2481.2. Lake Charles police chief; term of office

RS 2481.2 - Lake Charles police chief; term of office The city of Lake Charles may, by amendment to its home rule charter in accordance with law, establish procedures for the appointment of the position of police chief for a term of not less than six years. The position shall be a classified position, but the person appointed chief shall be subject to removal or reappointment at the expiration of the term of office in accordance with the procedures established by the city charter. The mayor may reappoint the police chief to a subsequent term in accordance with the provisions set forth in the city charter. If the mayor does not reappoint the police chief for a subsequent term, the new police chief must be appointed from a list of qualified candidates who have completed the same application process which applies to any other civil service applicant including competitive testing and evaluation. Except as provided in this Section, the office of police chief shall be subject to all provisions of this Part and all rules and regulations adopted by the state examiner and by the local fire and police civil service board. Acts 2001, No. 709, §1, eff. June 25, 2001. NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 709, §2, relative to application of the Act.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2481.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2481.3. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 145, §1.

RS 2481.3 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 145, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2481.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2481.5. Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment; city of Alexandria

RS 2481.5 - Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment; city of Alexandria Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of Act No. 748 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria may create, by ordinance, the position of deputy chief of police in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:2481.4. Acts 2012, No. 247, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2482 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2482. Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated

RS 2482 - Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated  Any regular and permanent employee who left a position of the departmental service, which now comes within the classified service, subsequent to May 1, 1940, and entered the armed forces of the United States shall be restored to his position and, thereafter, be subject to the rights and jurisdiction of the classified service created by this Part if he makes application therefor to the appointing authority within sixty days from the date of his honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions, and is physically and mentally capable of performing the work of his position to the satisfaction of the appointing authority.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2483 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2483. Classification plan

RS 2483 - Classification plan  Each board, as soon as practicable (not to exceed a period of eighteen months) after this Part takes effect in the municipality, shall adopt a classification plan for the fire and police services of the municipality. Each classification plan shall consist of classes to be designated either by standard titles, ranks, or a combination thereof, for all positions included in the classified service for each of the fire and police services. The classification plan may be divided into groups of classes. The various classes of positions shall be arranged in each classification plan so as to show the principal and natural lines of promotion and demotion. The classification plan shall be adopted as rules of the board, in the manner provided by this Part for the adoption of rules. Rules creating the classification plan, future classifications, abolition of any classification, any amendment thereto, or revision thereof shall be adopted by a board only after consultation with the appointing authority, and the state examiner. The original classification plan to be established when this Part takes effect in a municipality shall be prepared, after consultation with the appointing authority, and submitted to the board for its approval and adoption, by the state examiner. The board may amend or revise the classification plans before adopting them. The state examiner shall advise and assist the board in all future classifications when requested to do so.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2484 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2484. Allocation of positions to classes

RS 2484 - Allocation of positions to classes  The board, or chairman thereof subject to the subsequent approval of the board, as soon as practicable (not exceeding forty-five days) after the adoption of a classification plan, after consultation with the appointing authorities concerned, shall allocate each position in the classified service to its appropriate class; and thereafter shall likewise allocate each new position created in the service, and, when for the benefit of the service, reallocate positions from class to class. Whenever the duties of a position are so changed by the appointing authority that the position in effect becomes one of a different class from that to which it is allocated, the change shall operate to abolish the position and to create a new position of the different class. Whenever the board finds any change in the duties of any position in the classified service was brought about by the appointing authority to effect a reduction in the classification of any employee because of political, religious, or discriminatory reasons, or without just cause, it shall refuse to recognize any such action, and shall order the appointing authority to continue the employee in the position and class with all rights and privileges.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2485 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2485. Use of class titles

RS 2485 - Use of class titles  The title of each class shall be the official title of every position allocated to the class, for all purposes having to do with the position as such, and shall be used to the exclusion of all other titles on all pay rolls, budget estimates, and official records and reports pertaining to the position, except that any abbreviation or code symbol approved by the board may be used to designate a position of a class. Any other title satisfactory to the appointing authority may be used in official correspondence and in any other connection not having to do with the personnel processes covered by this Part. No employee shall be appointed, employed, or paid under any title other than that of the class to which the position occupied by him is allocated.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2486 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2486. Status of incumbent of position when allocated

RS 2486 - Status of incumbent of position when allocated Every person employed in the municipal fire and police services for a continuous period of at least six calendar months immediately preceding the date that this Part takes effect in the municipality, who was regularly and permanently appointed to a position coming under the classified service, shall be inducted into and bound under the classified service, the provisions of this Part, and the rules adopted hereunder. When any position is first allocated hereunder, or is reallocated to a different class to correct an error in its previous allocation, or because of a change in the duties of a position which has the effect of abolishing the position and creating a new position of another class, the employee in the position may continue to serve therein, with the status and all the rights and privileges he would have had under this Part if he had been originally appointed by examination and certification hereunder to a position of the class to which the position has been allocated or reallocated. Such employee however may be transferred without further tests of fitness or certification to any position of the class to which the position was previously allocated while held by the employee. Any employee who feels himself aggrieved because of any allocation or change in classification affecting his position shall, upon his request, be heard thereon by the board; and the board shall hear and decide the complaint in any manner it deems proper.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2487 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2487. Methods of filling vacancies

RS 2487 - Methods of filling vacancies  Vacancies in positions in the classified service shall be filled by one of the following methods:  (1) Demotion  (2) Transfer  (3) Reinstatement  (4) Promotional appointment  (5) Competitive appointment  (6) Reemployment  (7) Temporary appointment  A vacancy shall be considered filled under any of the methods specified above, and employment thereunder effective, as of the date on which the employee enters upon the duties thereof.
LA Rev Stat § 33:2488 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§2488. Demotion

RS 2488 - Demotion  Demotions of regular employees shall be made by the appointing authority when it becomes necessary to reduce the number of employees in the classified service or in any class therein. Demotions from any class, except for disciplinary action or because of the abolition of an entire class in the classified service, shall be made by demoting employees from lowest to highest in point of total seniority earned in positions of the class plus that earned in any higher classes in the classified service. The names of regular employees demoted for any reason, except for disciplinary action, shall be recorded upon the reinstatement list for the class from which they are demoted in the order in which the demotions are made.