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LA Rev Stat § 42:401 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§401. Reinstatement after military service

RS 401 - Reinstatement after military service  All officers and employees of the state, entering the military service of the United States since September 16, 1940, shall be restored, upon proper application, to the former position or employment or office held with the state at the time of entering military service, or reinstated to a position of like seniority, status and pay when the officer or employee is relieved from the military service, upon honorable discharge or discharge upon honorable conditions.
LA Rev Stat § 42:402 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§402. Officers and employees who may be reinstated

RS 402 - Officers and employees who may be reinstated  The provisions of R.S. 42:401 shall apply to:  (1) All officers and employees of the state and of any of its departments, divisions, institutions, units, boards or commissions, including heads thereof, and shall apply to those officers and employees who, at the time of entering military service, were being compensated on an annual or monthly salary basis and whose employment with the state and its various units was terminated by reason of entry into the military service of the United States. (2) Any officers and employees who, since September 16, 1940, entered into the active military service of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard Service, or any branch of the military service of the United States, whether by induction, enlistment, call to active duty or any other type of entry into service. (3) Any appointive official, officer or employee, whether or not the normal term of appointment has been terminated subsequent to entry into the military service; the fact that there has been a general or limited change of administration, or the election of new general state officials subsequent to his entry into the military service, shall in no manner affect or deny to a person his former office or position, or a position of like seniority, status and pay, it being the purpose of the law that no employee of the state should suffer loss of the right to return to his normal employment or former pay during his absence while in the common cause of the military service.  Provided that when discharged or released from the armed forces, the officer or employee receives a certificate or document of honorable completion of service, is still qualified to perform the duties of the position, and makes application for employment within 40 days after being released from military service.
LA Rev Stat § 42:403 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§403. Application for reinstatement

RS 403 - Application for reinstatement  The officer or employee may make application in person, or in writing, to the department head or appointing or managing authority of the state unit, for re-establishment in the former office or employment and it is the mandatory duty of said officer to re-employ and reinstate the applicant in the former office or employment, or one of like seniority, status and pay, within 31 days after the date of application, at which date the applicant shall be entitled to the emoluments of the position, unless employed or reinstated prior thereto, nor shall a reduction in personnel or budget of the department or unit concerned, if still existing, affect or deny to the person, his former or a similar position, and regardless of any limitation on the number of employees of the unit or department, these persons shall be re-employed. A person restored to a position or office under the provisions of R.S. 42:401 and 42:402 shall not be discharged from the position without cause, within one year after restoration.
LA Rev Stat § 42:404 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§404. Persons to whom reinstatement provisions do not apply

RS 404 - Persons to whom reinstatement provisions do not apply  The provisions of this Part shall not apply to any elected officer nor to any officer whose term is fixed by law or runs concurrently with the term of the governor, when the statutory term of the office has expired, at the time the officer is discharged from the military service.
LA Rev Stat § 42:405 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§405. Mandamus proceedings to enforce reinstatement

RS 405 - Mandamus proceedings to enforce reinstatement  Mandamus proceedings to enforce the provisions of this Part may be instituted in the district court of the residence of the applicant, or in the district court of the location of the principal office of the state unit involved, at the election of the applicant.
LA Rev Stat § 42:406 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§406. Penalty for violation of provisions of this Part

RS 406 - Penalty for violation of provisions of this Part  Whoever violates any provision of this Part shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 42:421 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§421. Annual leave; limitation on amount of payment in lieu thereof

RS 421 - Annual leave; limitation on amount of payment in lieu thereof  A. No officer or ex-officer of the state or of any state agency, appointed by the governor shall be paid anything by the state or any state agency for any time which may elapse after separation from his office or employment either under the guise of paying for annual leave which accrued to and was unused by him prior to separation or under any other guise whatsoever. B. No limitation shall be placed upon the amount of annual leave which any employee of the state or of any state agency may accrue during the period of his employment; provided, however, that any employee of the state or of any state agency shall accrue annual leave at the same rate as is provided for members of the classified service of the state by the Civil Service Commission; and provided, further, that any employee or ex-employee of the state or of any state agency may be paid for accrued annual leave amounting to the same maximum as is provided for members of the classified service of the state by the Civil Service Commission as approved by the governor after his separation from his office or employment if the annual leave has been accrued under established leave regulations and an attendance record has been maintained for the employee by his supervisor. When an employee covered by this Subsection retires, or whenever any such employee dies while still a member of any retirement system to which the state contributes in whole or in part and before retirement, leaving a surviving spouse or dependent or both who are entitled to benefits from said system, his unused accumulated annual leave in excess of the amount for which payment is received, as above provided, shall be added to his membership service. The employee's unused accumulated annual leave shall not be used to determine eligibility for retirement, but shall be credited to the member only after it is determined that the member is otherwise eligible for retirement. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 300, §1; Acts 1962, No. 375, §1; Acts 1964, No. 405, §1; Acts 1966, No. 492, §1; Acts 1968, No. 564, §1; Acts 1974, No. 241, §1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974; Acts 1977, No. 475, §2, eff. July 13, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 42:431 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§431. Definitions

RS 431 - Definitions  The following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Public employee" means any full-time employee of this state or of any branch of the state government, of any executive department of the state, or of any agency, board, or commission of the state, or local governmental subdivision. However, no elected official shall be considered a public employee for purposes of this Part. (2) "Team" includes any group leader, coach, official, or athlete who is a member of the official delegation of the United States to world, Pan American, or Olympic competition. (3) "World, Pan American, or Olympic Competition" means any athletic competition involving athletes from two or more nation states. Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 42:432 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§432. Leave of absence to participate in Athletic competition on the world, Pan American, or Olympic level

RS 432 - Leave of absence to participate in Athletic competition on the world, Pan American, or Olympic level  A public employee who qualifies as a member of the United States team for athletic competition on the world, Pan American, or Olympic level in a sport contested in either Pan American or Olympic competition shall be granted a leave of absence without loss or reduction of pay, time, annual leave, or efficiency rating for the purpose of preparing for and engaging in competition on such levels. In no event shall the paid leave under this Part exceed the period of the official training camp and competition combined or ninety calendar days a year, whichever is less. Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 42:433 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§433. Notification of employer

RS 433 - Notification of employer  A public employee who qualifies for athletic leave of absence under the provisions of this Part shall notify his employer of his desire for such leave at least thirty days before the effective date of the leave. However, if the official training camp for world, Pan American, or Olympic games commences less than thirty days after the employee's selection as a member of the United States team, the employee shall notify his employer of his desire for athletic leave immediately upon his selection as a member of such team. Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 42:434 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§434. Cancellation of leave

RS 434 - Cancellation of leave  All or any portion of the approved athletic leave of absence provided for in this Part may be cancelled retroactively by the employer if the employee does not participate in the training or competition. Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 42:435 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§435. Reimbursement of costs for substitute

RS 435 - Reimbursement of costs for substitute  If the absence of a public employee necessitates the hiring of a substitute during the employee's absence, the state shall reimburse the governmental branch, department, agency, board, commission, or local governmental subdivision of this state for actual costs incurred in employing the substitute. Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 42:441 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§441. Definitions

RS 441 - Definitions For the purposes of this Part, the following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings: (1) "Employing agency" means the agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government in which the leave recipient is employed. (2) "Leave donor" means a full-time employee of an employing agency whose voluntary written request for transfer of annual, sick, or compensatory leave to the pool leave account of his employing agency is granted. (3) "Leave recipient" means a full-time employee of an employing agency who has a personal emergency and is selected to receive annual, sick, or compensatory leave from the pool leave account of his employing agency. (4) "Personal emergency" means a catastrophic illness or serious injury to a full-time state employee participating in the employing agency's leave-transfer program, or to the employee's spouse or a minor child of the employee, which prevents the employee from performing his duties for a period of more than ten consecutive days which the employee is scheduled to work and the employee does not have sufficient annual, sick, or compensatory leave credited to the employee personally to cover the entire period of illness or injury. Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 42:442 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§442. Leave transfer pools; establishment

RS 442 - Leave transfer pools; establishment The State Civil Service Commission and the State Police Commission may establish a plan for the participation in the leave-transfer program, allowing full-time employees to pool their annual, sick, and compensatory leave and allowing any leave thus pooled to be used by any participating employee for a personal emergency, when that employee has used all annual, sick, and compensatory leave that has been personally accrued by him. Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 42:443 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§443. Pool leave account; participation; use

RS 443 - Pool leave account; participation; use A. Any full-time employee of an employing agency may request voluntarily, in writing, that a specified number of hours of his accrued annual, sick, or compensatory leave or any combination thereof be transferred from his annual, sick, or compensatory leave account to a pool account the agency establishes to distribute leave pursuant to the provisions of this Part. B. No employee with less than fifteen days in his personal sick leave account may transfer any leave to the pool account. Any employee with more than fifteen days in his sick leave account may transfer sick leave to the pool account provided he retains a minimum of fifteen days in his own sick leave account. C. Annual, sick, or compensatory leave transferred under this Part may be substituted retroactively for periods of leave without pay or used to liquidate an indebtedness for advanced annual, sick, or compensatory leave granted. D. A leave recipient approved for participation under the pool account may use annual, sick, or compensatory leave from the pool account in the same manner for a personal emergency as if the recipient had accrued the leave in the manner provided by law, rule, regulation, or policy. E. Participating employees shall not be eligible to use transferred leave from the pool account until all personally accrued annual, sick, and compensatory leave has been used. F. Transferred annual, sick, or compensatory leave from the pool account remaining to the credit of a leave recipient when his employment terminates shall not be transferred to another employee, included in a lump-sum payment for accrued leave, or included in the total service for retirement computation. Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 42:444 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§444. Pool account leave request

RS 444 - Pool account leave request  Employees of a state agency requesting leave from the pool leave account for a personal emergency under the provisions of this Part, must submit a written leave request to the employing agency with the following information included:  (1) The name, employing agency, position, title, and classification of the employee. (2) A brief description of the nature, severity, and anticipated duration of the personal emergency. Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 42:445 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§445. Agency procedures

RS 445 - Agency procedures A. The employing agency shall monitor the status of the personal emergency affecting the leave recipient and establish procedures to ensure that transferred annual, sick, or compensatory leave from the pool is not used after a personal emergency ceases to exist. B. A personal emergency affecting a leave recipient terminates when the employing agency determines that the personal emergency no longer exists or the leave recipient's employment terminates. C. The employing agency may not grant any further request for leave from the pool account once the personal emergency affecting a leave recipient terminates. Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 42:446 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§446. Agency considerations

RS 446 - Agency considerations  Unless a personal emergency involves a medical condition affecting the leave recipient, the employing agency may consider the likely impact on morale and efficiency within the agency in considering a leave recipient's request to use leave transferred from the pool account. Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 42:447 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§447. Leave remaining after termination of personal emergency

RS 447 - Leave remaining after termination of personal emergency Transferred annual, sick, or compensatory leave remaining to the credit of a leave recipient when the personal emergency terminates shall be restored to the pool account. Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §18, eff. June 11, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 42:450.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§450.1. Definitions

RS 450.1 - Definitions The following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings: (1) "Public employee" means any full-time employee of the state, or any branch of state government, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, or any state board, commission, or other agency, and any employee of local governmental subdivisions of the state. However, no elected official shall be considered a public employee for purposes of this Part. (2) "Employing agency" means the agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or a local governmental subdivision which employs the leave recipient. (3) "Disaster" means a disaster designated at Level III (anticipated cost of the operation being at least fifty thousand dollars) and above in the American Red Cross Regulations and Procedures. (4) "Disaster service volunteer" means a public employee who has received certification from the American Red Cross as a Trained Disaster Volunteer. Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:450.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§450.2. Leave of absence; disaster relief; annual limitation; compensation and benefits

RS 450.2 - Leave of absence; disaster relief; annual limitation; compensation and benefits A. A public employee who is a disaster service volunteer may be granted leave from his regular work assignment, with pay, for a period not to exceed fifteen work days in any twelve-month period to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross when requesting such leave and upon approval of the employing agency, as provided in this Part. B. Any public employee who is granted disaster service leave shall not forfeit any seniority, pay, vacation time, sick leave, or earned overtime accumulation as a result of his participation in the Disaster Service Leave Program. Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:450.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§450.3. Notification of employer

RS 450.3 - Notification of employer A. A qualified public employee shall notify his employing agency of his desire for leave of absence as soon as practicable following the occurrence of a disaster within the state of Louisiana for which his services are needed by a Louisiana unit of the American Red Cross. B. All requests for disaster service leave of absence under the provisions of this Part shall be made in writing to the appointing authority of the employing agency, and shall include all of the following: (1) Certification by the employee that he is a Trained Disaster Volunteer. (2) The nature and location of the disaster to which he is requested to respond. (3) The anticipated duration of his expected leave. (4) The type of service he is to provide to the American Red Cross. (5) The identity and title of the official of the American Red Cross unit who will be supervising the employee. (6) A written request for the employee's services from an official of the American Red Cross. Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:450.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§450.4. Reinstatement after disaster service leave

RS 450.4 - Reinstatement after disaster service leave Any public employee who has been granted leave to participate in relief services connected with a disaster, pursuant to this Part, shall be restored to his previous position of employment upon giving notice to the employing agency twenty-four hours prior to his return to employment, provided that the public employee submit written certification from the supervising official of the American Red Cross unit that the public employee has rendered volunteer disaster relief services showing the number of hours of service rendered by the public employee. Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:450.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§450.5. Employing agency discretion

RS 450.5 - Employing agency discretion Nothing contained herein shall be construed to require any employing agency to grant a public employee's request for voluntary disaster service leave if the appointing authority determines that the grant of leave would pose a hardship on the employing agency. Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:451 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§451. Payroll Savings Plan Established

RS 451 - Payroll Savings Plan Established  There is established a plan to be known as the "payroll savings plan" by means of which state and parish employees may purchase United States series "EE" bonds from their monthly earnings through an approved payroll system. Under this plan the employees may authorize the department by which they are employed to deduct and withhold any part of their monthly earnings for the purchase of bonds in such denominations as they may determine; but no deduction shall be made from the earnings of any employee for the purchase of bonds unless the deduction is specifically and voluntarily authorized in writing by the employee. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 642, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:452 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§452. U.S. Series "EE" Bond Account/Fund

RS 452 - U.S. Series "EE" Bond Account/Fund  All amounts deducted and withheld from the earnings of employees for the purchase of United States series "EE" bonds shall be maintained in the appropriate account or fund under 'cash management' from which bonds shall be purchased as the employees have subscribed and paid. Refunds due employees shall also be paid from the said account or fund. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 642, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:453 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§453. Payroll System Custodian declared trustee

RS 453 - Payroll System Custodian declared trustee The designated custodian of the approval payroll system(s), by virtue of his responsibility, is named and designated, ex officio, trustee of that U.S. series "EE" bond account/fund created under R.S. 42:452. He shall serve as trustee of the account/fund without compensation. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 642, §1.