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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2213.1. Compensatory time

RS 33:2213.1 - Compensatory time
A. For each hour of overtime worked, an employee covered by this Part may receive, in accordance with this Section and in lieu of overtime compensation, compensatory time off at a rate not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required.
B.(1) A municipality may provide compensatory time under Subsection A only in accordance with:
(a) Applicable provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, or any other agreement between the municipality and representatives of such employees; or
(b) In the case of employees not covered by Subparagraph (1), an agreement or understanding arrived at between the employer and employee before the performance of the work.
(2) A municipality may provide compensatory time under Subsection A only if the employee has not accrued compensatory time in excess of the limit applicable to the employee prescribed in Subsection C.
C.(1) The work of an employee for which compensatory time may be provided, may not exceed four hundred eighty hours of compensatory time for hours worked. Any such employee who has accrued four hundred eighty hours of compensatory time off shall, for additional overtime hours worked, be paid overtime compensation.
(2) If compensation is paid to an employee for accrued compensatory time off, such compensation shall be paid at the regular rate earned by the employee at the time the employee receives such payment.
D. An employee who has accrued compensatory time off authorized to be provided under this Section, shall upon termination of employment, be paid for the unused compensatory time at a rate of compensation not less than:
(1) The average regular rate received by such employee during the last three years of the employee's employment; or
(2) The final regular rate received by such employee, whichever is higher.
E. A municipal police employee who has accrued compensatory time off authorized to be provided under Subsection A, and who has requested the use of such compensatory time, shall be permitted by the employee's employer to use such time within a reasonable period after making the request if the use of the compensatory time does not unduly disrupt the operations of the department.
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply, however, to any municipality or employee exempt from coverage under the provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.
Acts 1986, No. 138, §1, eff. June 26, 1986.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2214.1. Work on holidays

RS 33:2214.1 - Work on holidays
All municipal police department employees to which this Subpart applies who are required to work on Christmas, New Year's Day, July 4th, and Labor Day, and/or on any other two state legal holidays to be selected and designated by the local governing authority, shall receive, in addition to the compensation to which such employee would be entitled under laws and pay plans in effect, extra compensation at the rate of one times his usual salary, to be determined by reducing his average monthly salary to an hourly scale but which, in no event, shall be less than two times the hourly rate payable to the employee for straight or regular time under laws or pay plans in effect; provided, that in lieu of additional compensation, governing authorities, at their option, may grant police department employees time off from work for which such additional compensation would be due and payable to said employees.
Nothing in this Section shall preclude a local governing authority from granting to its municipal police department employees covered hereby, additional holidays; provided payment therefor is not less than required by the provisions of this Section.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 124, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2214.2. Annual vacation; city of Lafayette

RS 33:2214.2 - Annual vacation; city of Lafayette
Except as provided in R.S. 33:2214(A), the Fire and Police Civil Service Board of the city of Lafayette and the governing authority of the city of Lafayette may agree to provide vacation benefits to employees of the police department in accordance with the vacation rules of the Municipal Government Employees' Civil Service System of the city of Lafayette, and such agreement shall serve to supercede the provisions of R.S. 33:2214(A).
Acts 1986, No. 232, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2215. Reduction in rank prohibited

RS 33:2215 - Reduction in rank prohibited
No governing body, official, officer, or employee of any municipality affected by this Sub-part shall, when this Sub-part first becomes effective in the municipality, reduce any employee in grade, rank, or class of position, nor abolish any grade, rank, or class of position for the sole purpose of complying with the provisions hereof. However, a municipality need not be required to create any position, grade, rank, or class of employment when this Sub-part first becomes effective, for the sole purpose of complying with the provisions hereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.1. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667. See Acts 2014, No 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.1 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667. See Acts 2014, No 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.2. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.1. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.2 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.1. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.3. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.2. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.3 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.2. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.4. Redesignated to R.S. 40: 1667.3. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 4.

RS 33:2218.4 - Redesignated to R.S. 40: 1667.3. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.5. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.4. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.5 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.4. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.6. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.5. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.6 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.5. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.7. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.6. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.7 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.6. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.8. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.7. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.8 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.7. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.9. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.8. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.9 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.8. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2218.10. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.9. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2218.10 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1667.9. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2221. §§2221 to 2242 [Blank] See, now, R.S. 11:3501 to 3518, 3541 to 3554, and 3566.

RS 33:2221 - §§2221 to 2242 [Blank] See, now, R.S. 11:3501 to 3518, 3541 to 3554, and 3566.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2281. §§2281 to 2307 [Blank] See, now, R.S. 11:3631 to 3662.

RS 33:2281 - §§2281 to 2307 [Blank] See, now, R.S. 11:3631 to 3662.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2331. Officers and agents of society for the prevention of cruelty to children as special police officers

RS 33:2331 - Officers and agents of society for the prevention of cruelty to children as special police officers
The mayor of any city or town, and the police jury of any parish shall appoint and commission as special police officers the officers of the society for the prevention of cruelty to children, and other agents nominated by the society. The officers and agents so commissioned shall have the usual power of policemen and peace officers. No city, town, or parish shall be liable hereunder for any compensation to the officers. The police force of all cities and towns shall aid any corporation for the prevention of cruelty to children, its members, or agents in the enforcement in its respective locality of all laws enacted for the prevention of cruelty to children.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2332. Storage charges on recovery of lost or stolen automobile; sale of automobile

RS 33:2332 - Storage charges on recovery of lost or stolen automobile; sale of automobile
The police departments in all cities having more than one hundred thousand population may charge storage, not exceeding fifteen dollars per month on all lost or stolen automobiles which are found or recovered by the departments, and may dispose, at public auction, of all lost or stolen automobiles found or recovered and stored with the department, at the expiration of ninety days from the date that the cars were first stored with the department; the proceeds of the sales are to be used for the payment of storage charges assessed against the automobile, and the sale and advertising charges; the balance, if any, is to be retained in the municipal treasury, subject to the order of the owner of the automobile thus sold, upon proof by him of the fact that he was the owner. However, no stored automobile shall be sold until the chief of police has first advertised the fact, for thirty days, in a newspaper published in the municipality, that the police department has in its possession the lost or stolen automobile, which shall be described by make, model, serial number, and engine number; and that the owner is called upon to present himself, prove ownership, and pay the accrued storage charges, as well as the cost of advertisement.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2333. Stolen, seized, or relinquished property; disposition

RS 33:2333 - Stolen, seized, or relinquished property; disposition
A. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all stolen property recovered by any police department and all property lawfully seized by or voluntarily relinquished to any police department the disposition of which is not otherwise provided for by local and state law.
B. All property described in Subsection A of this Section shall be disposed of as follows:
(1) Contraband shall be delivered to the district court of the judicial district in which the police department is located, to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:41.
(2)(a) Noncontraband shall not be disposed of prior to the lapse of one hundred fifty days. If the property has not been claimed by the owner within that time, the police department shall dispose of the property as provided in this Subsection. The first disposition of such property shall be that all appropriate and usable property shall be given to nonprofit youth facilities or to any other nonprofit organization. Thereafter, all remaining usable property shall be disposed of by publicly advertised auction held in compliance with relevant laws governing public auctions. If any property is determined to be unusable, it shall be sold to a salvage company or destroyed.
(b) However, no property shall be disposed of until the department has advertised twice within thirty days in a newspaper published in the municipality that the police department has within its possession the property to be disposed of. The advertisement shall describe the property and shall call upon the owner to present himself, prove ownership, and pay the accrued storage charges, as well as the cost of advertisement.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 981, §2, eff. July 1, 2003.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 641, §1. Acts 1985, No. 537, §1; Acts 1999, No. 828, §1; Acts 2003, No. 981, §§1 and 2, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2334. Chief of police; taking appearance bond; fee; disposition of revenues

RS 33:2334 - Chief of police; taking appearance bond; fee; disposition of revenues
A. A fee of fifteen dollars shall be allowed for each appearance bond taken by a municipal chief of police when required to do so, unless suspended by a judge of the court in which the charge requiring the bond is filed. Upon acquittal of the defendant, this fee shall be refunded to the individual who paid the fee.
B.(1) The fee authorized in Subsection A of this Section shall be payable to the general fund of the municipality. The municipality shall, subject to applicable law, appropriate thirteen dollars of the fee to the chief of police to be used for law enforcement purposes.
(2) The municipality may appropriate quarterly two dollars of the fee authorized in Subsection A of this Section to the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police. The Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police shall use the proceeds derived from the fee for law enforcement education and training and for members of the association.
C. The fee charged by a municipal chief of police for copies of an appearance bond shall not exceed one dollar per page.
Acts 1986, No. 624, §1; Acts 1989, No. 327, §1; Acts 1995, No. 528, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 674, §1, eff. June 25, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2335. Enforcement jurisdiction

RS 33:2335 - Enforcement jurisdiction
In the exercise of the police power of the state and in furtherance of the purpose of promoting more effective enforcement of state laws by municipal police officers, any such officer, when certified in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2402 et seq., and acting under written authorization from the officer's appointing authority, shall have jurisdiction to enforce all laws under the various jurisdictions of the state pursuant to a written request, specifying the names of the individuals and time periods involved, from the appointing authority of the jurisdiction to which the officer is to be assigned. Nothing herein shall allow permanent agreements between agencies. Any such officer having jurisdiction to enforce all laws under the various jurisdictions of the state in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be considered as a borrowed employee.
Acts 1988, No. 109, §1, eff. June 29, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2336. Uniforms, equipment, and badges

RS 33:2336 - Uniforms, equipment, and badges
A. No department, division, or agency of the state or of any municipality, parish, or other political subdivision of the state charged with law enforcement or the apprehension of violators of any state, municipal, or parochial laws or ordinances shall provide, furnish to, or permit its employees to wear a uniform of the same color, design, or markings as that worn by the New Orleans Police Department or which is so similar in appearance as to confuse, tend to confuse, or not be clearly distinguishable from the uniforms used and worn by the police employees of the New Orleans Police Department.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to utilize or wear a uniform of the same color, design, or markings as that worn by the New Orleans Police Department or to utilize or wear a uniform which is so similar in appearance as to confuse, tend to confuse, or not be clearly distinguishable from the uniform used and worn by the police employees of the New Orleans Police Department. This Subsection does not apply to a person who first obtains the express, written consent of the chief of police for the New Orleans Police Department.
Acts 1997, No. 1080, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2337. Mutual aid; local police departments

RS 33:2337 - Mutual aid; local police departments
A.(1) In the event of an emergency or a special event and upon the request of another police department or sheriff's office, by the chief of police, the sheriff, or their designees of that department on duty at the time of the emergency or special event, a political subdivision, city marshal, and city constable may furnish police manpower and equipment if the chief of police, the sheriff, or their designees on duty, of the police department or sheriff's office receiving the request for aid is of the opinion that such police manpower and equipment are available.
(2) If the responding agency agrees to provide mutual aid, the personnel of the responding agency shall report to and shall work under the direction and supervision of the senior officer of the requesting agency on duty at the time that the request for aid is made. During the emergency or special event the personnel of the responding agency shall have the same law enforcement authority as the personnel of the requesting agency. Police manpower and equipment may be recalled at the sole discretion of the highest ranking officer on duty of the responding agency furnishing police manpower and equipment. During the emergency, the responding agency shall be considered the agent of the requesting agency.
(3)(a) "Emergency" means an actual or potential condition that poses an immediate threat to life or property and exceeds the capability of the requesting agency to counteract successfully.
(b) "Special event" means an actual or potential situation that poses or may pose a threat to life or property because of the number of people involved and exceeds the capability of the requesting agency to counteract successfully.
B. In situations where mutual aid is utilized, radio communications shall be established, if possible, through the radio systems patch, or one of the officers shall maintain personal eye to eye contact with an officer of the other agency and pass information between agencies.
C. The provision of mutual aid shall not give rise to liability or responsibility for failure to respond to a request for assistance.
D. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to limit the responding agency's authority to apply for, administer, and expend any grants, gifts, or payments in aid of homeland security, disaster prevention, preparedness, response, or recovery.
Acts 1997, No. 1178, §1; Acts 2006, No. 539, §1; Acts 2012, No. 343, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2338. Mutual aid; Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Response Task Force

RS 33:2338 - Mutual aid; Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Response Task Force
A.(1) In the event of an emergency or a special event and upon the request of another police department or sheriff's office, by the chief of police, the sheriff, Louisiana Sheriff's Association, Louisiana State Police, or their designees of that department on duty at the time of the emergency or special event, the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Response Task Force, herein referred to as "task force", may furnish police manpower and equipment if the task force is of the opinion that such police manpower and equipment are available.
(2) If the task force agrees to provide mutual aid, the personnel who provides mutual aid shall report to and shall work under the direction and supervision of the senior officer of the requesting agency on duty at the time that the request for aid is made. During the emergency or special event the personnel of the task force shall have the same law enforcement authority as the personnel of the requesting agency. Police manpower and equipment may be recalled at the sole discretion of the task force. During the emergency, the task force shall be considered the agent of the requesting agency.
(3)(a) "Emergency" means an actual or potential condition that poses an immediate threat to life or property and exceeds the capability of the requesting agency to counteract successfully.
(b) "Special event" means an actual or potential situation that poses or may pose a threat to life or property because of the number of people involved and exceeds the capability of the requesting agency to counteract successfully.
B. In situations where mutual aid is utilized, radio communications shall be established, if possible, through the radio systems patch, or one of the officers shall maintain personal eye to eye contact with an officer of the task force and pass information between agencies.
C. The provision of mutual aid shall not give rise to liability or responsibility for failure to respond to a request for assistance.
D. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to limit the task force's authority to apply for, administer, and expend any grants, gifts, or payments in aid of homeland security, disaster prevention, preparedness, response, or recovery.
Acts 2008, No. 448, §1, eff. June 25, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2341. Purpose

RS 33:2341 - Purpose
It is the intent of the legislature in the exercise of the police power of the state to create a board to promote the public peace, by establishing training programs for chiefs of police to provide management courses and skills to enhance the safety of the citizens of Louisiana and the enforcement of state laws. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, sheriffs, and constables.
Acts 2003, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2011, No. 161, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2342. Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute; creation; board; membership

RS 33:2342 - Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute; creation; board; membership
A. The Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute is hereby created within the office of the governor and shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge.
B. The Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute shall be governed by a board. The board shall be composed of five members, all of whom shall be United States citizens and residents of the state.
C. The board shall consist of the following members:
(1) Three members appointed by the governor from a list of at least six persons submitted by the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police all of whom shall be current municipal chiefs of police and Peace Officer Standards and Training certified.
(2) One member appointed by the governor from a list of at least three persons, all of whom shall be current mayors, submitted by the Louisiana Municipal Association.
(3) The executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice.
D. The qualifications of each member of the board shall continue throughout his term in office. In the event a member should cease meeting the qualifications, his seat shall be declared vacant and the vacancy shall be filled pursuant to the same process as for the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
E. Of the four members of the board who are appointed, two shall be appointed for a term of three years and two shall be appointed for a term of two years. Thereafter all appointed members shall be appointed for terms of two years and shall continue to serve until reappointed or replaced. In the event of death or resignation of a member, his successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term for which the member had been appointed within thirty days pursuant to the same process as that used to make the original appointment.
F. The appointments by the governor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
G. Members shall serve without compensation.
Acts 2003, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2343. Meetings; quorum

RS 33:2343 - Meetings; quorum
A. The board shall meet regularly each calendar quarter at such time and place as it may determine. The board may meet at such other times as it deems appropriate. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
B. The board shall annually elect a chairman and such other officers of the board as they may determine necessary and appropriate for the administration, implementation and enforcement of this Subpart.
Acts 2003, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2344. Functions; powers; duties

RS 33:2344 - Functions; powers; duties
A. The institute, by and through the board, shall serve as the coordinator for the training of chiefs of police in Louisiana.
B. The institute, by and through the board, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:
(1) Establish a new chief of police development course prior to December 31, 2011.
(2) Establish a chief of police continuing education program prior to December 31, 2011.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 8, §2, eff. May 6, 2004.
(4) Establish requirements for approval and accreditation of other training and continuing education programs sponsored or offered by the federal government, other states, and agencies outside the jurisdiction of the institute.
(5) Cooperate with municipal, parish, special district, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in training programs.
(6) Conduct research to improve law enforcement and police administration and stimulate research by public and private agencies for that purpose.
(7) Accept donations, contributions, grants, or gifts from individuals, foundations, state or federal government.
(8) Contract with other persons as the board deems necessary for services, facilities, studies, or training.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, sheriffs, and constables.
Acts 2003, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 8, §2, eff. May 6, 2004; Acts 2011, No. 161, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2345. Training

RS 33:2345 - Training
A. Beginning January 1, 2004, each municipal chief of police who has been either elected or appointed to the position of municipal chief of police shall successfully complete the New Chief Management Course not later than one year after such election or appointment.
B. Beginning January 1, 2015, each municipal chief of police shall be required to complete twelve hours of continuing education as approved by the board within every calendar year.
C. Failure to comply with this Section shall subject the municipal chief of police to forfeit any benefits provided for in R.S. 40:1667.1 and to the provisions of R.S. 33:381(E) or 385.1(C).
D. The provisions of this Subpart shall be effective and the requirements of this Section imposed only if and when sufficient funds are appropriated by the legislature to fund the institute.
E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any municipal chief of police who has continuous service from January 1, 1983.
F. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to any municipal chief of police elected or appointed prior to January 1, 2004.
G.(1) The provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section shall also apply to every nonmunicipal chief of police elected or appointed to the position of chief of police on or after January 1, 2012.
(2) For purposes of this Subsection, "nonmunicipal chief of police" shall include any chief of police of a board, authority, commission, department, office, division, or agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions, except it shall not include the chief of police of a municipal police department.
H. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, sheriffs, and constables.
Acts 2003, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 8, §1, eff. May 6, 2004; Acts 2011, No. 161, §1; Acts 2014, No. 638, §1; Acts 2023, No. 348, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2391. Applicability

RS 33:2391 - Applicability
A. This Part shall apply to any city having a population exceeding one hundred thousand according to the latest federal decennial census.
B. This Part shall not apply to positions which are covered by Part II of this Chapter.
C. In the event that the civil service of any city pursuant to this Part is determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to not be subject to this Part, the civil service of the city shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state civil service system. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any municipality with a population of not less than two hundred fifteen thousand persons and not more than three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census.
Acts 2013, No. 362, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2394. Effective date of provisions

RS 33:2394 - Effective date of provisions
Any system of city civil service under Act 171 of 1940, 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 171 of 1940, as amended, which exist on the effective date of the Revised Statutes are continued in effect. Every rule, classification plan, allocation, or pay plan under Act 171 of 1940, 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2395. Department of city civil service; appropriations; facilities

RS 33:2395 - Department of city civil service; appropriations; facilities
There is created in the city government a department of city civil service, the administrative head of which shall be the city director of personnel. In the department there shall be a city civil service commission, composed of three members.
Adequate annual appropriations shall be made to enable the department to carry out effectively the provisions of this Part.
The domicile of the department shall be in the city to which it appertains, at which place suitable offices and quarters shall be provided by the governing body of the city. All officers and employees of the city shall allow the department the reasonable use of public buildings under their control, and furnish heat, light and furniture, for any examination, hearing, or investigation authorized by this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2397. Duties of the commission

RS 33:2397 - Duties of the commission
The commission shall:
(1) Represent the public interest in the improvement of personnel administration in the city service.
(2) Advise the mayor and the director on problems concerning personnel administration.
(3) Advise and assist the director in fostering the interest of institutions of learning, and civic, professional, and employee organizations in the improvement of personnel standards in the city service.
(4) Make, either at the direction of the mayor or upon the petition of any citizen for just cause, or upon its own motion, any investigation concerning the administration of personnel in the city service, and review and modify, or set aside, any action by the department which the commission determines to be desirable or necessary in the public interest.
(5) Make and publish annual reports, and such special reports as it considers desirable, to the mayor, regarding personnel administration in the city service and recommendations for improvement therein.
(6) Conduct hearings and pass upon complaints by or against any officer or employee in the classified service for the purpose of demotions, reduction in pay or position, suspension or dismissal of such officer or employee.
(7) Make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules.
(8) Hear and pass upon matters which the director of personnel brings before it for determination, and perform all the duties with reference to the director of personnel that are assigned to the director in relation to all other positions in the classified service.
(9) Perform other duties required by law.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2399. Duties of the director

RS 33:2399 - Duties of the director
A. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department of city civil service and shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. In addition to the duties imposed upon him elsewhere in this Part, he shall:
(1) Attend all meetings of the commission, act as its secretary, and keep minutes of its proceedings.
(2) Establish and maintain a roster of all employees in the city service, in which shall be set forth, as to each employee, the class title of the position held, the salary or pay, any change in class title, pay or status, and any other necessary data.
(3) Appoint, by and with the consent of the commission, under the provisions of this Part, such employees of the department, and experts and special assistants necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part.
(4) Develop, in cooperation with appointing authorities and others, training and educational programs for employees in the city service.
(5) Investigate, from time to time, the operation and effect of this Part, and of the rules, and report his findings and recommendations to the commission and to the mayor.
(6) Make and publish annual reports regarding the work of the department, and such special reports as he considers desirable, to the commission and to the mayor.
(7) Perform any other acts and functions which he considers necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Part, or which he is directed to perform by the commission.
B. The director may designate an employee of the department to act as his deputy. In case of the absence of the director or his inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the powers and duties shall devolve upon his deputy.
C. The director may select officers or employees in the city service to act as examiners in the preparation and rating of tests. An appointing authority shall excuse any employee in his division from his regular duties for the time required for his work as an examiner. Officers and employees shall not be entitled to extra pay for their service as examiners, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses.
D. The director may, for the purpose of assisting in the examination of candidates for positions of high responsibility and positions requiring unusual qualities or qualifications, retain the services of persons from within or without the state who, because of their experience or for other reason, have special acquaintance with the qualities or qualifications requisite for such positions.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2400. Rules

RS 33:2400 - Rules
The director shall recommend to the commission rules necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this Part, and may, from time to time, recommend amendments or additions thereto. When such rules or amendments are recommended by the director, the commission shall hold public hearing thereon, and may approve, alter, amend, or reject the recommendations of the director wholly or in part or modify them and approve them as so modified. The first rules hereunder shall be recommended by the director within six months after his appointment. The commission may propose and adopt new rules or amendments or additions to the rules on its own initiative.
Rules adopted under this Section shall have the force and effect of law. Among other things, the rules shall provide for the method of administering the classification plan and the pay plan; the establishment, maintenance, consolidation, and cancellation of lists; the application of service ratings; the hours of work, attendance regulation, vacations, and leaves of absence for employees in the classified service; and the order and manner in which lay-offs shall be effected. Such rules may include any provisions relating to city employment which are necessary or appropriate to give effect to the provisions and purposes of this Part.
The powers herein conferred upon the director shall be subject to the provisions of this Part, and the pertinent provisions of the legislative charter of the city, and of the rules adopted hereunder, and may be exercised by regulation or by order as the director sees fit. His powers and duties shall not be limited or restricted by the authorization to adopt rules, except to the extent that rules are adopted hereunder.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2401. Unclassified and classified service

RS 33:2401 - Unclassified and classified service
A. The unclassified service shall include the following positions:
(1) The mayor and other members of the governing body of the city; all officers of the city elected by popular vote; and all persons appointed to vacancies occurring in such elective offices.
(2) All heads of principal executive departments of the city, including the members of the civil service commissions.
(3) Members of the advisory boards and committees appointed by the mayor of the city who serve without pay.
(4) Members of boards, authorities, or commissions appointed by the governing body of the city.
(5) Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 865, §9.
(6) One principal assistant or deputy and one private secretary for:
(a) the mayor
(b) the members of the governing body of the city
(c) each board or head of a department, except the civil service commission.
(7) Persons retained or employed by the director for the purpose of conducting or assisting in the conduct of examinations under R.S. 33:2399, Subsection D.
(8) Officers, secretaries, and employees of the offices of (a) the mayor, (b) the city attorney, and (c) the Board of Liquidation of the City Debt.
(9) One Louisiana attorney serving as legal counsel to each appointing authority.
B. The classified service shall comprise all other positions now existing or hereafter created in the city service.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2402. Classification plan

RS 33:2402 - Classification plan
The director, as soon as practicable after this Part takes effect in the city, shall cause to be prepared a classification plan which shall consist of classes, designated by standard titles, designed to provide for all positions in the classified service. He shall from time to time review the duties and responsibilities of the positions in the classified service and may add, combine, divide, or abolish classes, or revise the titles of existing classes. The classification plan so provided and any changes therein shall become effective when adopted hereunder as rules or amendments to rules. The director, subject to the rules, shall provide, and may amend from time to time, a written definition for each class, describing the nature of the duties and responsibilities characteristic of positions properly pertaining to the class, with illustrative examples where desirable, and setting forth the minimum qualifications requisite for entrance to positions of the class, together with the principal and natural lines of promotion. The definitions shall be descriptive only, and not restrictive. They shall be construed merely as defining the several classes, and not as prescribing what the duties or qualification requirements of any position shall be, or as limiting the right of any employee to compete for promotion.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2403. Allocation of positions to classes

RS 33:2403 - Allocation of positions to classes
The director, as soon as practicable after the adoption of a classification plan and, after consultation with the appointing authorities concerned, shall allocate each position in the classified service to its appropriate class, and thereafter shall allocate each new position in the service to its appropriate class, and may reallocate positions from class to class. In making the allocations he shall provide for uniform application of the classification plan to positions under different appointing authorities. Whenever the duties of a position are so changed 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. Any employee affected by the allocation or reallocation of the position occupied by him at any time shall, upon his request, be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard thereon.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2404. Use of class titles

RS 33:2404 - 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 others on all payrolls, budget estimates, and official records and reports pertaining to the position. However, any abbreviation or code symbol approved by the director may be used to designate a position of a class, and 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2405. Status of incumbent of position when allocated

RS 33:2405 - Status of incumbent of position when allocated
When any position is first allocated hereunder, or is reallocated to a different class to correct an error in its previous allocation, 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 competitive examination and certification hereunder to a position of the class to which the position has been allocated or reallocated, but the employee may be transferred or promoted without further tests of fitness or certification, to any position of the class to which the position previously was allocated while held by him, or his name may be placed on the reemployment list for the class.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2407. Methods of filling vacancies in the classified service

RS 33:2407 - Methods of filling vacancies in the classified service
Vacancies in positions in the classified service may be filled by demotion, transfer, reinstatement, reemployment, promotion, original appointment, or temporary appointment.
Preference shall be given to the methods named in the order in which they are named in this section, under the conditions and subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth in the rules.
A vacancy shall be considered filled under any of the methods specified, and employment thereunder effective, as of the date on which the employee enters on the duties of the position.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2408. Transfer

RS 33:2408 - Transfer
An employee may be transferred from any position in the classified service to any other position of the same class, or of any other class for which no additional or different qualifications are prescribed for original entrance, on recommendation of the appointing authority and approval of such transfer by the director, but no employee shall be transferred from a position in one organization unit to a position in another organization unit without the consent of the appointing authorities of both units concerned, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Part. The director shall continuously and actively interest himself in the possibilities for providing for improvement and economy in the service by means of transfers to effect adjustment of unsatisfactory conditions of employment and to meet variations in the work requirements of different organization units.
No employee shall be transferred from a position in one class to a position in another class of a higher rank or for which there are substantially dissimilar requirements for appointment unless he is appointed to the latter position after certification of his name from a list. Any change of any employee from a position in one class to a position in a class of a lower rank shall be considered a demotion and shall be made only in accordance with the procedure prescribed by R.S. 33:2423. An employee thus demoted may appeal to the commission under R.S. 33:2424.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2410. Establishment of promotion lists and employment lists

RS 33:2410 - Establishment of promotion lists and employment lists
The director shall, subject to the rules, establish and maintain promotion lists and employment lists for the various classes of positions in the classified service which are necessary or desirable to meet the needs of the service. On each promotion list and employment list, the eligibles shall be ranked in the order of their ratings earned in the test given for the purpose of establishing the list, subject, however, to subsequent revision by the director in accordance with R.S. 33:2418.
The director shall, subject to the rules, determine at the time any promotion list or employment list is established, the period during which the list shall remain in force, which shall be not less than six months nor more than three years. The director may extend the period by order made before the expiration of the list, but no list shall be extended to a time more than three years from the original establishment thereof, and a statement of the reasons for any extension shall be entered in the records of the department. The director may consolidate or cancel promotion lists and employment lists as the needs of the service require and as authorized by the rules. Unless otherwise provided in the rules a promotion list or employment list which has been in force for six months or more shall be deemed cancelled upon the establishment of a new promotion list or employment list, for the same class of positions.