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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2540. Appropriations; facilities for board

RS 33:2540 - Appropriations; facilities for board
The legislature shall make adequate annual appropriations to enable the state examiner and deputy state examiner to carry out effectively the duties imposed upon them by this Part. The governing body of the municipality, parish or fire protection district, as the case may be, shall make adequate annual appropriations to enable the board thereof 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.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2541. Classified and unclassified service

RS 33:2541 - 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 government of the municipality, parish or fire protection district as the case may be, under which the fire or police service functions, or in 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 and police department.
2. Fire fighting and police.
3. Fire prevention; inspection.
4. Driving, tillering and operation of fire apparatus.
5. Operation and maintenance of radio, fire alarm or signal system.
6. Fire and police department instructors in employee training.
7. Fire salvage and overhauling services, and first aid.
8. Automotive or fire and police apparatus repairs, if such service is operated exclusively by and for the fire and police department.
9. Secretary to the chief and departmental records clerk.
B. The unclassified service shall comprise the following:
1. All officers, employees and positions of employment in the municipal, parish or fire protection district 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. Janitors, porters, elevator operators, chefs, kitchen helpers and workers, mechanic's helpers, car washers, unskilled labor 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, parish or fire protection district government or an officer or employee thereof.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2541.2. Chief of administration of fire department; competitive appointment

RS 33:2541.2 - Chief of administration of fire department; competitive appointment
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority may create, by ordinance, the position of chief of administration of fire department in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for under R.S. 33:2551, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the fire chief, subject to approval of the appointing authority. In addition, the governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the chief of administration of fire department in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may include direct supervision over all non-fire suppression personnel in the classified and unclassified service.
B.(1) The chief of administration of fire department shall have not less than ten years of full-time fire service experience.
(2) Any person who holds the position of chief of administration of fire department may, while holding such position, apply for admission to the promotional examination for the class next higher than that which he held at the time of his appointment. However, the name and score of any chief of administration of fire department shall not be certified to the appointing authority by the civil service board as eligible for appointment to a position of the promotional class, and his name and score shall be eligible for certification, in accordance with the maximum period for which a name may remain on the eligibility list in accordance with the provisions of this Part, only upon demotion to a position of the class from which he was appointed as chief of administration of fire department.
(3) Eligibility for admission to the competitive test for chief of administration of fire department shall be limited to members of the same department as the fire chief at the time of appointment.
C.(1) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified fire service to serve as chief of administration of fire department shall not forfeit his departmental seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate departmental seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of chief of administration of fire department.
(2) If a chief of administration of fire department is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.
Acts 2012, No. 656, §1; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2541.3. Police chief; city of Covington; unclassified service

RS 33:2541.3 - Police chief; city of Covington; unclassified service
A.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the position of chief of police for the city of Covington is in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position is vested in the mayor of the city. The appointment and selection of the chief of police shall be subject to the approval of the municipal governing authority.
(2) The chief of police shall have not less than five years of full-time law enforcement experience and shall have successfully completed a certified training program approved by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. Any person appointed to the position of chief of police shall meet all qualifications and requirements as provided in the municipal compensation plan in effect at the time of his appointment.
B. Any person who resigns from a position in the classified service to accept an appointment as chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his resignation, but he shall not accumulate seniority during the time he is not in the classified service. If any such person resigns from the position of chief of police or is terminated for any reason other than malfeasance in office, he shall be eligible to be reemployed to the same position in the classified service in which he was employed immediately preceding his resignation from the classified service. If the position has been filled or no longer exists, then his employer shall employ him in a comparable position.
Acts 2014, No. 68, §1, eff. May 16, 2014.
NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 68, §2 regarding applicability of Act to incumbent chief.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2541.4. Parishwide Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Tensas; fire chief and assistant fire chief; unclassified service

RS 33:2541.4 - Parishwide Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Tensas; fire chief and assistant fire chief; unclassified service
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the positions of fire chief and assistant fire chief for Parishwide Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Tensas are in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such positions is vested in the governing board of the district.
Acts 2015, No. 89, §1, eff. June 19, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2541.5. Winn Parish Fire Protection District No. 3; fire chief and assistant fire chief; unclassified service

RS 33:2541.5 - Winn Parish Fire Protection District No. 3; fire chief and assistant fire chief; unclassified service
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the positions of fire chief and assistant fire chief for Winn Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 are in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such positions is vested in the governing board of the district.
Acts 2016, No. 238, §1, eff. May 26, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2541.6. Deputy fire chief; city of DeRidder; competitive appointment

RS 33:2541.6 - Deputy fire chief; city of DeRidder; competitive appointment
A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of DeRidder may create, by ordinance, the position of deputy fire chief in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for in R.S.33:2551, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the fire chief, subject to approval of the appointing authority. The position of deputy fire chief is not the same as the position of assistant fire chief.
(2) The governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the deputy fire chief in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may include direct supervision over all positions in the classified service below the rank of fire chief.
B.(1) The deputy fire chief shall not have less than seven years of full time fire service experience with the DeRidder Fire Department.
(2) Any person who holds the position of deputy fire chief may, while holding such position, apply for admission to the promotional examination for the class next higher than that from which he was appointed as deputy fire chief. However, the name and score of any deputy fire chief shall not be certified to the appointing authority by the civil service board as eligible for appointment to a position of the promotional class; his name and score shall be eligible for certification, in accordance with the maximum period for which a name may remain on the eligibility list in accordance with the provisions of this Part, only upon demotion to a position of the class from which he was appointed as deputy fire chief.
(3) Eligibility for admission to the competitive test for the position of deputy fire chief shall be limited to members of the DeRidder Fire Department.
C. Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified fire service to serve as deputy fire chief shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of deputy fire chief.
D. If a deputy fire chief is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.
Acts 2016, No. 284, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2542. Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated

RS 33:2542 - Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated
Any regular permanent employee who, subsequent to May 1, 1940, left a position of the departmental service which now comes within the classified service and entered the armed forces of the United States shall be restored to his position and, thereafter, shall 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 if he is physically and mentally capable of performing the work of his position to the satisfaction of the appointing authority.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2543. Classification plan

RS 33:2543 - Classification plan
As soon as practicable, but in all events within a period not to exceed eighteen months after this Part takes effect, each board shall adopt a classification plan for the fire and police service under its jurisdiction. 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 the fire and police service. The classification plan may be divided into groups of classes. The various classes of position 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, parish or fire protection district shall be prepared after consultation with the appointing authority, and shall be submitted by the state examiner to the board for its approval and adoption. The board may amend or revise the classification plan before adopting it. The state examiner shall advise and assist the board in all future classifications whenever requested to do so.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2544. Allocation of positions to classes

RS 33:2544 - Allocation of positions to classes
The board, or the chairman thereof subject to the subsequent approval of the board, as soon as practicable but within a period not exceeding forty-five days after the adoption of a classification plan, after consultation with the appointing authority 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.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2545. Use of class titles

RS 33:2545 - 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 adopted 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 Section. No employee shall be appointed, employed or paid under any title other than that of the class to which the position held by him is allocated.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2546. Status of incumbent of position when allocated

RS 33:2546 - Status of incumbent of position when allocated
Every person employed in the municipal fire and police service for a continuous period of at least six calendar months immediately preceding the date that this Part takes effect in the municipality, parish or fire protection district who was regularly and permanently appointed to a position coming under the classified service, shall be inducted into and be 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 deemed proper.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2547. Methods of filling vacancies

RS 33:2547 - 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. Re-employment
7. Temporary appointment
A vacancy shall be considered filled under any of the methods specified above, and employment thereunder shall be effective as of the date on which the employee enters upon the duties thereof.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2548. Demotion

RS 33:2548 - 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.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2549. Transfer

RS 33:2549 - Transfer
Any employee may be transferred from any position in the classified service to any other position of the same class within the classified service at the pleasure of the appointing authority, without notice to and confirmation by the board.
Any regular employee so transferred shall have the right of appeal to his board upon the grounds (1) that his transfer was made to a position not included within the class to which his position was previously allocated, or (2) that the position to which he has been transferred is not included within the classified service, or (3) the transfer was made deliberately to discriminate against him.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2551.1. Promotional employment lists; limitations

RS 33:2551.1 - Promotional employment lists; limitations
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2551, departmental service in any classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of police headquarters desk service, jailer, police matron, operations and maintenance of radio, police alarm or signal system, automotive or police apparatus repairs, secretary to the chief, or department records clerk shall not be counted by the municipal fire and police civil service board in determining the total departmental or promotional seniority in the departmental service of a person for purposes of ranking the name of that person on a promotional employment list for a classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of law enforcement, a position as chief or assistant chief, or a position as an intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon, or company officer of the police department.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to affect the pay, retirement, or any other benefit based upon departmental service of any person occupying a classified police position in the municipal fire and police civil service.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person employed in any such position prior to July 1, 2004.
Acts 2004, No. 428, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2553. Admission to tests

RS 33:2553 - Admission to tests
A. Admission to tests provided by the civil service board through the state examiner shall be as follows:
(1) Admission to a promotional test shall be limited to regular employees of the class next lower than that for which they are to be examined. However, the rules may provide for admission to be extended to applicants from any one or more of the next lower classes.
(2) Admission to competitive tests shall be open to all persons who meet the requirements provided by this Part and the rules of the board.
(3) Any applicant admitted to a test shall be a citizen of the United States, and of legal age.
(4) Special requirements or qualifications for admission to tests or for eligibility for appointment, such as age, education, physical requirements, and the like, may be established by rules adopted by the board, after consultation with the appointing authority. Any applicant, at the time of his appointment to a position in the classified service, must be of good health, good moral character, and of temperate and industrious habits.
(5) The board or the state examiner may reject the application of any person for admission to tests of fitness, or refuse any applicant to be tested, or may cancel the eligibility of any eligible on any employment list, who:
(a) Is found to lack any of the qualifications prescribed, or which may be legally prescribed, as requirements for admission to the tests for the class for which he has applied;
(b) Is physically unfit to perform effectively the duties of a position of the class;
(c) Is addicted to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquors to excess;
(d) Has been adjudged guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude or infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct;
(e) Has been found cheating on an exam;
(f) Has made a false statement of any material fact; or
(g) Has practiced or attempted to practice deception or fraud in securing eligibility for appointment or attempting to do so.
B. Any such facts also shall be considered cause for removal of any employee. The board shall reject any application filed after the time fixed for closing receipt of applications as announced in the public notice of the tests.
C. Any applicant admitted to the competitive examinations which may be called for by the state examiner pursuant to R.S. 33:2552(1)(c) or (2) shall be a citizen of the United States and of legal age.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1092, §1; Acts 2006, No. 212, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2019, No. 224, §1; Acts 2020, No. 38, §1; Acts 2022, No. 400, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2555.1. Recruit and recruit period

RS 33:2555.1 - Recruit and recruit period
A. Each person selected for appointment to an entry level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter, firefighter/operator, or police officer employment list who has demonstrated successful completion of formal training as provided in Subsection D of this Section prior to such appointment shall immediately begin the working test.
B.(1) Any person selected for appointment to an entry level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter, firefighter/operator, or police officer employment list who has not demonstrated successful completion of formal training as provided in Subsection D of this Section prior to such appointment shall be employed by the appointing authority and reported to the board as a recruit and, whenever practical or possible, shall immediately begin such formal training.
(2) The formal training shall be provided for through the appointing authority, and the period for such formal training shall be for the duration of not more than six months from the date of appointment. The formal training period shall conclude six months from the date of original appointment or upon the successful completion of the formal training, whichever occurs first, at which time the working test shall commence.
(3) The appointing authority shall, within fifteen days, advise the board of the appointment of the recruit as a probational firefighter, probational firefighter/operator, or probational police officer as the case may be.
C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require that a newly appointed firefighter, firefighter/operator, or police officer be terminated should he fail to enroll in or complete formal training within the six-month formal training period.
D.(1) Successful completion of formal training as required by this Section for a position in the classification of firefighter or firefighter/operator shall be demonstrated by certification as Firefighter I in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 1001.
(2) Successful completion of formal training as required by this Section for a position in the classification of police officer shall be demonstrated by certification from a peace officer standards and training accredited training program as provided by R.S. 40:2405(A).
Acts 2013, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2555.2. Recruit and recruit period; Fire Protection District No. 2 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish

RS 33:2555.2 - Recruit and recruit period; Fire Protection District No. 2 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in Fire Protection District No. 2 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish no person selected for appointment to an entry-level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter employment list who has not successfully completed formal training as required by Subsection B of this Section shall begin the working test period. However, such person shall be employed by the appointing authority and reported as a recruit and shall immediately begin his formal training.
B. Formal training for a person selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service shall mean the enrollment in and successful completion of a fire training academy provided for through the appointing authority. All persons selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service shall successfully complete the fire training academy whether or not such person was certified as a Firefighter I in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 1001 prior to his selection for appointment.
C. The fire training academy provided for in Subsection B of this Section shall be for a duration as determined by the appointing authority. Upon the successful completion of the fire training academy, the recruit shall immediately begin the working test period.
D. The appointing authority shall, within fifteen days, advise the board that the recruit has successfully completed the fire training academy and has begun the working test period as a probational firefighter.
E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require that a person selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service be terminated if he fails to enroll in or successfully complete the fire training academy as required by Subsection B of this Section.
Acts 2017, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2557. Leaves of absence

RS 33:2557 - Leaves of absence
The board shall adopt rules to provide for leaves of absence in the various classes of the classified service. Such rules shall provide for annual vacation and sick leaves with pay, and for special leaves with or without pay. They may provide for special extended leaves with or without pay or with reduced pay for employees disabled through injury or illness arising out of their employment. The right to regulate the time at which any employee may take an annual leave, or any other leave which is not beyond the control of the employee, shall be vested at all times in the appointing authority.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2558. Abolition of positions in the classified service

RS 33:2558 - Abolition of positions in the classified service
A. Whenever the appointing authority abolishes a position in the classified service and there is no position vacant in the respective class to which the regular employee of the abolished position may be transferred, the employee shall be transferred to any position of the same class which may be held by a provisional employee. If there is no such position, he shall be transferred to another position in the respective class, and the holder of that position thereupon shall be demoted in the order provided by R.S. 33:2548.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if an entire class in the police department for the city of DeRidder or Eunice is abolished in the classified service, the regular employees of the class shall be demoted to lower classes and priority to positions shall be governed by the total promotional seniority earned in the class, from highest to lowest. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of such persons shall be placed on the reinstatement list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1; Acts 2017, No. 93, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2559. Lay-offs

RS 33:2559 - Lay-offs
If for any reason the lowest class in the classified service, or the lowest class in a respective group of classes, as grouped by the classification plan, should become overburdened with the number of persons holding positions therein, and a reduction of personnel becomes necessary, the reduction shall be made only by laying off persons without pay. The order of removal shall begin with the person youngest in point of his accumulated total service in the departmental service and shall continue upward until all persons to be removed have been laid off. Lay-offs shall be made from positions only within the classes above set forth. The names of persons laid off, the date, the class or position held and the order in which such person was laid off shall be reported to the board by the appointing authority. Thereupon, the board shall enter such information upon the re-employment list applicable for the class from which each person was removed.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2561.1. Authorization for awarding attorney fees

RS 33:2561.1 - Authorization for awarding attorney fees
When an appeal is taken by an employee in the classified service pursuant to R.S. 33:2561 to a municipal, parish, or fire protection district fire and police civil service board and the board determines, in reversing the decision of the appointing authority, that the corrective or disciplinary action taken by the appointing authority was without just cause as provided in R.S. 33:2561, the board may award to the appealing employee attorney fees to be assessed against the appointing authority not to exceed five thousand dollars in any one appeal.
Acts 2022, No. 306, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2562. Oath, testimony, production of records; refusal to testify

RS 33:2562 - Oath, testimony, production of records; refusal to testify
Each member of the board shall have the same power and authority to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any investigation or hearing authorized by this Part as is possessed by the district courts of Louisiana. Any person who (1) fails to appear in response to a subpoena, (2) fails to answer any question, except those which may tend to incriminate him, (3) fails to produce any books or papers pertinent to any investigation or hearing, or (4) knowingly gives false testimony therein shall be subject to the penal provisions of this Part. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the district court within the jurisdiction of which the investigation is being carried on, or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, or resides, or transacts business, upon application of the board, shall have the requisite jurisdiction to issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the board, its member or agent, and to produce the required evidence or give testimony touching the matter under consideration or in question. Any person failing to obey such order may be punished by the court for contempt.
Any officer or employee in the classified service who wilfully refuses or fails to appear before any court, officer, board, body or person properly authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry, or any employee or officer who, having appeared, refuses to testify or answer any relevant question relating to the affairs of government of the municipality, parish or fire protection district or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof, except upon the ground that his testimony or answers would tend to incriminate him, shall, in addition to any other penalty to which he may be subject, forfeit his position, and shall not be eligible for appointment to any position in the classified service for a period of six years.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2563. Duties of officers and employees

RS 33:2563 - Duties of officers and employees
A. The appointing authority shall report to the board within fifteen days following any appointment or employment in a position in the classified service, unless otherwise provided, the name of the appointee, the title and character of his office or employment and the date the employee commenced work in the position. The appointing authority also shall report the date of and official action in, or knowledge of, any separation, promotion, demotion, suspension, lay-off, reinstatement, or re-employment in the classified service.
B. An officer or employee of the municipality, parish, or fire protection district shall comply with, and aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this Part and the rules, regulations, and orders. All officers and employees shall furnish any records or information which the board or state examiner requests for any purpose of this Part.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 2016, No. 669, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2565. Other prohibited acts

RS 33:2565 - Other prohibited acts
No person shall:
1. Make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under any of the provisions of this Part, or commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this Part, and the rules of the board.
2. Directly or indirectly give, render, pay, offer, solicit or accept any money, service or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in the classified service.
3. Defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in his right to examination, eligibility, certification or appointment under this Part, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the classified service.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2566. Legal services

RS 33:2566 - Legal services
If this Part or its enforcement by the board is called into question in any judicial proceedings, or if any person fails or refuses to comply with the lawful orders or directions of the board, the board may call upon the attorney general, or the chief legal officer of the municipality, parish or fire protection district under which the fire and police service functions or may employ independent counsel to represent it in sustaining this Part and enforcing it. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any municipal, parish or fire protection district officer, employee or private citizen from taking legal action in the courts to enforce the provisions of this Part or of any rules, order or other lawful action of the board.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2567. Penalties

RS 33:2567 - Penalties
Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Part or of the rules thereby authorized shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and shall, for a period of six years, be ineligible for appointment to or employment in any position of the classified service. If the offender is an officer or employee of the classified service, he shall forfeit his office or position.
Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2569. Assistant police chief; city of Westwego

RS 33:2569 - Assistant police chief; city of Westwego
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2541 or any other law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police for the city of Westwego shall be in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for any such position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city.
B.(1) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police.
(2) If any such person is demoted, or otherwise vacates the position on the approval of the chief of police, he shall be demoted to a position in the class he held immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If an assistant chief of police who is appointed from a position in the classified police service is subjected to corrective disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.
Acts 2004, No. 273, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2022, No. 704, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2570. City of Harahan; assistant chief of police

RS 33:2570 - City of Harahan; assistant chief of police
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2541 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police of Harahan is in the unclassified service. The right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position is vested in the chief of police of the city.
B.(1) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police. The assistant chief of police shall serve indefinitely in the position and shall be evaluated every three years by the chief of police. After each evaluation by the chief of police, the chief may reconfirm the assistant chief for another three-year period, or may, at his discretion, demote the assistant chief to his former class of position.
(2) If any such person is demoted as the result of such evaluation, or otherwise vacates the position on the approval of the chief of police, he shall be demoted to a position in the class he held immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If an assistant chief of police is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.
Acts 2011, No. 247, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2571. Assistant chief of police in certain municipalities

RS 33:2571 - Assistant chief of police in certain municipalities
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police in the municipalities of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville shall be in the unclassified service. The right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city.
B. Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment and shall continue to accumulate seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police.
Acts 2012, No. 644, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2572. Assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine

RS 33:2572 - Assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine is in the unclassified service. The right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city.
B. Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment and shall continue to accumulate seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police.
C. If any such person resigns from the position of assistant chief of police or is terminated for any reason other than malfeasance in office, he shall be eligible to be reemployed to the same position in the classified service in which he was employed immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If the position has been filled or no longer exists, the department shall employ him in a comparable position.
Acts 2014, No. 44, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2581. Development of heart and lung disease during employment in classified fire service; occupational disease

RS 33:2581 - Development of heart and lung disease during employment in classified fire service; occupational disease
Any disease or infirmity of the heart or lungs which develops during a period of employment in the classified fire service in the state of Louisiana shall be classified as a disease or infirmity connected with employment. The employee affected, or his survivors, shall be entitled to all rights and benefits as granted by the laws of the state of Louisiana to which one suffering an occupational disease is entitled as service connected in the line of duty, regardless of whether the fireman is on duty at the time he is stricken with the disease or infirmity. Such disease or infirmity shall be presumed, prima facie, to have developed during employment and shall be presumed, prima facie, to have been caused by or to have resulted from the nature of the work performed whenever same is manifested at any time after the first five years of employment.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 337, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 30, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2581.1. Development of hearing loss during employment in the classified fire service; occupational disease

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