reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1967.1. Manning of fire fighting apparatus in the city of Bogalusa

RS 33:1967.1 - Manning of fire fighting apparatus in the city of Bogalusa
A. As used in this Section, the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall mean any type of automotive equipment specially designed for fire fighting purposes and shall not include standard passenger motor vehicles.
B. Each unit of fire fighting apparatus operated by the city of Bogalusa shall at all times be manned by a fire fighter holding the rank of captain and a fire fighter holding the rank of engineer or driver, and all pumper units shall, in addition thereto, be manned by at least one fire fighter holding the rank of hoseman. Such a minimum crew shall be provided on each shift for each unit of fire fighting apparatus in service in the department. Each such unit shall be under the control of the captain assigned to that unit and shall be operated by the engineer or driver so assigned.
Acts 1985, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1967.2. Manning of fire fighting apparatus in Fire District Number Two of Rapides Parish

RS 33:1967.2 - Manning of fire fighting apparatus in Fire District Number Two of Rapides Parish
A. As used in this Section, the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall mean any type of automotive equipment specially designed for fire fighting purposes and shall not include standard passenger vehicles.
B. Each unit of fire fighting apparatus operated by Fire District Number Two of Rapides Parish shall at all times be manned by a fire fighter holding the rank of captain and a fire fighter holding the rank of engineer or driver. Such a minimum crew shall be provided on each shift for each unit of fire fighting apparatus in service in the department. Each such unit shall be under the control of the captain assigned to that unit and shall be operated by the engineer or driver so assigned.
Acts 1986, No. 592, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1970. Status of firemen on rolls January 1, 1928

RS 33:1970 - Status of firemen on rolls January 1, 1928
If, on January 1, 1928, the municipality had a population of one hundred thousand or more, the members of the fire department whose names appeared on the rolls thereof on that date are recognized as regularly appointed members of the department and entitled to all rights, including pension time, from the date of their appointment to or in connection with the department. This Section does not apply to substitute members of the department.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1971. Fire ground authority

RS 33:1971 - Fire ground authority
A.(1) When a situation develops which requires the services of and is responded to by the members of a fire department subject to this Subpart as provided in R.S. 33:1961, of a volunteer fire department, or of any other fire department, then the ranking fire protection or fire prevention officer from that jurisdiction dispatched to the scene shall have the sole authority, command, and control of all fire safety personnel and of all persons within the boundaries as described in Subsection B of this Section. However, in the event that the situation is a forest fire, grass fire, or other wildland fire that would come within the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, office of forestry, then the ranking forestry officer on the scene shall establish a unified command of equal authority with the ranking fire department officer on the scene to abate the incident. This authority, command, and control shall not in any manner restrict the authority of law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties at any scene. This authority, command, and control shall be known as the fire ground authority.
(2) For purposes of this Section, "that jurisdiction" shall mean the fire department jurisdiction in which the situation requiring services is located.
B. The boundaries of such fire ground authority, command, and control shall extend to the perimeters of the zone of danger, which zone shall be determined by the ranking fire protection or fire prevention officer and the chief law enforcement officer at the scene from that jurisdiction.
C. Defiance or violation of this authority, command, and control shall constitute fire fighting interference and shall be punishable in conformance with R.S. 14:206.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 770, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1108, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1972. Fire districts; personnel; exception

RS 33:1972 - Fire districts; personnel; exception
A. In all cities having a population of not less than thirty-five thousand and not more than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, and in all parishes and fire protection districts, fire districts are hereby established within the fire departments. No more than four fire stations in service shall be included within each fire district.
B.(1) In each such fire department, an assistant or deputy fire chief shall be on active duty on an assigned shift at all times, shall have general supervision over all fire districts, and shall be under the supervision of the chief of the fire department.
(2) A district fire chief shall also be on active duty on an assigned shift at all times in each fire district, and shall be in charge of the district and under the supervision of the assistant or deputy fire chief.
C. Each assistant, deputy, or district fire chief to whom this Section is applicable shall work the same work schedule as all other fire fighting personnel under his command.
D. For the purposes of this Section, "active duty" shall mean the active performance of duties and shall not be construed to mean time during which an assistant, deputy, or district fire chief is away from his place of duty subject to call.
E. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1382, §3, eff. June 1, 2000.
Acts 1984, No. 536, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 391, §1; Acts 1988, No. 392, §1; Acts 1988, No. 393, §1; Acts 1992, No. 158, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1382, §§1, 3 (§3 eff. June 1, 2000).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1973. Regulation of the department; safety equipment

RS 33:1973 - Regulation of the department; safety equipment
A.(1)(a) The fire department shall furnish to all full-time paid fire protection personnel who engage in fire fighting protective clothing which complies with minimum standards promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association (N.F.P.A.) or its successor.
(b) The term "protective clothing" shall mean garments including turnout coats, bunker coats, boots, gloves, trousers, and helmets worn by fire fighters in the course of performing fire fighting operations.
(2) The fire department may furnish the protective equipment by providing and maintaining the prescribed protective clothing.
B.(1) The fire department shall see to it that every self-contained breathing apparatus purchased by the department complies with the minimum approval and certification requirements of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or its successor.
(2) The department shall additionally provide for complete tests of all self-contained breathing apparatus utilized by the department at least once every ninety days. The tests shall conform with testing procedures recommended by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or the American National Standards Institute, Inc.
C. The department shall furnish the personnel who regularly engage in fire fighting with aerial ladders, fire pumpers, ground ladders, and fire hoses which meet the standards of the National Fire Protection Association or its successor and shall provide for the complete testing of this equipment at least once every year, according to N.F.P.A. standards.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to volunteer fire departments.
Acts 1984, No. 895, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1974. Fire departments; reimbursement of costs

RS 33:1974 - Fire departments; reimbursement of costs
A. Any fire department of a parish, municipality, or fire protection district, and any volunteer fire department shall have the authority to charge any person causing or contributing to a discharge of a hazardous or nonhazardous material or substance the extraordinary expenses associated with the following:
(1) Undertaking any remedial actions necessary to contain, abate, clean up, restore, or remove the discharge.
(2) Fighting a fire if such extraordinary expenses were incurred due to the presence of a material or substance which has been discharged.
B. The governing authority of any fire department of a parish, municipality, or fire protection district, and any volunteer fire department may charge an owner of immovable property onto or into which a hazardous or nonhazardous material or substance has been discharged the extraordinary expenses associated with the following if the property owner's negligence in complying with applicable laws, regulations, and fire codes with respect to the material or substance which has been discharged was a cause in fact of such expenses:
(1) Undertaking any remedial actions necessary to contain, abate, clean up, restore, or remove the discharge.
(2) Fighting a fire if such extraordinary expenses were incurred due to the presence of the material or substance which has been discharged.
C. Any fire department assessing charges for its costs for actions taken as provided in this Section shall submit an itemized invoice with corresponding receipts, and an explanation of each item or service for which reimbursement is requested, including an explanation of the extraordinary nature of the costs incurred. However, costs for equipment, supplies, or other items or services which tend to create a normal operating budget for the department or that supplement the department's existing budget beyond actual allowable costs for actions taken as provided in this Section shall not be allowed.
D.(1) The governing authority of any fire department assessing charges for its costs for actions taken as provided in this Section shall also have the authority to use any reasonable means to collect and enforce the collection of such costs.
(2) In any such action, the governing authority of any fire department shall be entitled to recover the amount of costs as provided in this Section, together with all costs of court and reasonable attorney fees.
Acts 1990, No. 742, §1; Acts 1995, No. 337, §1; Acts 1997, No. 29, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1975. Free and unhampered passage on toll bridges and ferries; firemen

RS 33:1975 - Free and unhampered passage on toll bridges and ferries; firemen
A. All firemen shall have free and unhampered passage on and over toll bridges and ferries in this state, regardless of whether the firemen are in uniform or in civilian clothes, if the firemen are performing firefighting or related duties. For purposes of this Section "related duties" shall include traversing to and from their place of employment. Except as provided herein, procedures currently in effect for Louisiana state police to sign a register when granted an exemption from tolls shall also apply to personnel granted an exemption pursuant to the provisions of this Section. However, firemen may have free and unhampered passage if they have a toll tag decal affixed to their windshield. For the purposes of this Section "firemen" shall be defined as in R.S. 33:1991(A).
B. Any volunteer fireman shall have free and unhampered passage on and over toll bridges and ferries in this state when such fireman is performing official firefighting or fire prevention services. "Volunteer fireman" shall include any person who is a member of an organized volunteer fire department and who provides firefighting or fire prevention services on a voluntary basis.
C.(1) The right of free passage on and over the Crescent City Connection Bridge at New Orleans for firemen shall be exercised only by means of automatic vehicular identification toll tags.
(2)(a) Upon the written request of the chief of a municipal or parish fire department or of a fire prevention district and payment of the deposit required by Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the Crescent City Connection Division of the Department of Transportation and Development shall issue to such department or district the number of automatic vehicular identification toll tags requested for use in connection with the exemption granted by this Section.
(b) Each fireman shall be charged a deposit of twenty-five dollars for the issuance of his tag. The deposit shall be refunded to such fireman upon the return of the tag to the division.
(3) The use of the automatic vehicular identification toll tags provided to a fire department or district shall be limited to bridge crossings made by firemen during the performance of fire fighting and related duties. The appropriate fire department or district shall be responsible for any crossing made using the automatic vehicular identification toll tag outside the scope of the exemption granted by this Section.
D. The Department of Transportation and Development shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act for the administration of the provisions of this Section on those toll bridges and ferries under their jurisdiction.
Acts 1992, No. 1072, §1; Acts 1993, No. 66, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1021, §1, eff. June 27, 2001; Acts 2007, No. 100, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1976. Naming of central fire station; city of Shreveport

RS 33:1976 - Naming of central fire station; city of Shreveport
The governing authority of the city of Shreveport may name the central fire station in honor of a former fire chief who meets the following criteria:
(1) He served in the fire department for more than forty-five years and as fire chief for more than twenty-five years.
(2) His service as chief ended prior to 1995.
Acts 2003, No. 710, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1981. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:1981 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1981.1. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.1. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:1981.1 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.1. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1991. Definitions

RS 33:1991 - Definitions
A.(1) The word "fireman", as used in this Subpart includes all persons employed or engaged full-time by municipalities or municipal fire departments, parishes or parish fire departments, or fire protection districts for firefighting, fire prevention, fire record clerk, fire investigation, fire protection, or emergency duties and services, or the fire training officers of such persons. The word "fireman" also includes employees of nonprofit corporations under contract with a fire protection district or other political subdivision to provide such services, including operators of the fire-alarm system when such operators are members of the regularly constituted fire department. The word "fireman" does not include carpenters, storekeepers, machinists, clerks, except fire record clerks, building hazard and similar inspectors, physicians, or other non-firefighting employees detailed for such special duties, nor does the word "fireman", except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, include employees of privately owned or operated firefighting or fire prevention services. The word "fireman" also does not include emergency medical technicians who work for a public emergency medical services system that is not engaged in traditional firefighting activities.
(2) A fireman shall be known as "apprentice fireman" for his first two years' active service. At the completion of two years' active service he shall be known as "first class fireman".
(3) "Engineer" means any fireman who drives, tillers, or otherwise chauffeurs any fire department apparatus.
B. The next three ranks and grades or classifications shall be:
(1) Lieutenant, where the municipality, parish or fire protection district deems the rank necessary;
(2) Captain;
(3) Assistant chief, battalion chief and district chief.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 132, §1; Act 1975, No. 109, §1; Acts 1991, No. 1000, §1, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 2015, No. 325, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1993. Payment of salaries; city of Lafayette and the Fire Protection District Number One of the parish of Ouachita; city of Crowley and city of Baton Rouge and fire protection districts within the parish of East Baton Rouge

RS 33:1993 - Payment of salaries; city of Lafayette and the Fire Protection District Number One of the parish of Ouachita; city of Crowley and city of Baton Rouge and fire protection districts within the parish of East Baton Rouge
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:1992, the city of Lafayette and the Fire Protection District Number One of the parish of Ouachita may pay the salaries of firemen either on a semimonthly basis, not later than the fifth and the twentieth day of the month, or on a biweekly basis.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:1992, the governing authority of the city of Crowley and the city of Baton Rouge and of any fire protection district located wholly within the parish of East Baton Rouge may pay the salaries of firemen employed by such governing authority on a biweekly basis.
Acts 1986, No. 639, §1; Acts 1987, No. 175, §1; Acts 1995, No. 32, §1, eff. May 25, 1995; Acts 2016, No. 235, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1994.1. Maximum consecutive hours of work; minimum consecutive hours off duty thereafter

RS 33:1994.1 - Maximum consecutive hours of work; minimum consecutive hours off duty thereafter
Except in the case of a bona fide emergency, such as a hurricane, other natural disaster, or terrorist attack, no fireman as defined in R.S. 33:1991(A) shall be required to be on duty with a municipal fire department, parish fire department, or fire protection district for more than seventy-two consecutive hours. Any fireman who has been on duty for seventy-two consecutive hours shall be entitled to be off duty for a minimum of twenty-four hours before being required to return to duty.
Acts 2008, No. 329, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1995. Sick leave

RS 33:1995 - Sick leave
Every fireman in the employ of a municipality, parish or fire protection district to which this Sub-part applies, shall be entitled to full pay during sickness or incapacity not brought about by his own negligence or culpable indiscretion for a period of not less than fifty-two weeks.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 132, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1995.1. Sick pay reduced by workers' compensation

RS 33:1995.1 - Sick pay reduced by workers' compensation
A fireman employed by any municipality, parish or fire protection district who draws full pay during sickness or incapacity shall have such pay decreased by the amount of workers' compensation benefits actually received by the employee.
Acts 1966, No. 165, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1996. Annual vacation

RS 33:1996 - Annual vacation
Firemen in municipalities, parishes and fire protection districts to which this Subpart applies, after having served one year, shall be entitled to an annual vacation of eighteen days with full pay. This vacation period shall be increased one day for each year of service over ten years, up to a maximum vacation period of thirty days, all of which shall be with full pay. The vacation privileges herein provided for shall not be forfeited by any member of the department for any cause. Firemen employed on January 6, 1969 shall have their present longevity considered as a factor in the computation of their vacation benefits as provided herein.
The provisions of this section shall in no way be construed to affect in any manner any presently existing system of computing vacation periods under which greater vacation benefits are granted than those provided for herein and the same shall continue in full force and effect.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 132, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 57, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1997. Penalty for violations

RS 33:1997 - Penalty for violations
A. No official or executive officer of any fire department or municipal, parish or fire protection district officer or fire board member affected by this Sub-part shall permit any violation of the provisions of this Sub-part.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisoned not less than ten days, nor more than sixty days, or both. Each day the violation is permitted to occur constitutes a separate offense.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 132, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1999. Work on holidays

RS 33:1999 - Work on holidays
A. Firefighters in municipalities, parishes, and fire protection districts who are required to work on holidays as provided for in Subsection B of this Section shall receive in addition to the compensation to which such employee would be entitled under laws and pay plans now in effect, compensation at the rate of one times his usual salary, to be determined by reducing his average monthly salary to an hourly scale; provided that in lieu of additional compensation, governing authorities, at their option, may grant fire department employees time off from work for which such additional compensation would be due and payable to said employees.
B. Firefighters in municipalities, parishes, and fire protection districts shall be entitled to not less than ten holidays per year. Such holidays shall be named by the governing authority of the municipality, parish, or fire protection district pursuant to their established holiday policy.
Acts 1962, No. 133, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 336, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1001, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2008. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1666.7. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2008 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1666.7. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2009. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1666.8. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2009 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1666.8. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2010. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1666.9. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2010 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1666.9. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2012. Fire Service Bill of Rights

RS 33:2012 - Fire Service Bill of Rights
A. This Section may be referred to as the "Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights".
B. There is hereby established a Fire Service Bill of Rights to promote the rights of members of the fire service in Louisiana and to insure that their rights are safeguarded and protected. This Fire Service Bill of Rights consists of a statement, in nontechnical terms, of the rights of members of the fire service and obligations to them. The rights afforded members of the fire service are available insofar as they are implemented in accordance with the Constitution of Louisiana and Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the administrative rules of state and local governmental entities, and the budgetary consideration of state and local governmental entities. To this end, this Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights is enacted.
C. The Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights promotes the following rights for the members of fire service in Louisiana:
(1) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be recognized as first responder to all domestic emergencies.
(2) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be adequately protected from the dangers associated with emergency response.
(3) Promotes the preparation of first responder families so members of the fire service can focus on their mission of responding to domestic emergencies.
(4) Promotes each member of a fire services right to have their families provided for in the event of tragic death related to performance on the job.
(5) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be educated in the latest fire and life safety sciences.
(6) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be provided with state-of-the-art equipment and apparatus to better handle all emergency situations.
(7) Promotes each member of a fire services right to share innovative fire and life safety programs that have proven successful across the nation.
(8) Promotes each member of a fire services right to fully understand and be able to effectively respond to incidents involving the transportation, storage, and use of hazardous materials.
(9) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be fully informed of the threat of contracting infectious diseases during the course of life safety activities.
(10) Promotes each member of a fire services right to expect that the people of Louisiana will become full partners in the struggle to preserve life and property from the ravages of fire and other disasters.
(11) Promotes each member of a fire services right to celebrate the proud history of the American fire and emergency services personnel and the sacrifices they have made for communities across the nation.
Acts 2003, No. 943, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2013. Fire suppression employees; city of New Orleans; maximum hiring age requirement

RS 33:2013 - Fire suppression employees; city of New Orleans; maximum hiring age requirement
A. The fire department of the city of New Orleans shall adopt a written policy establishing a maximum age requirement for any person hired as a fire suppression employee of such department. The written policy shall provide that no person shall be hired by the department as a fire suppression employee who exceeds thirty-five years of age at the time the person is hired as a fire suppression employee. Such maximum age requirement shall not apply to a person hired by the department as a fire suppression employee who is a fireman as defined in R.S. 33:1991 immediately prior to being so hired.
B. The provisions of this Section shall be superseded by any applicable state or federal law governing age discrimination.
Acts 2005, No. 436, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2021. Municipalities and persons affected

RS 33:2021 - Municipalities and persons affected
R.S. 33:2022 through 33:2042 apply to any municipality, whether existing under special charter or under general law, having a population of less than twenty-five thousand and maintaining a regular fire department with equipment of the value of not less than one thousand dollars.
As used in R.S. 33:2022 through 33:2042, the word "fireman" includes persons employed or engaged by the municipality in fire fighting or fire prevention services, including operators of fire alarms or signal systems, and the chief of the department. It does not include employees of privately owned and operated fire fighting or fire prevention services.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2022. Election to authorize disability and relief fund

RS 33:2022 - Election to authorize disability and relief fund
A special election for the purpose of submitting to the property taxpayers of the municipality the proposition of inaugurating a system of disability and relief payments for its firemen and of creating a special fund known as "The Disability and Relief Fund for Firemen," hereinafter referred to as "the fund," must be called by the governing authority of the municipality before it creates the fund. The election shall be held in accordance with the regulations for special elections set forth in Title 39, Sub-title II, Chapter 4, Part II.* If a majority in number and amount of the votes cast are in favor of the proposition, the governing authority may create the fund.
If the fund has been created under Act 303 of 1940** and is in force on the effective date of these Revised Statutes, it is continued in effect subject to the following Sections, through R.S. 33:2042; the rights of all persons with regard to the fund, which exist on the effective date of these Revised Statutes, are continued in effect.
*R.S. 39:501 to 39:518. See, now, R.S. 18:1281 et seq.
**R.S. 33:2021 et seq.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2023. Maintenance of fund

RS 33:2023 - Maintenance of fund
The governing authority may appropriate and pay into the fund out of the annual revenues of the municipality a sum not to exceed the equivalent of one mill on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property in the municipality. This amount from the general revenues shall be discontinued by the municipal government whenever the interest from the fund is sufficient to pay all disability and relief benefits which are charged against the fund. When the interest from the fund becomes insufficient to meet the charges of disability and relief the municipal government may reinstate the amount from the general revenues for the purpose of building up the fund until the interest is sufficient to pay the obligations of the fund.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2024. Salary deductions; donations; source of fund

RS 33:2024 - Salary deductions; donations; source of fund
The municipality shall each month deduct from the salary of each paid fireman one per cent of the amount thereof and pay the amount deducted into the fund. The municipality may receive any donations or bequests to the fund. The fund shall be maintained by the salary deductions, by any donations that are made to it, and by the appropriations provided for in R.S. 33:2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2026. Administration of fund

RS 33:2026 - Administration of fund
The fund shall be controlled, managed, and administered exclusively by The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Disability and Relief Fund, hereinafter referred to as "the board".
A board created under Act 303 of 19401 and existing on the effective date of these Revised Statutes is continued in effect, subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:2021 through 33:2042.
1R.S. 33:2021 et seq.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2027. Board of trustees of fund

RS 33:2027 - Board of trustees of fund
The board shall be a corporate body politic and shall be composed of:
(1) The mayor or chief executive of the municipality.
(2) The clerk or secretary of the municipality.
(3) The chief of the fire department.
(4) Two active firemen, appointed by the mayor or chief executive with the advice and consent of his council.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2031. Powers and duties of board

RS 33:2031 - Powers and duties of board
The board shall:
(1) Make regulations necessary for the administration of the fund;
(2) Hear and decide applications for benefits;
(3) Retain and provide compensation for legal, medical, clerical, or other services necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the fund;
(4) Deduct the amounts provided from the salaries of the active participants in the fund and pay them into the treasury of the fund;
(5) Certify to the levying authority the amount of revenues required;
(6) Cause the examination of every disability pensioner or beneficiary at least once a year;
(7) Keep all necessary records of its meetings and proceedings;
(8) Annually, at the close of the fiscal year, cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the fund, showing number of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received, and present condition and manner of investment of the fund; and
(9) Keep a book to be known as "List of Retired Firemen." This book shall give a complete record of the action of the board in retiring or pensioning all persons, showing the names, dates of entering the service, date of removal from active service, and the reason for such action.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2032. Compensation of board; expenditures to preserve fund

RS 33:2032 - Compensation of board; expenditures to preserve fund
The members of the board shall receive no compensation from the fund. The board may make payments from the fund for its preservation and administration. These expenditures are limited to what is necessary to safeguard and administer the fund by means of court proceedings, and stenographic and clerical assistance.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2033. Duties of secretary

RS 33:2033 - Duties of secretary
The secretary of the board shall keep in books, provided for the purpose, a complete record of all proceedings of the board, particularly with reference to investing money belonging to the fund which proceedings shall be spread upon the minutes in full. He shall file and keep all correspondence of the board and shall perform other duties assigned him by the board, including the preparation of warrants for the various disbursements from the fund and the keeping of an accurate record thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2034. Investment of funds

RS 33:2034 - Investment of funds
The board may at any time, after considering the probable current demands upon the fund, determine what portion of the fund may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes. All proceedings relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. Investments shall be only in interest-bearing bonds of the United States, the state or any political subdivision thereof. All income from such investments shall be a part of the fund. All securities shall be deposited with the fiscal agent of the municipality, and its receipt therefor filed with the governing authority of the municipality.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2035. Fund not subject to claims against beneficiary

RS 33:2035 - Fund not subject to claims against beneficiary
The fund, or any portion thereof, before or after an order for its distribution is issued, shall be exempt from assignment or pledge by a beneficiary of the fund or from seizure by virtue of any judicial process issued against the beneficiary.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2037. Effect of receipt of workers' compensation or social security payments

RS 33:2037 - Effect of receipt of workers' compensation or social security payments
When a person entitled to benefits from the fund is covered by a workers' compensation insurance policy or any other type of insurance policy paid for by the municipality or fire company, or is entitled to benefits under social security legislation, and receives benefits from the insurance policies or social security legislation equal to or greater than the benefits herein provided, he shall not receive any benefits from the fund.
Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2039. Proration of funds when insufficient for full payment

RS 33:2039 - Proration of funds when insufficient for full payment
Should the fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the beneficiaries shall not have a right of legal action against the municipality, or its governing authority, or the board, for the full amounts of their claims, but the amounts available shall be properly prorated until such time as the fund is sufficient to make full payments.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2041. Discontinuation of disability and relief system

RS 33:2041 - Discontinuation of disability and relief system
The governing authority of the municipality may discontinue the fund and the system of disability and relief for firemen. The fund and the system, however, shall continue as to paid firemen of the municipality already in service and entitled to participation in the fund.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2043. Authority to insure volunteer firemen

RS 33:2043 - Authority to insure volunteer firemen
The governing authority of any municipal corporation may expend out of its public funds the necessary amount to secure insurance or compensation for volunteer firemen killed or injured, while going to, returning from, or attending fires in the municipality or territory adjacent thereto.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2101. Contracts for provision of fire protection services

RS 33:2101 - Contracts for provision of fire protection services
A. The governing authority of any municipality with a population of not less than seven thousand persons as of the most recent federal decennial census or any parish or fire protection district which maintains a full-time, regularly paid fire department may, subject to Subsection B of this Section, enter into a contract with a private entity for the provision of fire protection services.
B.(1) No such governing authority shall enter into such a contract until such action has been approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality, parish, or fire protection district, as the case may be, voting at an election held for such purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. Any such governing authority may cause a proposition to authorize such contract to be placed on the ballot for such purpose.
(2) A question submitted to the voters pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall appear on the ballot in the following form: "Shall (insert the name of the political subdivision) contract with a private company for the provision of fire protection services?"
Acts 1999, No. 1161, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1161, §2 relative to existing contracts and contracts with volunteer fire departments.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2182. Release of personal information

RS 33:2182 - Release of personal information
No person, agency, or department shall release to the news media, press, or other public information agency a fire employee's home address, photograph, or any information that may be deemed otherwise confidential, without the express written consent of the fire employee, with respect to an investigation of the fire employee.
Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2183. Personnel files

RS 33:2183 - Personnel files
A. No fire employee shall have any comment adverse to his or her interest entered in his or her personnel file or any other file used for any personnel purposes by his employer without the fire employee having first read and signed the instrument containing the adverse comment indicating that he or she is aware of such comment, except that such entry may be made if, after reading such instrument, the fire employee refuses to sign it. Should a fire employee refuse to sign, that fact shall be noted on the document and signed or initialed by such fire employee.
B. A fire employee shall have thirty days within which to file a written response to any adverse comment entered in his or her personnel file. Such written response shall be attached to and shall accompany the adverse comment.
Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2184. Disclosure of finances

RS 33:2184 - Disclosure of finances
No fire employee shall be required to disclose for the purpose of promotion or assignment any item of his or her property, income, assets, debts, or expenditures or those of any member of such fire employee's household.
Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2186. Investigations

RS 33:2186 - Investigations
A. Any investigation of a fire employee which is conducted pursuant to this Subpart shall be completed within sixty days, including the conducting of any pre-disciplinary hearing or conference. However, in each political subdivision which is governed by R.S. 33:2471 et seq., the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Law or R.S. 33:2531 et seq., the Fire and Police Civil Service Law for Small Municipalities and for Parishes and Fire Protection Districts, the fire department may petition the local governing authority for an extension of the time within which to complete the investigation.
B. The governing authority shall set the matter for hearing and shall provide notice of the hearing to the fire employee who is under investigation. The fire employee who is under investigation shall have the right to attend the hearing and to present evidence and arguments against the extension. If the governing authority finds that the fire department has shown good cause for the granting of an extension of time within which to complete the investigation, it shall grant an extension of up to sixty days.
C. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the fire employee under investigation and the appointing authority from entering into a written agreement extending the investigation for up to an additional sixty days. Nothing in this Section shall limit any investigation of alleged criminal activity. Further, nothing herein shall affect any investigatory procedures collectively bargained in any jurisdiction.
Acts 2004, No. 262, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2192. Division of policemen into platoons; transfer

RS 33:2192 - Division of policemen into platoons; transfer
A. The officer having management of the department shall divide the members thereof into three platoons.
B. The proper authority in the department may transfer a member from one platoon to another, but only for the good of the service.
Amended by Acts 1982, No. 221, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2193. Substitutes; continuous duty during emergency

RS 33:2193 - Substitutes; continuous duty during emergency
Salaries of the members of the department shall not be reduced below the level paid on July 27, 1920. Substitutes shall be furnished whenever necessary. In cases of emergency, the officer having the management of the department may summon and keep on continuous duty any members of the department as long as the emergency exists.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2195. Providing necessary personnel

RS 33:2195 - Providing necessary personnel
A. The superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department shall provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the objects of this Subpart.
B. The superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department may appoint reserve personnel as unpaid volunteer litter-watch agents, as trained under the auspices of the superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department.
Acts 1990, No. 887, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2196. Rules and regulations; status of policemen on roll January 1, 1928

RS 33:2196 - Rules and regulations; status of policemen on roll January 1, 1928
The superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department may adopt regulations for the government of the department except substitutes. All members of the department whose names appear on the rolls thereof on January 1, 1928 are recognized as regularly appointed members of the department.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2201. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.2. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

RS 33:2201 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.2. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2211. Applicability; definition of "employee of police department"

RS 33:2211 - Applicability; definition of "employee of police department"
A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and as otherwise specified in R.S. 33:2212.1, provisions of this Subpart shall apply to municipalities having a population of not less than twelve thousand nor more than two hundred fifty thousand.
(2)(a) R.S. 33:2214 shall not apply to the city of Westwego.
(b) The provisions of this Subpart, including R.S. 33:2212.1, shall not apply to the city of Mandeville.
B. The term "employee of a police department" as used in this Subpart shall include all persons employed or engaged full time and paid by the municipalities affected by this Subpart, for the enforcement of laws and ordinances and the general preservation of the public peace and order, including jailers and radio operators not otherwise classified, but shall not include or mean pound keepers, dog catchers, janitors, porters, elevator operators, chefs, kitchen helpers and workers, mechanics and mechanical helpers, special guards, physicians, carpenters, sign painters, any part-time or temporary employee, or any other employment of such special nature.
Acts 1986, No. 671, §1; Acts 2014, No. 77, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 77, §2 regarding retroactive effect of Subsection A as amended by the Act.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2212.1. Minimum salaries; municipalities between seven and twelve thousand population

RS 33:2212.1 - Minimum salaries; municipalities between seven and twelve thousand population
A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the governing body of each municipality having a population of not less than seven thousand nor more than twelve shall pay each employee of its police department a salary of not less than the minimum rate of pay established in accordance with the grades, ranks or classes of positions as provided in this Section.
B. The minimum monthly salary to be paid any full time employee of a police department shall be three hundred dollars, and for officers of the grades listed below shall be as hereinafter set forth:
(1) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of sergeant, not less than three hundred and thirty dollars per month.
(2) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of lieutenant, not less than three hundred and forty-five dollars per month.
(3) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of captain, not less than three hundred and seventy-five dollars per month.
(4) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of major, not less than four hundred and five dollars per month.
(5) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of assistant chief of police, not less than four hundred and twenty dollars per month.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 180, §1.