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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2411. Nature of tests; eligibility for tests; adaptation for candidates with disabilities

RS 33:2411 - Nature of tests; eligibility for tests; adaptation for candidates with disabilities
A. Tests of fitness for original entrance and for promotion shall be competitive, and open to all citizens who, if over eighteen years of age, are qualified voters of the city and who meet the prerequisites established for admission to the tests as specified in the rules or in the public notices of the tests. The prerequisites may relate to age, sex, residence, health, habits, physical characteristics, experience, moral character, training, education, and other qualifications, and, in the case of promotion tests, to service in positions of classes for which lower maximum pay is prescribed involving experience tending to qualify for positions of the classes sought. Whenever, after diligent effort, it has been found impracticable to obtain a sufficient number of eligibles who are citizens and, if over eighteen years of age, are qualified voters of the city, for positions of any class, persons otherwise qualified who are not citizens may be admitted to the tests and may become eligible for appointment and be appointed to such positions subject to all other provisions of this Part. The tests for positions of each class shall be practical in their character and, so far as possible, shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the candidates to discharge the duties of characteristic positions of the class to which they seek to be appointed with due reference also to ability to develop in such ways as to merit advancement to positions of higher classes. The tests may include written or oral questions, trials in the performance of work characteristic of the class, inquiries into facts relating to education or experience or accomplishments, and investigations of the records and success attained and of personal characteristics, or any combination of these and other elements duly related to the purposes of the tests. Promotion tests shall be based on the same standards of required qualifications as original entrance tests for the same classes, and the same degrees of excellence in the tests shall be required for eligibility. No question shall be so framed as to elicit information concerning the political, factional, or religious opinions or affiliations of an applicant.
B. Unless such skills are a bona fide occupational qualification of the position for which application is made, testing procedures shall be adapted for administration to candidates with disabilities that impair sensory, manual, or speaking skills. Public notice shall be given of the availability of these testing procedures.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 213, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §17, eff. June 23, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2412. Admission to tests

RS 33:2412 - Admission to tests
The director shall, subject to the rules, determine the qualifications for admission to any test. Subject to limitations as to age and other requirements and qualifications fixed by the rules in the interests of the service, admission to tests shall be open to all persons who possess the required qualifications and may be lawfully appointed to a position in the class for which a list is to be established. The director, subject to the rules, may reject the application of any person for admission to tests of fitness or refuse to test any applicant, or may cancel the eligibility of any eligible on any employment list, who is found to lack any of the qualifications prescribed as requirements for admission to the tests for the class for which he has applied, or who is physically unfit to perform effectively the duties of a position of the class, or who is addicted to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquors to excess, or who has been adjudged guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude or infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or who has been dismissed from the public service for delinquency or misconduct, or who has made a false statement of any material fact or has practiced or attempted to practice deception or fraud in his application or in his tests or otherwise in securing eligibility for appointment or attempting so to do. Any such facts shall also be considered cause for removal of any employee.
The director shall reject any application filed after the time fixed for closing receipt of applications as announced in the public notice of the tests, or after a specified number of applications, announced in the public notice of the tests, has been received.
The provisions and requirements of this Section and R.S. 33:2407, 33:2410, 33:2411, and 33:2413 as to methods of filling vacancies, establishment of promotional lists and employment lists, eligibility and original entrance competitive tests and admission to tests may be waived or dispensed with by the commission in its discretion in whole or in part in case of original appointment for unskilled labor, including custodial workers, attendants, street cleaners, garbage workers, janitors, food service workers, porters, and other unskilled workers. Such laborers and workers may be selected and appointed by the appointing authority under such conditions and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the commission may from time to time adopt. Any public employees described in this paragraph, when once duly appointed by the appointing authority in accordance with the rules adopted by the commission, shall be regular employees in the classified service.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2413. Simplified form of tests

RS 33:2413 - Simplified form of tests
In every instance where this Part requires that a position be filled by competitive examination, the examination or tests which are given shall be truly competitive in character. No provision to fill the position by a non-competitive examination shall be deemed to be in effect under the provisions of this Part. But the director, subject to the rules, may provide for simplified types of competitive tests, and of procedures for rating their results, and for establishment of employment lists and certification there under his supervision, by designated representatives on the staffs of local establishments or otherwise, in the cases of any classes for which such action seems desirable.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2414. Public notice of tests

RS 33:2414 - Public notice of tests
The director shall give public notice of each entrance test at least two weeks in advance of the test by posting a notice thereof on the bulletin board maintained in or near the office of the department and by publishing a brief abstract of the notice in the official journal of the city. He shall give public notice of each promotion test at least two weeks in advance of the test by posting a notice thereof on such bulletin board and in such other manner as he considers appropriate to furnish information thereof to employees who are eligible for admission to the test.
Each official notice of a test shall state the duties and pay of positions in the class for which the test is to be held, the qualifications required therefor, the time, place and manner of making application for admission to the test, the estimated number of vacancies to be filled, and any other information which the director considers pertinent and useful.
The director may also advertise tests in professional and trade publications, post notices thereof in schools and colleges, and employ any other methods of publicizing tests which he considers appropriate. He may publish a periodic bulletin containing information about all tests to be sent to subscribers at a price approximately the cost of the publication.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2415. Results of tests

RS 33:2415 - Results of tests
The rating of each test shall be completed and the resulting list established not later than ninety days after the date on which the test was held, unless the time is extended by the director for reasons which he shall record in the official records of the department. Each person competing in any test shall be given written notice of his final earned rating and of his relative standing on the list, or of his failure to attain a place on the list. Each person competing in a test shall, in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission, be entitled to inspect his ratings and test papers. A manifest error in rating a test shall be corrected if called to the attention of the director within one month after the establishment of the list, but such correction shall not invalidate any appointment previously made from such a list. From the results of the tests for any class, the director shall cause to be prepared an employment list for the class, with the names of those persons who have met the minimum requirements imposed for each test and who have received at least the average rating required for eligibility, placed thereon in the order of such average ratings, from the highest to the lowest. Separate lists shall be established of eligibles resulting from tests for original entrance and those from tests for promotion.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2417. Working tests

RS 33:2417 - Working tests
Every person appointed to a position in the classified service after certification of his name from an original entrance employment list or a promotion list shall be tested by a working test while occupying the position. The period of the working test shall commence immediately upon appointment and shall continue for the time, not less than six months nor more than one year, established by the director subject to the rules. At the times during the working test period and in the manner which the director requires, the appointing authority shall report to the director his observation of the employee's work, and his judgment as to the employee's willingness and ability to perform his duties satisfactorily, and as to his habits and dependability. At any time during his working test period, after the first two months thereof, the appointing authority may remove an employee if, in the opinion of the appointing authority, the working test indicates that (1) the employee is unable or unwilling to perform his duties satisfactorily or (2) his habits and dependability do not merit his continuance in the service. Upon the removal, the appointing authority shall forthwith report to the director and to the employee removed his action and the reason therefor. No more than three employees shall be removed successively from the same position during their working test periods without the approval of the director. The appointing authority may remove an employee within the first two months of his working test period only with the approval of the director. The director may remove an employee during his working test period if he finds, after giving him notice and an opportunity to be heard, that the employee was appointed as a result of fraud or error.
Ten days prior to the expiration of an employee's working test period, the appointing authority shall notify the director in writing whether the services of the employee have been satisfactory and whether he will continue the employee in his position. A copy of the notice shall be given to the employee ten days prior to the expiration of his working test period. Upon approval by the director of a favorable report, the appointment of the employee shall be complete at the expiration of the working test period. Failure by an appointing authority to give the ten days' notice to the director and a copy thereof to the employee shall have the same force and effect as a satisfactory report.
If any employee is removed from his position during or at the end of his working test period, and the director determines that he is suitable for appointment to another position, his name may be restored to the list from which it was certified. If the employee was a regular employee in another position in the classified service immediately prior to his appointment, his name may be placed on the reemployment list for the class of the position in which he was a regular employee.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2420. Hours of work, holidays, attendance, and leave

RS 33:2420 - Hours of work, holidays, attendance, and leave
The rules shall provide for the hours of work, vacations, holidays, attendance regulations, and leaves of absence in the various classes of positions in the classified service. They shall contain provisions for annual, sick, and special leaves of absence with or without pay or with reduced pay, and may allow special extended leaves for employees disabled through injury or illness arising out of their employment, and the accumulation of annual and sick leaves. They shall contain provisions for leaves of absence for women for a reasonable time prior to and after childbirth. When an employee is transferred by mutual consent, or by virtue of a promotion, from a position under one organization unit to a position under another, the value of any unused annual leave earned by him shall be computed and payment for it shall be made by the organization unit under whose employment the annual leave was earned to the organization unit to which the employee is transferred. The organization unit to which the employee is transferred shall credit the employee with the number of days annual leave for which it has received payment.
Funds transferred by one organization unit to another organization unit in payment of accumulated annual leave shall be available to the receiving organization unit for payroll purposes over and above any funds appropriated to the organization unit. The rules shall contain provisions relating to the payment to an employee of accrued annual leave when an employee's services with the city are terminated under conditions which make, in accordance with the rules, the employee eligible for payment of accrued annual leave. When an employee is transferred from a position under one appointing authority to a position under another, his accumulated unused sick leave shall be transferred with him.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2422. Lay-offs

RS 33:2422 - Lay-offs
Whenever a position in the classified service is abolished or needs to be vacated because of stoppage of work from lack of funds or other cause the employee of the class involved in the organization unit affected with the lowest average service rating for the last three years of his service or for the entire period, if less than three years, shall be laid off without pay. When service ratings are not available, the employee with the lowest value to the service as ascertained and determined by the director by such means as he may deem most effective, shall be laid off. The appointing authority shall give written notice to the director of every proposed lay-off a reasonable time before the effective date thereof, and the director shall make such orders relating thereto as he considers necessary to secure compliance with the rules. The name of every regular employee laid off shall be placed on the appropriate reemployment list.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2423. Corrective or disciplinary action for maintaining standards of service

RS 33:2423 - Corrective or disciplinary action for maintaining standards of service
A. When any employee in the classified service is unable or unwilling to perform the duties of his position in a satisfactory manner or has committed any act to the prejudice of the service, or has omitted to perform any act that it was his duty to perform, or otherwise has become subject to corrective action, the appointing authority shall take action warranted by the circumstances to maintain the standards of effective service. The action may extend to (1) removal from the service, (2) retirement under any provision of law applicable, (3) reduction in pay to the next lower rate in the scale for the class, (4) demotion to any position of a lower class that the employee is deemed by the appointing authority and the director to be competent to fill, or (5) suspension without pay for a period not exceeding in the aggregate sixty days in any continuous period of twelve months, or (6) reprimand or other less drastic measure of discipline which the appointing authority considers proper.
B. In every case of removal or reduction in pay of any employee in a competitive position in the classified service or of involuntary retirement or demotion of the employee, the appointing authority shall furnish the employee and the director a statement in writing of the reasons therefor. The director shall notify the employee in writing at his last known address that he has a right to make a reply in writing, shall receive and consider the reply, and may make an investigation of the facts. The director likewise may make investigation, of his own motion, of the case of any employee whose record of service seems to be unsatisfactory, or who is charged with the commission or omission of specific acts to the detriment of the service. He may make to the appointing authority a report and recommendations for action, on the basis of the facts ascertained. Where such action seems to be warranted by the facts, the director, in the case of any employee in the classified service removed or involuntarily retired or demoted by action of any appointing authority, may authorize the transfer of the employee concerned to a position of the class previously occupied by him under another appointing authority with the consent of the authority, or place his name on the reemployment list for the class for certification to other appointing authorities. Upon written request of an employee and with the approval of the director, the employee may be demoted, or be retired under any optional provisions of law, without compliance with the requirements of this Section.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 472, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2424. Appeals by employees to the commission

RS 33:2424 - Appeals by employees to the commission
Any regular employee in the classified service, subject to the provisions of this Part, or the rules made pursuant thereto, who deems that he has been removed, dismissed, retired, reduced in pay, demoted, subjected to a second suspension of sixty days or less without pay, or subjected to any other disciplinary action set out in R.S. 33:2423, without just cause, may, within sixty days of the action demand a hearing to determine the reasonableness of the action, and the commission shall grant the employee a hearing within forty-five days after receipt of the request. In the event the hearing is not held within the forty-five day period the employee shall be forthwith reinstated in his position with full pay for lost time, but this shall not jeopardize the right of the commission to finally determine the matter at a later date. After hearing and considering the evidence for and against the disciplinary action, the commission shall approve or disapprove the action. In case of approval the disciplinary action shall be deemed final as ordered. In case of disapproval the commission shall reinstate the employee under the conditions which it deems proper, and may order full pay for lost time.
If the commission finds that the disciplinary action was for religious or political reasons, then the employee shall forthwith be reinstated in his position and be reimbursed for any loss of pay occasioned by the disciplinary action.
The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to temporary appointments as defined in R.S. 33:2419, and employees during their working test period as provided for in R.S. 33:2417.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2426. Oaths, testimony, and production of records; refusal to testify

RS 33:2426 - Oaths, testimony, and production of records; refusal to testify
The commission, each member of the commission, and the director may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any investigation or hearing authorized by this Part. Any person who fails to appear in response to a subpoena or to answer any question or produce any books or papers pertinent to any such investigation or hearing or who knowingly gives false testimony therein shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 33:2432. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any district court within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is 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 by the commission, shall have jurisdiction to issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the commission, its member, agent or agency and to produce evidence, if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under consideration or in question; and any failure to obey the order of court may be punished by the court as a contempt.
If any officer or employee in the city service or any officer or employee of the state or political subdivision of the state wilfully refuses or fails to appear before any court or judge, or any legislative committee, or any officer, board, or body authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry, or if the employee or officer having appeared, refuses to testify or answer any question relating to the affairs or government of the city or the conduct of any city officer or employee on the ground that his testimony or answers would tend to incriminate him, or refuses to waive immunity from prosecution on account of any matter about which he is asked to testify at any such hearing or inquiry, he shall forfeit his position and shall not be eligible for appointment to any position in the classified service of the city for a period of two years.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2427. Duties of city officers and employees

RS 33:2427 - Duties of city officers and employees
Each appointing officer shall report to the director forthwith in writing upon any appointment or employment in the service, the name of the appointee, or employee, the title and character of his office or employment, the date of commencement of service by virtue thereof, and the salary or compensation thereof, and shall report from time to time upon the date of the official action on, or knowledge of, any separation of a person from the service or any promotion, reduction, suspension, transfer, reinstatement or other change therein, the efficiency of his subordinates and employees, and other information, in the manner prescribed by the director and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission.
An officer or employee of the city shall comply with, and aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this Part and the rules, regulations, and orders thereunder. All officers and employees shall furnish any records or information which the director of the commission requests for any purpose of this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2429. Political activities prohibited

RS 33:2429 - Political activities prohibited
A. No person shall:
(1) Be appointed or promoted to, or demoted or dismissed from, any position in the classified service, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment in the classified service because of his political or religious opinions or affiliations.
(2) Seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in connection with any appointment to a position in the classified service.
(3) Use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt to secure for any person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a position in the classified service, or an increase in pay or other advantage in employment in any such position, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person, or for any consideration.
B. No employee in the classified service, and no member of the commission shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political organization or purpose, or solicit or take any part in soliciting any such assessment, subscription, or contribution. No person shall solicit any such assessment, subscription or contribution of any employee in the classified service.
C. No person elected to public office shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed to any position in the classified service.
D. The commission may upon its own initiative, and shall upon the filing of written charges by any appointing authority, employee in the city service, citizen, or taxpayer, investigate any charges that the provisions of this Section have been violated by any person in the city service. Within thirty days after the filing of charges, the commission shall hold a public hearing concerning the charges. If the commission determines that the charges are true or, on the basis of additional evidence which is introduced at the hearing, determines that the person under inquiry has violated any of the provisions of this Section, the commission shall direct the offending person to be dismissed from the city service. The offender shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 33:2432.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2430. Other prohibited acts

RS 33:2430 - 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 provision of this Part or commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this Part and the rules.
(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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2431. Legal services

RS 33:2431 - Legal services
If this Part or its enforcement by the director or the commission is called into question in any judicial proceeding, or if any person fails or refuses to comply with the lawful orders or direction of the commission, the commission or the director may call upon the city attorney or may, with the advice and consent of the governing authority through the mayor, employ independent counsel to represent it in sustaining this Part and the enforcement thereof. The independent counsel shall be paid as other employees of the department are paid.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2432. Penalties

RS 33:2432 - Penalties
Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Part or of the rules shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than one month nor more than twenty-four months, or both, and shall, for a period of two years, be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in the city service. If he is an officer or employee of the city other than an elected official or one in the unclassified service, he shall forfeit his office or position.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2433. Federal funds and assistance

RS 33:2433 - Federal funds and assistance
Wherever the provisions of any law of the United States, or of any rule, order or regulation of any federal agency or authority, providing or administering federal funds for use in Louisiana, either directly or indirectly or as a grant-in-aid, or to be matched or otherwise, impose other or higher civil service merit standards or different classifications than are required by the provisions of this Part, the provisions of the laws, classification, rules or regulations of the United States or any federal agency may be adopted by the commission as rules and regulations of the commission and shall when so adopted govern the class of employment and employees affected thereby, regardless of anything in this Part to the contrary.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2434. Executive level assignment; New Orleans Police Department

RS 33:2434 - Executive level assignment; New Orleans Police Department
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, no additional benefits shall accrue or be earned from compensation above the normal rate of pay for a classified employee of the New Orleans Police Department who has been appointed to a temporary executive level assignment within the department and for which such employee receives special assignment pay.
B. For purposes of this Section, the following phrases shall have the following meaning:
(1) "Executive level" shall mean managerial or supervisory level work that is considered ineligible for overtime earnings.
(2) "Normal rate of pay" shall mean the rate of pay the employee would receive if the assignment was recalled.
(3) "Special assignment pay" shall mean the special rate of pay or additional earnings that is paid to an employee for performing a special assignment.
Acts 2013, No. 126, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2451. Policy

RS 33:2451 - Policy
A. All appointments and promotions in the service of the parish and of each of its departments, offices, and agencies shall be made on the basis of merit and fitness, which shall be determined, insofar as practicable, by competitive test, except that the following shall not be subject to the provisions of this Part regarding appointment, promotion, and dismissal:
(1) All elected officials.
(2) The parish treasurer.
(3) The parish administrator.
(4) Members of advisory boards and political subdivisions created by the police jury and their employees.
(5) Organizations and their employees and other persons who are employed by the parish on a contractual or part-time basis.
(6) The parish attorney and his legal assistants.
(7) The public works director.
(8) The federal programs director.
(9) The sales tax director.
(10) The parish secretary.
(11) Parish firefighters.
(12) Any other employee expressly forbidden from participation in a civil service system by the constitution or statute.
B. The civil service board may provide by rule that additional positions shall not be subject to the provisions of this Part regarding appointment, promotion, and dismissal; however, the board shall not add more than one position per calendar year to the positions excepted from such provisions and any such changes shall be subject to the approval of the police jury by two thirds vote.
C. The appointment and dismissal of parish employees subject to this Part shall be made by the police jury, or its designee, and shall be subject to the provisions of this Part.
Acts 1993, No. 387, §1, eff. June 7, 1993; Acts 2003, No. 908, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2453. Duties of the board

RS 33:2453 - Duties of the board
The civil service board shall review and adopt the classification plan, the pay plan, and the personnel rules developed by the civil service director. In addition thereto, the board shall:
(1) Conduct investigations and take action on complaints by or against any employee in the classified service. Although it is incumbent upon the appointing authority to initiate corrective or disciplinary action, if warranted, in the absence of such action by the appointing authority, the board may order the appointing authority to act and such action shall be taken by the appointing authority.
(2) Hold hearings on dismissals, demotions, and other disciplinary matters as may be provided in the rules. The right to appeal from any decision of the board or from any action taken by the board under these provisions shall lie direct to the court of original and unlimited jurisdiction in the civil suits for the parish of Rapides.
(3) Exercise witness and record subpoena powers.
(4) Appoint a civil service director when a vacancy occurs.
(5) Make any investigations it deems desirable concerning civil service management in the parish service and report its findings to the police jury.
(6) Perform such other policymaking or quasi judicial duties as may be required under the rules developed pursuant to this Section.
(7) Make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules necessary to carry out effectively the classified civil service system.
Acts 1993, No. 387, §1, eff. June 7, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2454. Political activities; other provisions

RS 33:2454 - Political activities; other provisions
A.(1) No member of the civil service board or employee covered under this Part shall:
(a) Participate or engage in political activity.
(b) Be a candidate for nomination or election to public office, except for the position of elected employee member of the civil service board, or be a member of any national, state, or local committee of a political party or faction.
(c) Make or solicit contributions for any political party, faction, or candidate.
(d) Take active part in the management of the affairs of a political party, faction, candidate, or any political campaign, except to exercise his right as a citizen to express his opinion privately, to serve as a commissioner or official watcher at the polls, and to cast his vote as he desires.
(2) No person shall solicit contributions for political purposes from a classified employee or use or attempt to use his position in the parish service to punish or coerce the political action of a classified employee.
(3) As used in this Part, "political activity" means an effort to support or oppose the election of a candidate for political office or to support a particular political party in an election.
B. Rules and regulations, classification plans, and pay plans presently in effect for the employees of Rapides Parish will remain in effect until rules and regulations under this law have been passed by the civil service board.
C. Any person holding a full-time position subject to this Part on June 7, 1993, who has served as an employee of the parish for at least six months prior thereto shall continue in his position without competitive test, but shall be subject in all other respects to this Part.
Acts 1993, No. 387, §1, eff. June 7, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2456. Civil service system; city of St. Martinville

RS 33:2456 - Civil service system; city of St. Martinville
The governing authority of the city of St. Martinville, by ordinance adopted by the favorable vote of at least two-thirds of the membership thereof, may establish a civil service system based upon merit for the employees of the city, other than the employees of the police department and fire department. When so established such civil service system may be abolished or changed only by ordinance adopted by the same vote as required for establishing the system. Any ordinance establishing, changing, or abolishing such civil service system, except for the required vote, shall be subject to the same procedures for adoption as other ordinances.
Acts 1997, No. 427, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2471. Applicability

RS 33:2471 - Applicability
A. This Part applies to any municipality which operates a regularly paid fire and police department and which has a population of not less than thirteen thousand nor more than two hundred fifty thousand according to the latest regular federal decennial census for which the official figures have been made public.
B. In the event that the civil service of any municipality pursuant to this Part is determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to not be subject to this Part, the civil service of the municipality shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state civil service system. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any municipality with a population of not less than two hundred fifteen thousand persons and not more than three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census.
Acts 2013, No. 362, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2474. Effective date of provisions

RS 33:2474 - Effective date of provisions
Any system of municipal fire and police civil service under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes, is continued in effect under the provisions of this Part.
The rights of any person under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which exist on the effective date of the Revised Statutes are continued in effect. Every rule, classification plan, or allocation established under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes is continued in effect until it is amended or repealed by the proper authority under this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2476.2. City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members

RS 33:2476.2 - City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part to the contrary, the members of the City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, except the two members elected from the municipal fire and the municipal police departments, shall receive from funds available to the board compensation in the amount of twenty-five dollars for attendance at meetings of the board not to exceed two meetings per month, for a maximum of twenty-four days per year.
Acts 2001, No. 683, §1, eff. June 25, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2476.3. City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members

RS 33:2476.3 - City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Part or of Paragraph 6 of Section 15.1 of Article XIV of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 made statutory by the provisions of Article XIV, Section 18 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the members of the City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, except the two members elected from the municipal fire and the municipal police departments, shall receive from funds available to the board compensation in the amount of fifty dollars per day for attendance at meetings of the board not to exceed two days per month, for a maximum of twenty-four days per year.
Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 76, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2476.4. Jefferson Parish municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary

RS 33:2476.4 - Jefferson Parish municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), any municipal fire and police civil service board in any municipality in Jefferson Parish may also fill the office of secretary by employing any other person on a full-time basis with a rate of salary equivalent to like administrative personnel of the municipality, which salary range shall be subject to approval by the governing authority and the mayor.
Acts 2009, No. 393, §1, eff. July 7, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2476.5. City of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary

RS 33:2476.5 - City of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Lafayette may fill the office of secretary by employing any person on a full-time basis. The board shall pay such person an amount that is within a salary range that is comparable to the salary range established by the Lafayette city-parish consolidated government for classified personnel employed in similar administrative positions.
Acts 2016, No. 542, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2476.6. Municipal fire and police civil service boards in certain municipalities; board secretary

RS 33:2476.6 - Municipal fire and police civil service boards in certain municipalities; board secretary
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), in any municipality having a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand but not more than two hundred ten thousand persons, based on the latest federal decennial census, the board may fill the office of secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board by employing on a full-time basis any person whom the board deems qualified. The secretary shall receive compensation and benefits within a salary range comparable to that established for classified personnel employed in similar administrative positions by the respective municipality. The secretary is solely accountable to the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
B. The duties of the secretary shall be assigned by the civil service board.
Acts 2016, No. 542, §1; Acts 2022, No. 351, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2476.7. Municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary; city of Monroe

RS 33:2476.7 - Municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary; city of Monroe
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1)(c), in the city of Monroe, the board may fill the office of secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board by employing on a part-time basis any person the board deems qualified. The board may pay any such person a salary not to exceed sixteen hundred dollars per month, which salary shall be approved by the municipal governing authority.
B. The duties of the secretary shall be assigned by the board.
Acts 2023, No. 153, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2476.8. City of Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary

RS 33:2476.8 - City of Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), the Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board may fill the office of secretary by employing unclassified personnel whom the board deems qualified. The secretary shall receive compensation and benefits comparable to that of other full-time classified or unclassified personnel employed in similar positions or performing similar job functions. The secretary is solely accountable to the board and serves at the pleasure of the board.
Acts 2023, No. 316, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2478. Rules

RS 33:2478 - Rules
Each board may adopt and execute rules, regulations, and orders necessary or desirable effectively to carry out the provisions of this Part, and shall do so when expressly required by this Part. No rule, regulation, or order shall be contrary to, or in violation of, any provision, purpose, or intent of this Part or contrary to any other provision of law. The board may amend or repeal any rule or part thereof in the same manner provided herein for the adoption of the rule. All rules shall be applicable to both the fire and police classified services, unless by express provisions therein, it is made applicable to only one of the services.
A board may adopt any rule, either in its proposed or revised form, after holding a public hearing at which any municipal officer, employee, private citizen, and the state examiner shall be given an opportunity to show cause why the proposed rule, amendment, or any part thereof should not be adopted. Before the board holds this public hearing, it shall furnish at least thirty days notice in advance of the date, time, and place therefor to the mayor, commissioner of public safety, any other municipal commissioner whom the rule may in any way affect, the chief and each station of the departmental service to be affected by the adoption of any such rule, and to the state examiner. A copy of all proposed rules to be discussed at any hearing shall be furnished with all notices. Each notice and copy of proposed rule furnished the various stations of a respective department shall be posted upon the bulletin board of each station for a period of at least thirty days in advance of the hearing.
Within thirty days after the board has adopted any rule, whether it is a new rule or amendment to an existing rule, or an abolition in whole or part thereof, it shall furnish an official copy thereof to all persons and places set forth above.
Rules adopted under the authority of this section shall have the force and effect of law.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:2480. Appropriations; facilities for board

RS 33:2480 - Appropriations; facilities for board
The legislature shall make adequate annual appropriations to enable the state examiner to carry out effectively the duties imposed upon him by this Part. The governing body of the municipality shall make adequate annual appropriations to enable the board of the municipality to carry out effectively the duties imposed upon the board and shall furnish the board with office space, furnishings, equipment, and supplies and materials necessary for its operation.