Louisiana HB 739: CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to certain officers, employees, and positions in the classified fire and police civil service (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)

Bill Text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 230
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 739
BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2481.4(C)(1), 2491(introductory paragraph) and (I), 2492(2)
3 and (11), 2494(A) and (D), 2496(1)(a)(i) and (iii), 2541.1(C)(1)(b)(i),
4 2551(introductory paragraph) and (9), 2552(1)(a) and (c), (2), and (11), 2554(A) and
5 (D), and 2556(1)(a)(i) and (iii) and to enact R.S. 33:2481(B)(7) and 2541(B)(6),
6 relative to the municipal fire and police civil service; to provide relative to certain
7 positions in the classified service; to provide relative to the establishment and
8 maintenance of employment lists; to provide relative to tests administered by the
9 state examiner; to provide relative to the certification and appointment of eligible
10 persons; to provide that certain officers, employees, and positions are in the
11 unclassified service; and to provide for related matters.
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
13 Section 1. R.S. 33:2481.4(C)(1), 2491(introductory paragraph) and (I), 2492(2) and
14 (11), 2494(A) and (D), 2496(1)(a)(i) and (iii), 2541.1(C)(1)(b)(i), 2551(introductory
15 paragraph) and (9), 2552(1)(a) and (c), (2), and (11), 2554(A) and (D), and 2556(1)(a)(i) and
16 (iii) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 33:2481(B)(7) and 2541(B)(6) are hereby
17 enacted to read as follows:
18 §2481. Classified and unclassified service
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20 B. The unclassified service shall comprise the following:
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22 (7) All officers, employees, and positions with primary duties that include
23 wellness, mental health, or physical fitness.
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HB NO. 739 ENROLLED
1 §2481.4. Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment
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3 C.(1)(a) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police
4 service to serve as deputy chief of police shall not forfeit his departmental or
5 promotional seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall
6 continue to accumulate departmental or promotional seniority in accordance with the
7 provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of deputy chief of police.
8 (b) The deputy chief of police shall serve indefinitely in the classified
9 competitive position and shall be evaluated every three years by the chief of police.
10 After each evaluation by the chief of police, the chief may reconfirm the deputy chief
11 for another three year period, or may, at his discretion, demote the deputy chief to
12 his former class of positions. The deputy chief of police shall serve indefinitely in
13 the classified competitive position and shall be evaluated three years from the date
14 of his initial appointment by the chief of police. Thereafter, the deputy chief of
15 police shall be evaluated every year by the chief of police. After each and every
16 evaluation by the chief of police, the chief may reconfirm the deputy chief for
17 another one-year period, or may at his discretion, demote the deputy chief to his
18 former class of position. The demotion described in this Subparagraph shall not
19 constitute corrective or disciplinary action and the classified employee shall not have
20 appeal rights in regards to such action.
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22 §2491. Establishment and maintenance of employment lists
23 Except for the positions of entrance firefighter, and entrance police officer,
24 entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance
25 classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems
26 for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, the board shall establish
27 and maintain employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment
28 to the various classes of positions in the classified service, as follows:
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HB NO. 739 ENROLLED
1 I.(1) For purposes of entrance firefighter, and entrance police officer,
2 positions entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for
3 the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or
4 signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, the state
5 examiner shall establish and maintain a statewide eligibility list containing names of
6 persons eligible for appointment to these classes by any municipality, parish, or fire
7 protection district under the municipal fire and police civil service system.
8 (2) A person who has attained a passing score on an examination
9 administered by the state examiner for entrance jailer, secretary to the chief,
10 departmental records clerk, or for the entrance classes for which the operation and
11 maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police
12 services is the primary