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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 104
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 38:326(A) and (C), relative to police officers of a levee district2
and a levee and drainage district; to provide relative to the special officer3
commission; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 38:326(A) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
ยง326. Authority of levee district and levee and drainage district police officers;8
annual expenditure9
A. (1)(a) Any levee district or levee and drainage district may, at the10
discretion of its boards of commissioners, employ one or more persons as levee11
district or levee and drainage district police officers. Those persons who are12
designated levee district or levee and drainage district police officers in accordance13
with this Section are responsible for maintaining order and exercising general police14
power on and off the levees, within the area of the levee district or levee and15
drainage district, and upon its surrounding waters.16
(b) Each such person named as a police officer by the president of the levee17
district or levee and drainage district shall be commissioned as a peace officer by the18
Department of Public Safety and Corrections in accordance with the provisions of19
R.S. 40:1379.1. Such commission shall remain in force and effect at the pleasure of20
the president of the levee district or levee and drainage district and the Department21
of Public Safety and Corrections subject to applicable civil service regulations.22
(2) These police officers shall have the right to exercise the power of arrest23
as peace officers, according to law, within the area of their jurisdiction as provided24
herein.25
(3) Each such police officer shall execute a bond in the amount of ten26
thousand dollars in the favor of the state of Louisiana for the faithful performance27 SB NO. 104 ENROLLED
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of his duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the levee district or levee1
and drainage district. Additionally, each board shall obtain police liability insurance2
in an amount appropriate to each individual district.3
(4) The provisions of this Section shall not entitle any such police officer to4
state supplemental pay.5
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C. No person except a commissioner may be commissioned as a levee district7
or levee and drainage district police officer unless prior to such commissioning the8
person has, as a minimum requirement, completed and graduated from the six-week9
program of basic law enforcement training at Louisiana State University and10
Agricultural and Mechanical College a training program and received11
certification as a peace officer by the Louisiana Council on Peace Officer12
Standards and Training (POST Council). or possesses equivalent training and13
experience.14
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: