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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 79
BY SENATOR MURRAY
LOCAL AGENCIES. Provides training and supplemental pay for certain security personnel
employed by the Housing Authority of New Orleans. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:2402(3)(e) and 2405(B)(3), relative to the Peace Officer Standards and2
Training Law; to include certain Housing Authority of New Orleans' security3
personnel within the definition of "Peace officer"; to provide for supplemental pay;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 40:2402(3)(e) and 2405(B)(3) are hereby enacted to read as follows:8
§2402. Definitions9
As used in this Chapter:10
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(3)(a) "Peace officer" means any full-time employee of the state, a12
municipality, a sheriff, or other public agency, whose permanent duties actually13
include the making of arrests, the performing of searches and seizures, or the14
execution of criminal warrants, and is responsible for the prevention or detection of15
crime or for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state, but16
not including any elected or appointed head of a law enforcement department.17 SB NO. 79
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(e) "Peace officer" shall also include full-time security personnel2
employed by the Housing Authority of New Orleans, a political subdivision of3
the state, as defined pursuant to R.S. 40:384(16).4
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§2405. Peace officer training requirements; reimbursement by peace officer6
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(3) Certified security personnel of the Housing Authority of New Orleans9
shall be eligible to receive supplemental pay after successfully completing a10
council-approved training program and passing the council-approved11
examination.12
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not14
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature15
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If16
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become17
effective on the day following such approval.18
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
Present law provides peace office standards and training (P.O.S.T.) for certain full-time law
enforcement personnel. Such personnel are referred to as "Peace officer".
Present law provides that the term "Peace officer" refers to:
(a)Any full-time employee of the state, a municipality, a sheriff, or other public agency,
whose permanent duties actually include the making of arrests, the performing of
searches and seizures, or the execution of criminal warrants, and is responsible for
the prevention or detection of crime or for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or
highway laws of this state, but not including any elected or appointed head of a law
enforcement department.
(b)Sheriff's deputies whose duties include the care, custody, and control of inmates.
(c)Full-time military police officers within the Military Department, State of Louisiana. SB NO. 79
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(d)Full-time security personnel employed by the Supreme Court of the state of
Louisiana.
Proposed law expands the term "Peace officer" to include full-time security personnel
employed by the Housing Authority of New Orleans which is a political subdivision of the
state.
Present law provides that all "Peace officers" receive supplemental pay, with the exception
of, full-time security personnel employed by the Supreme Court of the state of Louisiana.
Proposed law provides that certified security personnel of the Housing Authority of New
Orleans shall be eligible to receive supplemental pay after successfully completing a
council-approved training program and passing a council-approved examination.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 40:2402(3)(e) and 2405(B)(3))