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ACT No. 453
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 526
BY REPRESENTATIVES MONTOUCET, ARMES, BARROW, BERTHEL OT, WESLEY
BISHOP, BROWN, BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, BURRELL, CHAMPAGNE,
CHANEY, CONNICK, COX, DIXON, EDWARDS, GAROFALO, GUILLORY,
HARRIS, HARRISON, HENSGENS, HILL, HOFFMANN, HONORE, HOWARD,
HUNTER, HUVAL, KATRINA JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, NANCY
LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LOPINTO, MORENO,
NORTON, ORTEGO, PIERRE, POPE, PRICE, REYNOLDS, RICHARD,
RICHARDSON, RITCHIE, ROBIDEAUX, SCHRODER, SMITH, ST. GERMAI N,
THOMPSON, ALFRED WILLIAMS, AND WILLMOTT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2002(A)(1) and to enact R.S. 33:2002(A)(5), relative to2
eligibility for state supplemental pay for firefighters; to provide for eligibility for3
certain firefighters who are ordered to active military duty; to waive certain4
requirements as to length of employment; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 33:2002(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
33:2002(A)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง2002. Extra compensation9
A.(1) In addition to the compensation now paid by any municipality, parish,10
fire protection district, or other political subdivision maintaining a fire department,11
or by the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana or the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,12
hereinafter referred to as "tribe", or by any nonprofit corporation contracting with13
any such political subdivision to provide fire protection services to every paid,14
regularly employed employee who is paid not less than three hundred dollars per15
month, not including supplemental pay, as distinguished from part-time employees16
and volunteers of such fire department, who are carried on the payroll of such fire17
department, and every employee as defined herein who is paid from funds of the18
parish or municipality or tribe obtained through lawfully adopted bond issues,19
lawfully assessed taxes, or other funds available for such purpose, either directly or20 ENROLLEDHB NO. 526
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through a board or commission set up by law or ordinance of the parish or1
municipality or tribe, shall be paid extra compensation by the state in the amount of2
five hundred dollars per month for each such paid employee who has completed or3
who hereafter completes one year of service. The provisions of Paragraph (5) of this4
Subsection shall govern the requirements for length of service for employees who5
were ordered to active miliary duty in the armed services of the United States during6
their initial term of employment.7
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(5)(a) An employee who was ordered to active military duty in the armed9
services of the United States before the completion of one year of service, and who10
had completed and passed a certified fireman's training program required under this11
Subsection prior to such military service, shall be eligible to receive extra12
compensation beginning one year from his initial hiring date.13
(b) An employee who was ordered to active military duty in the armed14
services of the United States before the completion of one year of service, and who15
had not yet completed and passed a certified fireman's training program required16
under this Subsection prior to such military service, shall be eligible to receive extra17
compensation immediately upon returning to employment and completion of a18
certified fireman's training program required under this Subsection.19
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: