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ACT No. 595
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 801
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTOUCET
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:2490(E) and 2550(E), relative to the municipal fire and police civil service;2
to provide relative to employees who have resigned or retired from the classified3
service due to injury; to provide that any such employee may be reemployed at any4
time after his resignation or retirement; to provide relative to the position and class5
to which he may be reemployed; to provide relative to the qualifications and6
seniority of any such employee; to provide limitations; and to provide for related7
matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 33:2490(E) and 2550(E) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
§2490. Reinstatement and reemployment 11
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E. Any regular employee who resigns or retires from a position in the13
classified service may, with the prior approval of the board, be reemployed in a14
position of the class in which he was employed immediately preceding his15
resignation or retirement or in a position in any lower class. Any such employee16
may be reemployed at any time after his resignation or retirement, but he shall be17
qualified for the position to which he is reemployed. In addition, the employee shall18
be reemployed with the seniority accumulated through the date of reinstatement;19
however, a regular employee shall be reemployed as provided in this Subsection only20
if his resignation or retirement occurred as a result of the employee being unable to21
perform the essential functions of his job upon sustaining any injury that is22
compensable pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Louisiana23
Revised Statutes of 1950.24
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§2550. Reinstatement and reemployment1
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E. Any regular employee who resigns or retires from a position in the3
classified service may, with the prior approval of the board, be reemployed in a4
position of the class in which he was employed immediately preceding his5
resignation or retirement or in a position in any lower class. Any such employee6
may be reemployed at any time after his resignation or retirement, but he shall be7
qualified for the position to which he is reemployed. In addition, the employee shall8
be reemployed with the seniority accumulated through the date of reinstatement;9
however, a regular employee shall be reemployed as provided in this Subsection only10
if his resignation or retirement occurred as a result of the employee being unable to11
perform the essential functions of his job upon sustaining any injury that is12
compensable pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Louisiana13
Revised Statutes of 1950.14
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become18
effective on the day following such approval.19
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: