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ACT No. 362
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1269 (Substitute for House Bill No. 716 by Representative Henry)
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENRY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 42:1169(B), relative to certain public employees who report acts2
of impropriety within governmental entities; to provide for certain remedies for such3
public employees; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 42:1169(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1169. Freedom from reprisal for disclosure of improper acts7
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B.(1)(a) If any public employee is suspended, demoted, dismissed, or9
threatened with such suspension, demotion, or dismissal as an act of reprisal for10
reporting an alleged act of impropriety in violation of this Section, such the public11
employee shall report such action to the board.12
(b) If any person that is a public employee because of a contractual13
arrangement with a governmental entity or agency thereof has the contract with the14
governmental entity or agency suspended, reduced, or terminated or is threatened15
with the suspension, reduction, or termination of the contract with the governmental16
entity or agency as an act of reprisal for reporting an alleged act of impropriety in17
violation of this Section, the public employee shall report such action to the board.18
(2) (a) An A public employee who is wrongfully suspended, demoted, or19
dismissed shall be entitled to reinstatement of his employment and entitled to receive20
any lost income and benefits for the period of any suspension, demotion, or21
dismissal.22
(b) A person that is a public employee because of a contractual arrangement23
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suspended, reduced, or terminated shall be entitled to reinstatement of his contract1
and entitled to receive any lost compensation under the terms of the contract.2
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: