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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 238
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
POLICE/MUNICIPAL: Provides that the position of assistant chief of police in Plaquemine
shall be in the unclassified service
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:2572, relative to the city of Plaquemine; to provide relative to the police2
civil service; to provide that the position of assistant chief of police for the city of3
Plaquemine shall be in the unclassified service; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published5
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of6
Louisiana.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 33:2572 is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง2572. Assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine10
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the position of11
assistant chief of police in the city of Plaquemine is in the unclassified service. The12
right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position shall be13
vested in the chief of police of the city.14
B. Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police15
service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated16
to the date of his appointment and shall continue to accumulate seniority during the17
time he holds the position of assistant chief of police.18
C. If any such person resigns from the position of assistant chief of police19
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to be reemployed to the same position in the classified service in which he was1
employed immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If the2
position has been filled or no longer exists, the department shall employ him in a3
comparable position.4
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
St. Germain HB No. 238
Abstract: Provides that the position of assistant chief of police for the city of Plaquemine
shall be in the unclassified position.
Present law (R.S. 33:2531) establishes a civil service system applicable to police
departments in cities with a population of 7,000 to 13,000 persons (which as of the 2010
federal decennial census includes the city of Plaquemine). Present law specifies which
positions in a police department are part of the unclassified service; generally, any position
which includes law enforcement responsibilities, except an elected police chief, is in the
classified service.
Proposed law retains present law except provides that the position of assistant police chief
in the city of Plaquemine shall be in the unclassified service.
Proposed law provides that if a person is appointed from a position in the classified police
service to serve as assistant chief of police, he shall not forfeit his seniority and shall
continue to accumulate seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of
police.
Proposed law further provides that if a person resigns from the position of assistant chief of
police or is terminated for any reason other than malfeasance in office, he shall be eligible
to return to the same position in the classified service in which he was employed
immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief. If the position has been filled or
no longer exists, the department shall employ him in a comparable position.
(Adds R.S. 33:2572)