St. Germain (HB 238) Act No. 44
Existing 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). Existing 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.
New law provides that the position of assistant police chief in the city of Plaquemine shall
be in the unclassified service.
New law provides that a person who is appointed from a classified police service position
to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority and shall continue to
accumulate seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police.
New 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.
Effective Aug. 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 33:2572)