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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 576
BY REPRESENTATIVE TIM BURNS
POLICE/MUNICIPAL: Exempts Mandeville from certain laws regarding wages and hours
of police officers
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2211(A), relative to the city of Mandeville; to provide that2
laws governing employment of municipal police, including matters of compensation,3
leave, and hours, do not apply to Mandeville; to provide relative to effectiveness; and4
to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of7
Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 33:2211(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:10
ยง2211. Applicability; definition of "employee of police department"11
A.(1) The Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and as12
otherwise specified in R.S. 33:2212.1, provisions of this Subpart shall apply to13
municipalities having a population of not less than twelve thousand nor more than14
two hundred fifty thousand ; however,.15
(2)(a) R.S. 33:2214 shall not apply to the city of Westwego.16
(b) The provisions of this Subpart, including R.S. 33:2212.1, shall not apply17
to the city of Mandeville.18
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Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall be given retroactive and prospective1
effect.2
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)]
Tim Burns HB No. 576
Abstract: Exempts Mandeville from laws governing various aspects of employment of
municipal police, including compensation, leave, and hours.
Present law governs several aspects of employment in municipal police departments in
municipalities having a population of not less than 12,000 and not more than 250,000,
including the following:
(1)Setting minimum salaries for officers at various ranks. Present law also sets
minimum salaries for police officers in municipalities with a population of not less
than 7,000 and not more than 12,000.
(2)Setting maximum weekly work hours and providing relative to compensation and
compensatory time required for overtime worked.
(3)Providing for the annual leave and sick leave to which officers are entitled.
(4)Providing for holidays and compensation for work on holidays.
Proposed law provides that present law does not apply to Mandeville.
Proposed law provides that proposed law is to be given retroactive and prospective effect.
(Amends R.S. 33:2211(A))