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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 794
BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBIDEAUX AND BARRAS
POLICE/MUNICIPAL: Provides relative to the salaries of employees of the police
department for the city of Lafayette
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:2212(I), relative to the city of Lafayette; to provide relative to the city's2
police department; to provide relative to the salaries of the employees of the3
department; to provide relative to salary increases for such employees; to require that4
the employees receive an increase if the city collects a certain amount of sales tax5
revenues; to provide limitations; and to provide for related matters.6
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published7
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of8
Louisiana.9
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:10
Section 1. R.S. 33:2212(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows:11
ยง2212. Minimum salaries; increases12
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I.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each14
employee of the police department of the city of Lafayette shall receive an increase15
in salary of two percent after every fiscal year in which the sales tax revenues16
collected by the city of Lafayette exceed, by greater than three percent, the sales tax17
revenues collected by the city during the preceding fiscal year.18
(2) No employee of the police department shall receive an increase in salary19
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in which the sales tax revenues collected by the city do not exceed, by greater than1
three percent, the sales tax revenues collected by the city during the preceding fiscal2
year.3
(3)(a) The provisions of this Subsection shall not be construed as prohibiting4
any employee of the police department of the city from receiving an increase in5
salary pursuant to authority granted by any other applicable state or local law, rule,6
or regulation.7
(b) The provisions of the Subsection shall not be construed as requiring the8
city to expend any sales tax revenues that secure bonds that have been authorized9
or issued or revenues that have been dedicated to another purpose by other applicable10
state or local law or by proposition approved by electors voting in an election held11
for such purpose.12
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014; if vetoed by the governor13
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,14
2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.15
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)]
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Abstract: Requires that each employee of the police department of the city of Lafayette
receive a salary increase if the city collects a certain amount of sales tax revenues.
Present law provides that except as otherwise provided by law, the governing body of each
municipality having a population of not less than 12,000 nor more than 250,000 persons
shall pay each employee of its police department a salary of not less than the minimum rate
of pay established in accordance with the grades, ranks, or classes of positions as provided
in present law.
Present law provides that the minimum monthly salary to be paid any full-time employee
of a police department is $300, and for officers of the grades listed below minimums are as
follows:
(1)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
sergeant, not less than $330 per month.
(2)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
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(3)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
captain, not less than $375 per month.
(4)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
major, not less than $405 per month.
(5)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
assistant chief of police, not less than $420 per month.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires that members of the police departments located in specified
municipalities (Bossier City, Lake Charles, Jennings, Monroe, and Sulphur) who have had
three years of continuous service (from a specified date) receive an increase in salary of 2%
and thereafter to receive an increase in salary of 2% for each year of service. Present law
is also applicable to the city of Abbeville, but there is no continuous service requirement.
Provides for limitations.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally requires that each employee of the police
department of the city of Lafayette receives a salary increase of 2% after every fiscal year
the sales tax revenues collected by the city of Lafayette exceed, by greater than 3%, the sales
tax revenues collected by the city during the preceding fiscal year. Prohibits the granting
of an increase pursuant to proposed law after a fiscal year in which the sales tax revenues
did not exceed, by greater than 3%, the revenues collected during the preceding fiscal year.
Proposed law provides that proposed law shall not be construed as prohibiting the employees
from receiving a salary increase pursuant to authority granted by any other applicable law.
Additionally provides that proposed law shall not be construed as requiring the city to
expend any sales tax revenues that secure bonds that have been authorized or issued or have
been dedicated to another purpose by other law or voter approval.
Effective July 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 33:2212(I))