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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 904
BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON
HOUSING/AUTHORITIES: Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of
the Cottonport Housing Authority
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:539(8)(c), relative to employees of the Cottonport Housing Authority; to2
provide that employees of the Cottonport Housing Authority shall not be in the state3
civil 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. 40:539(8)(c) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
§539. Selection of chairman and vice chairman; executive director; hiring of10
employees11
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C.13
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(8)15
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(c) Notwithstanding any provision of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or17
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considered to be an instrumentality of the state for purposes of Article X, Section1
1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and employees of the authority shall not be2
included in the state civil service.3
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)]
Johnson HB No. 904
Abstract: Provides that employees of the Cottonport Housing Authority shall not be
included in the state civil service.
Present constitution (Const. Art. X, §1(A)) provides that the state civil service includes all
persons holding offices and positions of trust or employment in the employ of the state, or
any instrumentality thereof, or any joint state/federal, state/parochial agency, or
state/municipal agency. Excludes members of the state police service and persons holding
offices and positions of any municipal board of health or local governmental subdivision.
Present law (R.S. 40:539(C)(8)) provides that all employees of housing authorities shall be
in the classified state civil service, except as provided in the constitution or as may be
authorized by the State Civil Service Commission. Excepts from this requirement authority
members, the executive director, and one other employee whom the authority designates,
and professional employees employed on a contract basis.
Present law provides that the Housing Authority of New Orleans shall not be considered an
instrumentality of the state for purposes of Const. Art. X, §1(A) and that employees of the
authority shall not be included in the state civil service.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that Cottonport Housing
Authority shall not be considered an instrumentality of the state for purposes of Const. Art.
X, §1(A) and that employees of the authority shall not be included in the state civil service.
(Adds R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(c))