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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))