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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 549
BY SENATOR GALLOT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1992(A)(1) and 2002(A)(3)(a) and to enact R.S. 33:2490(F)2
and 2550(F), relative to firefighters; to provide relative to the minimum wage paid3
to firefighters; to provide relative to the components of a firefighter's starting salary;4
to provide relative to compliance with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards5
Act; to provide relative to the reinstatement, reemployment, and seniority of6
firefighters who retire due to an injury; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 33:1992(A)(1) and 2002(A)(3)(a) are hereby amended and reenacted9
and R.S. 33:2490(F) and 2550(F) are hereby enacted to read as follows:10
§1992. Minimum salaries11
A. The minimum monthly salaries of firemen in municipalities having a12
population of twelve thousand or more and in the city of Bastrop and of all parish13
and fire protection district paid firemen, including salaries payable out of the avails14
of any special tax provided by the Constitution of Louisiana for increasing the pay15
of firemen, shall be in accordance with the following schedule, and such salaries16
shall be paid semi-monthly not later than the fifth and twentieth day of each calendar17
month:18
(1) A fireman shall receive a minimum monthly salary of four hundred19
dollars per month based on a regular hourly rate of pay compliant with the Fair20
Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. This salary shall be exclusive of21
supplemental pay received pursuant to R.S. 33:2002.22
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§2002. Extra compensation24
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(3)(a) A municipality, parish, fire protection district, or other political1
subdivision maintaining a fire department, or the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana or2
the Coushatta Indian Tribe of Louisiana, or any nonprofit corporation contracting3
with any such political subdivision to provide fire protection services may enhance4
the first-year salary of every paid, regularly employed employee in the amount5
equivalent to the state supplemental pay, or any portion thereof, that the employee6
shall be entitled to be paid after one year of service pursuant to this Subpart, so long7
as the first-year salary, exclusive of the enhancement, meets the minimum wage8
obligations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.9
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§2490. Reinstatement and reemployment11
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F. Any regular employee who retires from a position in the classified fire13
service as a result of an injury or a medical condition which prevents him from14
performing the essential functions of his job, may, with the prior approval of15
the board, be reemployed in a position of the class in which he was employed16
immediately preceding his retirement or in a position in any lower class. Any17
such employee may be reemployed at any time after his retirement, but he shall18
be qualified for the position to which he is reemployed and be able to perform19
the essential functions of the position. In addition, the employee shall be20
reemployed with the seniority accumulated through the date of retirement.21
This Paragraph shall not be applicable to employees whose injury or medical22
condition resulted from their own negligent or intentional act.23
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§2550. Reinstatement and reemployment 25
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F. Any regular employee who retires from a position in the classified fire27
service as a result of an injury or a medical condition which prevents him from28
performing the essential functions of his job, may, with the prior approval of29
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immediately preceding his retirement or in a position in any lower class. Any1
such employee may be reemployed at any time after his retirement, but he shall2
be qualified for the position to which he is reemployed and be able to perform3
the essential functions of the position. In addition, the employee shall be4
reemployed with the seniority accumulated through the date of retirement.5
This Paragraph shall not be applicable to employees whose injury or medical6
condition resulted from their own negligent or intentional act.7
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: