HLS 15RS-471 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 50
BY REPRESENTATIVE DANAHAY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides a technical correction relative to additional
compensation authorized to be paid to certain firefighters
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(3)(c), relative to internal statutory references in
3 provisions dealing with supplemental pay for firefighters and police officers; to
4 amend such a statutory reference; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(3)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7follows:
8 ยง1666.1. Extra compensation
9 A.
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11 (3)
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13 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no
14 municipality, parish, fire protection district, or other political subdivision
15 maintaining a fire department, or the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana or the Coushatta
16 Indian Tribe of Louisiana, or any such nonprofit corporation contracting to provide
17 fire protection services, shall be subject to penalty for reducing the salary of any
18 employee whose salary has been enhanced pursuant to this Paragraph for one year
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1 by an amount not exceeding the amount of such enhancement. Any such reduction
2 shall not be void as provided in R.S. 40:1667.4 40:1666.4.
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4 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8effective on the day following such approval.
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)]
HB 50 Original 2015 Regular Session Danahay
Abstract: Amends a statutory reference in supplemental pay provisions for firefighters so
that it refers to a provision applicable to firefighters rather than to one applicable to
police officers.
Present law requires the state to pay $300 per month, in addition to the compensation paid
by the local employer or other specified employers, to most full-time firefighters and police
officers who have completed one year of service.
Present law provides that a reduction of the salary of any firefighter or police officer is void
where it is made solely by reason of state supplemental pay. Present law authorizes
employers to enhance the first year salary of firefighters and police officers in an amount up
to the state supplemental pay amount. Provides that the reduction of the employees salary
after the first year by the amount of the enhancement is not void pursuant to present law
relative to salary reductions.
Present law is structured such that provisions applicable to firefighters and provisions
applicable to police officers are in separate but parallel statutes. Provisions applicable to
firefighters contain a reference to a statute in the police officer provisions. Proposed law
changes the statutory reference so that it refers to the equivalent provision within the
firefighter provisions. Otherwise, present law is retained.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(3)(c))
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