HLS 15RS-346 ENGROSSED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 71
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides with respect to the determination of prior service for
supplemental pay for law enforcement officers
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1667.1(B), relative to supplemental pay for certain law
3 enforcement officers; to include certain prior service in computing the period of
4 service required for the payment of supplemental pay; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. RS. 40:1667.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1667.1. Rate of compensation; prior service; supplemental monthly compensation;
9 police to receive additional compensation
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11 B.(1) In computing the period of service required by Subsection A of this
12 Section, service as a police officer and as chief of police with peace officer standards
13 and training (POST) certification in the municipality or tribe shall include prior
14 service for those police officers and chiefs of police who have returned or hereafter
15 return to such service. In addition, in computing the period of service required by
16 Subsection A, service as a police officer and as chief of police in the municipality
17 or tribe shall include prior service as a commissioned deputy sheriff receiving extra
18 compensation under the provisions of R.S. 40:1667.7, shall include prior service as
19 a P.O.S.T.-certified law enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by the
20 Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or the Department of Public Safety and
21 Corrections, including the division of probation and parole, and shall include prior
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HB NO. 71
1 service of retired state police officers who received extra compensation under the
2 provisions of R.S. 40:1457.
3 (2) In computing the period of service required for the payment of extra
4 compensation to a commissioned deputy sheriff pursuant to the provisions of R.S.
5 40:1667.7, service as a full-time commissioned deputy sheriff shall include prior
6 service as a full-time police officer receiving extra compensation under the
7 provisions of Subsection A, shall also include prior service as a P.O.S.T.-certified
8 law enforcement officer employed on a full-time post-certified enforcement agent
9 of the basis by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or the Department of Public
10 Safety and Corrections, including the division of probation and parole, and shall
11 include prior service of retired state police officers who received extra compensation
12 under the provisions of R.S. 40:1457.
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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 71 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Mack
Abstract: Adds to types of service eligible to be considered in computing of prior service
for purposes of receiving state supplemental pay for municipal police and deputy
sheriffs.
Present law provides for state supplemental pay of $500 per month for full-time municipal
police officers and deputy sheriffs who have completed one year of service. For municipal
law enforcement officers, present law allows prior service as a deputy sheriff or as a certain
type of retired state police officer to count towards the one year of service requirement. For
deputy sheriffs, present law allows prior service as a municipal police officer, an
enforcement agent of the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, or certain retired state police
officers to count towards the one year of service requirement.
Proposed law expands prior service for municipal law enforcement officers to include
service as a P.O.S.T.-certified law enforcement officer employed full-time by the Dept. of
Wildlife and Fisheries or the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to count towards the one
year of service requirement.
Proposed law expands prior service for deputy sheriffs to include service as a P.O.S.T.-
certified officer of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to count towards the one year
of service requirement.
(Amends R.S. 40:1667.1(B))
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