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ACT No. 289
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 71
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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 of this Section, service as a police officer and as chief of police in the
17 municipality or tribe shall include prior service as a commissioned deputy sheriff
18 receiving extra compensation under the provisions of R.S. 40:1667.7, shall include
19 prior service as a P.O.S.T.-certified law enforcement officer employed on a full-time
20 basis by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or the Department of Public Safety
21 and Corrections, including the division of probation and parole, and shall include
22 prior service of retired state police officers who received extra compensation under
23 the provisions of R.S. 40:1457.
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1 (2) In computing the period of service required for the payment of extra
2 compensation to a commissioned deputy sheriff pursuant to the provisions of R.S.
3 40:1667.7, service as a full-time commissioned deputy sheriff shall include prior
4 service as a full-time police officer receiving extra compensation under the
5 provisions of Subsection A of this Section, shall also include prior service as a
6 P.O.S.T.-certified law enforcement officer employed on a full-time post-certified
7 enforcement agent of the basis by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or the
8 Department of Public Safety and Corrections, including the division of probation and
9 parole, and shall include prior service of retired state police officers who received
10 extra compensation under the provisions of R.S. 40:1457.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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