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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 376
BY REPRESENTATIVE DANAHAY
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Prohibits the registrar, chief deputy registrar, and confidential
assistant of the registrar from receiving certain increases in salary under certain
circumstances
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 18:55(F) and 59(M), relative to registrars of voters and
3 employees of the registrar; to prohibit the registrar, chief deputy registrar, and
4 confidential assistant of the registrar from receiving certain increases in salary under
5 certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 18:55(F) and 59(M) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8follows:
9 §55. Compensation of registrar of voters; amount and manner of payment; reduction
10 during tenure prohibited; prohibited increase
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12 F. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, no
13 registrar shall receive an increase in salary as provided in Paragraph (A)(4) of this
14 Section during a time period when the secretary of state has submitted a
15 determination to the Department of State Civil Service that it is necessary not to
16 grant or to reduce performance adjustments in order to avoid or reduce layoffs or the
17 State Civil Service Commission has suspended the authority to award merit increases
18 to classified employees.
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1 §59. Deputies, confidential assistants, and other permanent office employees;
2 temporary employees; appointment and compensation; prohibited increase
3 in compensation
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5 M.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary,
6 no chief deputy shall receive an increase in salary as provided in Paragraph (B)(4)
7 of this Section during a time period when the secretary of state has submitted a
8 determination to the Department of State Civil Service that it is necessary not to
9 grant or to reduce performance adjustments in order to avoid or reduce layoffs or the
10 State Civil Service Commission has suspended the authority to award merit increases
11 to classified employees.
12 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, no
13 confidential assistant shall receive an increase in salary as provided in Paragraph
14 (C)(4) of this Section during a time period when the secretary of state has submitted
15 a determination to the Department of State Civil Service that it is necessary not to
16 grant or to reduce performance adjustments in order to avoid or reduce layoffs or the
17 State Civil Service Commission has suspended the authority to award merit increases
18 to classified employees.
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 376 Original 2016 Regular Session Danahay
Abstract: Prohibits the registrar, chief deputy registrar, and confidential assistant of the
registrar from receiving an increase in salary under certain circumstances.
Present law provides relative to the compensation of registrars of voters, chief deputy
registrars, and confidential assistants of the registrars. Provides for a five-category
population range and 12-step pay scale for the salaries of registrars of voters, chief deputy
registrars, and confidential assistants of registrars. Provides for each registrar, chief deputy
registrar, and confidential assistant to automatically receive an annual salary increase to the
next step on July first until his annual salary equals the highest step of the appropriate
population range. Further provides that each registrar, chief deputy registrar, and
confidential assistant whose salary is at the level of step one or higher shall be evaluated as
to merit in Jan. Provides that upon a finding of "excellent" on a merit evaluation, the
registrar, chief deputy registrar, or confidential assistant receives a salary increase to the next
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step until the salary is equal to the highest step of the appropriate population range.
Provides, however, that no registrar, chief deputy registrar, or confidential assistant shall
receive an increase in salary as provided in present law during a time period when the State
Civil Service Commission has suspended the authority to award merit increases to classified
employees.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that no registrar, chief deputy
registrar, or confidential assistant of a registrar shall receive an increase in salary as provided
in present law when the secretary of state has submitted a determination to the Dept. of State
Civil Service that it is necessary not to grant or to reduce performance adjustments in order
to avoid or reduce layoffs.
(Amends R.S. 18:55(F) and 59(M))
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