ENROLLED
ACT No. 123
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBBY CARTER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:423.17, relative to the Amite City Police Department; to
3 provide that the police chief shall appoint, promote, discipline, and discharge police
4 personnel subject to limitations; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 33:423.17 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง423.17. City of Amite City; disciplinary action authority over personnel by elected
11 chief of police
12 Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:423 or any other law to the
13 contrary, in and for the city of Amite City, the chief of police may take whatever
14 steps are necessary to effect disciplinary action concerning police personnel,
15 including but not limited to the suspension of police personnel. Any such
16 disciplinary action shall be taken without regard to race, creed, or color shall appoint,
17 promote, discipline, and discharge police personnel subject to the budgetary
18 limitations of the mayor and town council pertaining to the number of allotted
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HB NO. 46 ENROLLED
1 positions for the police department. Any such action shall be taken without regard
2 to race, creed, or color.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.