ENROLLED
ACT No. 92
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 540
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEVILLIER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:423.27, relative to the Eunice police department; to provide that the board
3 of aldermen may authorize the police chief to appoint, discipline, and discharge
4 police personnel; 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. 33:423.27 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง423.27. City of Eunice; authority over police personnel by chief of police
11 Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:423 or any other provision of law
12 to the contrary, in and for the city of Eunice, the board of aldermen may, by
13 resolution, designate the chief of police as the appointing authority of the police
14 department and thereby authorize him to appoint, discipline, and discharge police
15 personnel subject to the budgetary limitations established by the mayor and board
16 of aldermen pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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