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2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 87
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEVILLIER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2551(4)(b) and (8)(b), 2554(C)(2)(introductory paragraph),
3 and 2558(B), relative to the city of Eunice; to provide relative to the classified police
4 service; to provide relative to departmental and promotional seniority; to provide
5 relative to the establishment and maintenance of employment lists; to provide
6 relative to the certification and appointment of eligible persons; to provide relative
7 to the abolition of classes of positions; and to provide for related matters.
8 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
9 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
10 Louisiana.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 33:2551(4)(b) and (8)(b), 2554(C)(2)(introductory paragraph), and
13 2558(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
14 §2551. Establishment and maintenance of employment lists
15 The board shall establish and maintain lists containing names of persons
16 eligible for appointment to the various classes of positions in the classified service
17 as follows:
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19 (4)
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21 (b) Names of persons attaining a passing score on the promotional test in the
22 DeRidder Police Department police department for the city of DeRidder or Eunice
23 shall be placed on the promotion employment list for the class for which they were
24 tested, from highest to lowest, according to their total promotional seniority in the
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1 next lower class. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional
2 seniority, the names of those persons shall be placed on the promotional list in the
3 order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.
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5 (8)
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7 (b) When new names are to be placed on a promotion list for a given class
8 in the DeRidder Police Department police department for the city of DeRidder or
9 Eunice, the remaining names thereon shall be rearranged with the new names so that
10 all names appearing on the list for the class shall rank, from highest to lowest,
11 according to total promotional seniority in the next lower class from which the
12 promotion list is established. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of
13 promotional seniority, the names of those persons shall be placed on the promotional
14 list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.
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16 §2554. Certification and appointment
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18 C.
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20 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city
21 cities of DeRidder and Eunice a vacant position in the police department shall be
22 filled in the following manner:
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24 §2558. Abolition of positions in the classified service
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26 B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if an entire
27 class in the DeRidder Police Department police department for the city of DeRidder
28 or Eunice is abolished in the classified service, the regular employees of the class
29 shall be demoted to lower classes and priority to positions shall be governed by the
30 total promotional seniority earned in the class, from highest to lowest. If two or more
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1 persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of such persons
2 shall be placed on the reinstatement list in the order of departmental seniority, from
3 highest to lowest.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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