The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Dawn Romero Watson.
DIGEST
SB 247 Original 2017 Regular Session Morrell
Present law provides that the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans may employ all necessary
clerks, engineers, firemen, and other skilled and unskilled employees necessary and proper to the
efficient administration, operation and control of the public sewerage, water, and drainage systems.
Provides that all the employees, except unskilled laborers, shall be appointed only after they have
passed the civil service examination administered by the civil service commissioners of the city of
New Orleans. Provides that they shall hold their positions during good behavior and shall be
removed only for cause. Provides that present law shall not be construed to prevent the board from
dispensing with the services of unnecessary employees and provides that civil service rules shall not
apply to the executive director, the general superintendent, or the Board of Advisory Engineers.
Proposed law adds that the board shall not be considered an instrumentality of the state for purposes
of the Louisiana constitutional provisions creating the state civil service system and specifically
provides that the employees of the board shall not be included in the state civil service system.
Proposed law also specifically adds employees hired on and after August 15, 2017, to the list of
employees of the board to whom city of New Orleans civil service rules shall not apply. However,
provides that any employee hired on or after August 15, 2017, other than unskilled laborers shall be
appointed only after they have passed the civil service examination administered by the civil service
commissioners of the city of New Orleans, and regarding employees removed for cause, adds that
such cause be expressed in writing.
Effective August 15, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 33:4076)