ENROLLED
ACT No. 95
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 87
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEOPOLD AND SENATORS CARTER AND HEW ITT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(6), relative to supplemental pay; to provide for eligibility for
3 certain fire protection officers; to provide certain requirements and limitations for
4 eligibility; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(6) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1666.1. Extra compensation
8 A.(1)
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10 (6)(a) Every fire protection officer who is employed on a full-time basis by
11 the Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District shall be paid by the state extra
12 compensation in the amount of five hundred dollars per month in addition to the
13 compensation now paid to him by his employer out of self-generated revenue
14 attributable to the agency employing the fire protection officers. To be eligible for
15 the extra compensation, each fire protection officer shall have completed one year
16 of service, and any fire protection officer hired after March 31, 1986, shall also have
17 completed and passed a certified fireman's training program equal to National Fire
18 Protection Association Standard 1001 Firefighter I Certification or a firemen's
19 training program as approved by the Louisiana State University Firemen Training
20 Program in accordance with R.S. 40:1541 et seq., or other state or federally approved
21 maritime firefighter training program.
22 (b) In the event that supplemental pay is increased as provided for in R.S.
23 40:1666.1(A)(1), then the same amount of supplemental pay shall be increased for
24 the officers provided for in this Paragraph.
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1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2020.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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