SLS 19RS-222 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 162
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
LOCAL EMPLOYEES. Provides relative to pay increases for officers of the Lafayette City
Police Department. (7/1/19)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:2212(I), relative to the city of Lafayette; to provide relative to the salaries
3 for members of the police department; to authorize an increase in salary for members
4 of the department; to provide for limitations; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:2212(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2212. Minimum salaries; increases
9 * * *
10 I.(1) On and after July 1, 2019, each member of the police department
11 of the city of Lafayette shall receive an increase in salary of two percent and
12 shall thereafter receive an increase in salary of two percent for each additional
13 year of service. Both the base pay and accrued longevity shall be used in
14 computing such longevity pay.
15 (2) Beginning July 1, 2020, the provision of Paragraph (1) of this
16 Subsection shall only be effective in years in which the overall revenue of the
17 city of Lafayette has increased when compared to the preceding fiscal year.
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SLS 19RS-222 ORIGINAL
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2019; if vetoed by the governor
2 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
3 2019, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
SB 162 Original 2019 Regular Session Cortez
Present law provides that except as otherwise provided by law, the governing body of each
municipality having a population of not less than 12,000 nor more than 250,000 persons
shall pay each employee of its police department a salary of not less than the minimum rate
of pay established in accordance with the grades, ranks, or classes of positions as provided
in present law.
Present law provides that the minimum monthly salary to be paid any full-time employee
of a police department is $300, and for officers of the grades listed below minimum are as
follows:
(1)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
sergeant, not less than $330 per month.
(2)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
lieutenant, not less than $345 per month.
(3)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
captain, not less than $375 per month.
(4)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
major, not less than $405 per month.
(5)Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade, or class of
assistant chief of police, not less than $420 per month.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides for members of the police departments located in specified
municipalities (Bossier City, Lake Charles, Jennings, Abbeville, and Monroe) who have had
three years of continuous service (from a specified date) to receive an increase in salary of
2% and thereafter to receive an increase in salary of 2% for each year of service. Provides
for limitations.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that each member of the police
department of the city of Lafayette shall receive an increase in salary of 2% and shall
thereafter receive an increase in salary of 2% for each year of service. Requires that the base
pay, the accrued longevity, and state supplemental pay be used in computing longevity pay.
Proposed law provides that proposed law shall only be effective in years in which the overall
revenue of the city of Lafayette has increased when compared to the preceding fiscal year.
Effective July 1, 2019.
(Adds R.S. 33:2212(I))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.