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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 577
BY REPRESENTATIVES GOUDEAU AND BEAULLIEU
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:2494(C)(5) and 2554(C)(3), relative to municipal fire and police civil
3 service in the cities of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville; to provide
4 relative to the certification and appointment of eligible persons in the police
5 departments of those municipalities; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:2494(C)(5) and 2554(C)(3) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §2494. Certification and appointment
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13 C.
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15 (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities
16 of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville, a vacant position in the police
17 department shall be filled in the following manner:
18 (a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as
19 provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the
20 names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear
21 thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.
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1 (b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be
2 filled a person whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which
3 he was tested as a person who is among the three highest in departmental seniority.
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5 §2554. Certification and appointment
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7 C.
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9 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities
10 of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville, a vacant position in the police
11 department shall be filled in the following manner:
12 (a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as
13 provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the
14 names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear
15 thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.
16 (b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be
17 filled a person whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which
18 he was tested as a person who is among the three highest in departmental seniority.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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