2020 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 254
BY SENATORS CARTER, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BERNARD, BOUIE, CATHEY,
CORTEZ, FESI, FIELDS, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, JACKSON,
JOHNS, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT
MILLS, MORRIS, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT AND
TARVER AND REPRESENTATIVES DUBUISSON, KERNER,
LYONS, MARCELLE, NEWELL, SCHAMERHORN, STAGNI AND
WILLARD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1965, relative to the regulation of fire departments and
3 working conditions of firemen employed by departments; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 33:1965 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1965. Regulation of department; working conditions
8 A. If the municipality has less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the
9 governing authority of the municipality shall regulate the fire department, shall
10 provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this
11 Sub-part Subpart, and shall provide a sufficient number of beds for the men on night
12 duty.
13 B. If the municipality has one hundred thousand or more inhabitants:
14 (1) The chief engineer or commanding officer of the fire department or other
15 proper authority shall regulate the department, fix the hours of duty, provide a
16 sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this Sub-part
17 Subpart, and provide for substitutes in the department;.
18 (2) The members of the department shall not perform any hours of service
19 longer than those fixed;.
20 (3) All fire drills shall take place during the hours of platoon watch or
21 service, and.
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1 (4) Sufficient beds shall be furnished to each company for the men on night
2 duty.
3 C. If a nonprofit corporation under contract with a fire protection
4 district, municipality, or other political subdivision operates, administers, or
5 maintains a fire department, the provisions of Subsections A and B of this
6 Section shall apply. Additionally, firemen employed by such nonprofit
7 corporation shall be considered a firefighter covered by and benefitting from
8 the occupational disease presumptions and other provisions of R.S. 33:1948,
9 2011, 2581, 2581.1, and 2581.2.
10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
11 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
12 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
13 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
14 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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