HLS 21RS-378 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 161
BY REPRESENTATIVE DESHOTEL
HOUSING/AUTHORITIES: Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of
the Bunkie Housing Authority
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(k), relative to employees of the Bunkie Housing Authority; to
3 provide that employees of the authority shall not be in the state civil service; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(k) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §539. Selection of chairman and vice chairman; executive director; hiring of
11 employees
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13 C.
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15 (8)
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17 (k) Notwithstanding any provision of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or
18 of any other law to the contrary, the Bunkie Housing Authority shall not be
19 considered an instrumentality of the state for purposes of Article X, Section 1(A) of
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are additions. HLS 21RS-378 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 161
1 the Constitution of Louisiana, and employees of the authority shall not be included
2 in the state civil service.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 161 Original 2021 Regular Session Deshotel
Abstract: Provides that employees of the Bunkie Housing Authority shall not be included
in the state civil service.
Present constitution (Art. X, §1(A)) provides that state civil service includes all persons
holding offices and positions of trust or employment in the employ of the state, or any
instrumentality thereof, or any joint state-federal, state-parochial, or state-municipal agency.
Excludes members of the state police service and persons holding offices and positions of
any municipal board of health or local governmental subdivision.
Present law (R.S. 40:539(C)(8)) provides that all employees of housing authorities shall be
in the classified state civil service, except as provided in the constitution or as may be
authorized by the State Civil Service Commission. Present law also excepts from this
requirement: authority members, the executive director, one other employee whom the
authority designates, and professional employees employed on a contract basis.
Present law provides that the housing authorities in New Orleans, Cottonport, Denham
Springs, Oil City, Lafayette, Monroe, Shreveport, and Kenner and the East Baton Rouge
Parish Housing Authority shall not be considered instrumentalities of the state for purposes
of Const. Art. X, §1(A) and that employees of the authorities shall not be included in the
state civil service.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that the Bunkie Housing
Authority shall not be considered an instrumentality of the state for purposes of Const. Art.
X, §1(A) and that employees of the authority shall not be included in state civil service.
(Adds R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(k))
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