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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 237
BY REPRESENTATIVE JENKINS
CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative the administration of tests by the state
examiner for certain positions in the city of Shreveport
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Item (g)(4)(b) of Paragraph 22 of Article XIV, Section 15.1 of the
3 1921 Louisiana Constitution, as amended, continued as a statute pursuant to Article
4 X, Section 18 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution, and R.S. 33:2492(7)(d)(ii) and to
5 repeal R.S. 33:2552(7)(d)(ii), relative to the municipal fire and police civil service;
6 to provide relative to the administration of tests by the state examiner; to make
7 certain provisions applicable only to the city of Shreveport; and to provide for related
8 matters.
9 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
10 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
11 Louisiana.
12Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
13 Section 1. Item (g)(4)(b) of Paragraph 22 of Article XIV, Section 15.1 of the 1921
14Louisiana Constitution, continued as a statute pursuant to the provisions of Article X,
15Section 18 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
16follows:
17 §15.1. Fire and police civil service; municipalities of 13,000 to 250,000
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1 22. Tests. Tests to determine the eligibility of applicants for entry upon the
2 promotional and competitive employment lists shall be provided, as follows:
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4 g. Competitive tests shall be held only as the needs of the service require and
5 shall be given for classes comprising only the following duties or positions:
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7 (4)
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9 (b) Notwithstanding Item (a) of this Subsubparagraph (4), for a municipality
10 having a population between 198,000 and 200,000 according to the most recent
11 decennial census the city of Shreveport, operations, management, and supervision
12 of radio, fire alarm, police alarm, and other signal systems.
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14 Section 2. R.S. 33:2492(7)(d)(ii) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
15follows:
16 §2492. Tests
17 Tests to determine the eligibility of applicants for entry upon the promotional
18 and competitive employment lists shall be provided, as follows:
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20 (7) Competitive tests shall be held only as the needs of the service require
21 and shall be given for classes comprising only the following duties or positions:
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23 (d)
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25 (ii) Notwithstanding Item (i) of this Subparagraph, for a municipality having
26 a population between one hundred ninety-eight thousand and two hundred thousand
27 according to the most recent decennial census the city of Shreveport, operations,
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1 management, and supervision of radio, fire alarm, police alarm, and other signal
2 systems.
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4 Section 3. R.S. 33:2552(7)(d)(ii) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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 237 Original 2022 Regular Session Jenkins
Abstract: Makes certain provisions of the municipal fire and police civil service relative
to the administration of tests applicable only to the city of Shreveport.
Present constitution creates a fire and police civil service system applicable to municipalities
of over 13,000 population and parishes and fire protection districts. Provides that the system
is subject to Art. XIV, §15.1 of the 1921 Constitution made statutory by the 1974
Constitution. Present law creates and provides for two fire and police civil service systems:
(1) one applicable to any municipality which operates paid police and fire departments and
which has a population of not fewer than 13,000 persons; and (2) one applicable to any
parish, fire protection district, or municipality with a population of fewer than 13,000, but
not fewer than 7,000 persons.
Proposed law retains present constitution and present law.
Present law relative to both systems, provides that a municipal fire and police civil service
board is created in the parish, municipal, and fire protection district government. Requires
the board to establish and maintain employment lists containing the names of persons
eligible for appointment to various classes of positions in the classified service. Requires
the board, through the state examiner, to provide for tests to determine the eligibility of
applicants for entry upon promotional and competitive employment lists.
Present law provides that promotional tests may be held as the needs of the service require,
but requires that they be given at least one time during each successive period of 18 months.
Provides that competitive tests shall only be given as the needs of the service require and
requires that they be given for classes comprising certain duties and positions including the
operation and maintenance of radio, fire alarm, police alarm, and other signal systems.
Provides an exception for municipalities having a population between 198,000 and 200,000
by including the operations, management, and supervision of radio, fire alarm, police alarm,
and other signal systems among those positions for which competitive tests shall be given.
Proposed law retains present law but with respect to the exception applicable to certain
municipalities, removes the population reference and makes the exception applicable only
to the city of Shreveport.
(Amends Const. 1921, Art. XIV, Sec. 15.1(22)(g)(4)(b) and R.S. 33:2492(7)(d)(ii); Repeals
R.S. 33:2552(7)(d)(ii))
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