HLS 22RS-749 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 277
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARRIER
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to supplemental pay for tribal officers of the
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1667.1(A)(3)(a) and (F)(3), relative to supplemental pay for
3 tribal officers of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; to increase the number of tribal
4 officers eligible for supplemental pay; to remove certain limitations; to make
5 technical corrections; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:1667.1(A)(3)(a) and (F)(3) are hereby amended and reenacted to
8read as follows:
9 ยง1667.1. Rate of compensation; prior service; supplemental monthly compensation;
10 police to receive additional compensation
11 A.
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13 (3)(a) A municipality included in this Part or the Chitimacha Tribe of
14 Louisiana, the Coushatta Indian Tribe of Louisiana, or the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of
15 Louisiana may enhance the first-year salary of a law enforcement officer in the
16 amount equivalent to the state supplemental pay, or any portion thereof, that the
17 officer shall be entitled to be paid after one year of service pursuant to this Part.
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19 F.
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HB NO. 277
1 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
2 compensation for tribal officers of the Coushatta Indian Tribe of Louisiana shall be
3 for no more than eight twenty such law enforcement officers, subject to approval by
4 the sheriff of Allen Parish.
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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 277 Original 2022 Regular Session Carrier
Abstract: Increases the number of tribal officers of the Coushatta Tribe of La. who are
eligible for supplemental pay from 8 to 20 and removes requirement for approval of
the sheriff of Allen Parish.
Present law provides for supplemental pay of $500 per month for any full-time police officer
paid by any municipality or by the Chitimacha Tribe of La., Coushatta Tribe of La., or the
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of La. who has passed a council-certified training program and
completed one year of service.
Present law limits the number of tribal officers from the Chitimacha Tribe, Coushatta Tribe,
and the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe who are eligible for supplemental pay. Limits the number of
tribal officers of the Coushatta Tribe of La. to 8, subject to approval of the sheriff of Allen
Parish.
Proposed law increases the number of eligible tribal officers of the Coushatta Tribe of La.
from 8 to 20, and removes the requirement for approval of the sheriff of Allen Parish.
(Amends R.S. 40:1667.1(A)(3)(a) and (F)(3))
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