HLS 22RS-81 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 441
BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANSKI
CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the classified police service in the city
of Rayne
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2554(C)(3)(introductory paragraph), relative to the municipal
3 fire and police civil service; to provide relative to the certification and appointment
4 of eligible persons in the police department for the city of Rayne; and to provide for
5 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.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:2554(C)(3)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
11reenacted to read as follows:
12 §2554. Certification and appointment
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14 C.
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16 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities
17 of Broussard, Carencro, Rayne, Scott, and Youngsville, a vacant position in the
18 police department shall be filled in the following manner:
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HB NO. 441
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HB 441 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Stefanski
Abstract: Provides relative to filling vacant positions in the classified police service in the
city of Rayne.
Present constitution creates a fire and police civil service system applicable to municipalities
of over 13,000 in 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.
Present law, relative to both systems, provides that "departmental seniority" refers to the
period of continuous employment in the department. Defines "promotional seniority" to
mean the total cumulative employment in a class of positions of the next lower class from
which a promotion is to be made. Specifies further relative to employment counted toward
seniority in the next lower class.
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
that names of persons attaining a passing score on a promotion test be placed on the
promotion employment list for the tested class, from highest to lowest, according to
departmental seniority.
Present law requires that vacant positions be filled by reinstatement or reemployment. If the
position cannot be filled in this manner, then the position must be filled by the person on the
promotion list with the greatest departmental seniority. Present law provides exceptions for
certain police departments, including a specific exception for police departments in the cities
of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville. Present law requires the appointing
authorities in those cities to select and appoint to any vacancy a person who is among the
three highest in departmental seniority.
Proposed law makes present law exception for the cities of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and
Youngsville applicable to the police department in the city of Rayne.
(Amends R.S. 33:2554(C)(3)(intro. para.)
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