HLS 22RS-378 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 74
BY REPRESENTATIVE DESHOTEL
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to supplemental pay for tribal officers of the
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1667.1(F)(2), relative to supplemental pay for tribal officers
3 of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana; to increase the number of tribal officers
4 eligible for supplemental pay; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1667.1(F)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1667.1. Rate of compensation; prior service; supplemental monthly compensation;
8 police to receive additional compensation
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10 F.
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12 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
13 compensation for tribal officers of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana shall be for
14 no more than thirteen twenty such law enforcement officers.
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HB NO. 74
DIGEST
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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 74 Original 2022 Regular Session Deshotel
Abstract: Increases the number of tribal officers of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of La. that are
eligible for supplemental pay from 13 to 20.
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. that 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 that are eligible for supplemental pay.
Proposed law increases the number of eligible tribal officers of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe from
13 to 20.
(Amends R.S. 40:1667.1(F)(2))
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