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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 777
BY REPRESENTATIVE GLOVER
CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the secretary for the municipal fire and
police civil service board in certain municipalities
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2476.6, relative to the municipal fire and police civil service
3 board in certain municipalities; to provide relative to the office of board secretary;
4 to provide relative to the salary and benefits of the secretary; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:2476.6 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 §2476.6. Municipal fire and police civil service boards in certain municipalities;
9 board secretary
10 A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), a in any
11 municipality having a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand but not
12 more than two hundred ten thousand persons, based on the latest federal decennial
13 census, the board may fill the office of secretary for the municipal fire and police
14 civil service board by employing any other person on a full-time basis with a rate of
15 salary and benefits equivalent to like administrative personnel of the municipality,
16 as determined by the municipality on a full-time basis any person whom the board
17 deems qualified. The secretary shall receive compensation and benefits within a
18 salary range comparable to that established for classified personnel employed in
19 similar administrative positions by the respective municipality. The secretary is
20 solely accountable to the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
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1 B. The duties of the full-time secretary will shall be assigned by the civil
2 service board.
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 777 Original 2022 Regular Session Glover
Abstract: Relative to the municipal fire and police civil service board in certain
municipalities, provides for the salary and benefits of the board secretary.
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 a municipal fire and police civil service
board is created in each municipality, parish, and fire protection district. Provides that the
board shall be composed of five members who shall serve without compensation. Further
provides that the board shall have a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary.
Present law, relative to the system applicable to municipalities with a population of not
fewer than 13,000, requires that the board fill the office of secretary in one of the following
ways:
(1)By electing one of its members thereto.
(2)By appointing the city clerk or secretary-treasurer of the municipality to fill such
office ex officio.
(3)By employing on a part-time basis any other person and paying a salary not to
exceed $1,250 per month, which salary must be approved by the municipal
governing authority.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides an exception for municipalities with a population in excess of 150,000
but not more than 210,000 by authorizing them to fill the secretary position by employing
any person on a full-time basis. Proposed law instead provides that the board, not the
respective municipality, may fill the secretary position with any person whom the board
deems qualified.
Present law authorizes municipalities with a population of 150,000-210,000 to establish a
rate of salary and benefits that is equivalent to like administrative personnel of the respective
municipality. Proposed law instead requires that the secretary for the fire and police civil
service board receive compensation and benefits within a salary range that is comparable to
the salary range established for classified personnel employed in similar administrative
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positions by the respective municipality. Provides that the secretary serves at the pleasure
of the board and is solely accountable to the board.
(Amends R.S. 33:2476.6)
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