SLS 22RS-229 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 397
BY SENATOR CONNICK
CIVIL SERVICE. Provides for the classification of the assistant police chief in the city of
Westwego. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:2569, relative to the position of assistant police chief for the city of
3 Westwego; to provide relative to seniority; to provide regarding demotion from the
4 position; to provide relative to corrective and disciplinary actions; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 33:2569 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง2569. Assistant police chief; city of Westwego
10 A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2541 or any other law to the
11 contrary, the position of assistant chief of police for the city of Westwego shall be
12 in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and
13 discharge for any such position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city.
14 B.(1) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified
15 service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority
16 accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate
17 seniority in accordance with the provisions of this part during the time he holds
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1 the position of assistant chief of police.
2 (2) If any such person is demoted, or otherwise vacates the position on
3 the approval of the chief of police, he shall be demoted to a position in the class
4 he held immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If an
5 assistant chief of police who is appointed from a position in the classified police
6 service is subjected to corrective disciplinary action, he shall have the same
7 rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.
8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
9 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
10 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
11 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
12 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
SB 397 Original 2022 Regular Session Connick
Present law provides that notwithstanding the provisions of present law or any other law to
the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police for the city of Westwego will be in the
unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for
any such position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city.
Proposed law retains present law and further provides that any person who is appointed from
a position in the classified service to serve as assistant chief of police will not forfeit his
seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he will continue to accumulate
seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police.
Proposed law further provides that if such person is demoted, or otherwise vacates the
position on the approval of the chief of police, he will be demoted to a position in the
classification he held immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If
an assistant chief of police who is appointed from a position in the classified police service
is subjected to corrective disciplinary action, he will have the same rights as any other
employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 33:2569)
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