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SENATE BILL NO. 397
BY SENATOR CONNICK
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2569, relative to the position of assistant police chief for the
3 city of Westwego; to provide relative to seniority; to provide regarding demotion
4 from the position; to provide relative to corrective and disciplinary actions; and to
5 provide for 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 amended and reenacted 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
18 the position of assistant chief of police.
19 (2) If any such person is demoted, or otherwise vacates the position on
20 the approval of the chief of police, he shall be demoted to a position in the class
21 he held immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If an
22 assistant chief of police who is appointed from a position in the classified police
23 service is subjected to corrective disciplinary action, he shall have the same
24 rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.
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1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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