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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 100
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides state supplemental pay to public emergency medical
services practitioners
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(1) and (2) and (C) and 1666.3(A) through (C),
3 relative to state supplemental pay for certain public employees; to authorize payment
4 of a state supplement for the salaries of certain emergency medical services
5 practitioners; to provide with respect to requirements for and the amount of such
6 payments; to provide relative to disbursement of such payments; to make technical
7 corrections; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(1) and (2) and (C) and 1666.3(A) through (C) are
10hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 §1666.1. Extra compensation
12 A.(1)(a) In addition to the compensation now paid by any municipality,
13 parish, fire protection district, or other political subdivision maintaining a fire
14 department, or by the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana or the Coushatta Tribe of
15 Louisiana, hereinafter referred to as "tribe", or by any nonprofit corporation
16 contracting with any such political subdivision to provide fire protection services to
17 every paid, regularly employed employee who is paid not less than three hundred
18 dollars per month, not including supplemental pay, as distinguished from part-time
19 employees and volunteers of such fire department, who are carried on the payroll of
20 such fire department, and every employee as defined herein who is paid from funds
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1 of the parish or municipality or tribe obtained through lawfully adopted bond issues,
2 lawfully assessed taxes, or other funds available for such purpose, either directly or
3 through a board or commission set up by law or ordinance of the parish or
4 municipality or tribe, shall be paid extra compensation by the state in the amount of
5 five hundred dollars per month for each such paid employee who has completed or
6 who hereafter completes one year of service. The provisions of Paragraph (5) of this
7 Subsection shall govern the requirements for length of service for employees who
8 were ordered to active military duty in the armed services of the United States during
9 their initial term of employment.
10 (b)(i) Beginning July 1, 2025, in addition to the compensation now paid by
11 any municipality, parish, fire protection district, or other political subdivision to
12 every paid, regularly employed emergency medical services practitioner employed
13 by a political subdivision of the state who is paid not less than three hundred dollars
14 per month, not including supplemental pay, shall be paid extra compensation by the
15 state in the amount of five hundred dollars per month if the emergency medical
16 services practitioner has completed or hereafter completes one year of service with
17 the political subdivision.
18 (ii) For the purposes of this Section, unless context clearly indicates
19 otherwise, the term "emergency medical services practitioner" means a person
20 employed by a political subdivision of the state as a licensed emergency medical
21 technician, a licensed advanced emergency medical technician, or a licensed
22 paramedic. The term shall not include a part-time employee or volunteer who is
23 carried on the payroll of a political subdivision.
24 (2) The term "employee" as used herein expressly excludes any person hired
25 primarily to perform secretarial and clerical duties, switchboard operators,
26 secretaries, record clerks, maintenance personnel, and mechanics.; With respect to
27 individuals employed to provide fire protection services as provided in Subparagraph
28 (1)(a) of this Subsection, it shall expressly exclude employees hired after March 31,
29 1986, who have not completed and passed a certified fireman's training program
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1 equal to National Fire Protection Association Standard 1001 Firefighter I
2 Certification or a firefighter's training program as approved by the office of state fire
3 marshal Fire and Emergency Training Academy in accordance with R.S. 40:1541 et
4 seq.; and it shall also expressly exclude part-time employees and volunteers of such
5 municipal, parish, tribe, or fire protection district fire departments.
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7 C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
8 compensation for tribal officers of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana pursuant to
9 Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) of this Section shall be for no more than ten such firemen.
10 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
11 compensation for tribal officers of the Coushatta Indian Tribe of Louisiana pursuant
12 to Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) of this Section shall be for no more than ten such firemen.
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14 §1666.3. Warrants
15 A.(1) The funds credited and dedicated as herein provided for payments
16 made pursuant to R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(1)(a) shall be disbursed upon warrants drawn
17 by the mayors or parish officials of the respective municipalities or parishes coming
18 under the provisions of this Part, which warrants shall have attached to them a
19 detailed list of the names of the employees for whose benefit any particular warrant
20 is drawn, together with the completed years of service of such employees and such
21 other information as the state fire marshal may require.
22 (2) The funds credited and dedicated as herein provided for payments made
23 pursuant to R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(1)(b) shall be disbursed upon warrants drawn by the
24 head of the political subdivision employing such emergency medical services
25 practitioner, which warrants shall have attached to them a detailed list of the names
26 of the employees for whose benefit any particular warrant is drawn, together with the
27 completed years of service of such employees and such other information as the state
28 fire marshal may require.
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1 B. The mayors or parish officials of the respective municipalities or parishes
2 head of the political subdivision employing the eligible employee shall forward the
3 warrants to the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and, after obtaining
4 approval of the board as provided in R.S. 40:1666.8 hereof, the secretary of the
5 Department of Public Safety shall cause to be prepared and shall sign individual
6 checks representing the amount to be paid out of state funds to each employee in
7 accordance with the provisions of this Subsection. Each such check shall show the
8 legislative appropriation from which payment is made and shall note that it
9 represents additional compensation paid by the state under the provisions of this Part.
10 The secretary shall deliver the checks to the individual employees in whose favor
11 they are drawn, by mail, or by such other means as he shall determine.
12 C. The head of the political subdivision employing eligible emergency
13 medical services practitioners or the mayor or other municipal or parish officer of the
14 municipalities or parishes employing persons entitled to additional compensation
15 from the state under the provisions of this Part, as applicable, who is charged with
16 the responsibility of preparing the pay rolls for such employees, shall include the
17 additional compensation paid by the state to such employees in the calculation and
18 deduction from the pay of such employees of the sums required by state or federal
19 law to be withheld by an employer, such as federal income tax and social security tax
20 or contributions to local retirement systems. Any officials so charged with
21 withholding sums from the pay of the municipal or parish paid fire department
22 employees shall be further charged with the responsibility of transmitting the sums
23 so withheld in accordance with the law or laws requiring the withholding.
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25 Section 2. This Act shall take effect and become operative if and when the proposed
26amendment of Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in the Act which
27originated as House Bill No. 97 of this 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature is adopted
28at a statewide election and becomes effective.
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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 100 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Bagley
Abstract: Authorizes payment of state supplements to the salaries of certain emergency
medical services practitioners.
Present law provides for state supplemental pay of $500 per month for any regularly
employed firefighter who is paid not less than $300 per month by any municipality, parish,
fire protection district, or other political subdivision maintaining a fire department, or by the
Chitimacha Tribe of La., or Coushatta Tribe of La., or any nonprofit corporation contracting
with any political subdivision to provide fire protection services and who completes one year
of service. Proposed law retains present law.
Beginning July 1, 2025, proposed law further authorizes state supplemental pay of $500 per
month for any regularly employed emergency medical services practitioner employed by a
political subdivision of the state who completes one year of service and is paid not less than
$300 per month by the political subdivision. Defines "emergency medical services
practitioner" for the purposes of proposed law to mean a person employed by a political
subdivision of the state as a licensed emergency medical technician, a licensed advanced
emergency medical technician, or a licensed paramedic. Further provides the term does not
include a part-time employee or volunteer who is carried on the payroll of a political
subdivision.
Present law provides that the term "employee" for purposes of present law expressly
excludes any person hired primarily to perform secretarial and clerical duties, switchboard
operators, secretaries, record clerks, maintenance personnel, and mechanics. Proposed law
retains present law. Present law further provides that the term "employee" expressly
excludes employees hired after March 31, 1986, who have not completed and passed a
certified fireman's training program equal to National Fire Protection Association Standard
1001 Firefighter I Certification or a firefighter's training program as approved by the office
of state fire marshal Fire and Emergency Training Academy in accordance with present law
and it also expressly excludes part-time employees and volunteers of such municipal, parish,
tribe, or fire protection district fire departments. Proposed law limits these exclusions to
individuals employed to provide fire protection services.
Present law limits application of salary supplements for tribal officers of the Chitimacha
Tribe of La. and the Coushatta Tribe of La. to no more than 10 firemen. Proposed law
restricts this limitation to firemen only and not to public emergency medical services
providers.
Present law establishes procedures for warrants drawn to pay the monthly supplement
authorized by present law. Proposed law retains present law procedures for the payment of
supplements to firemen as provided in present law. Further provides that for public
emergency medical services providers, the head of the political subdivision employing the
eligible provider must submit the warrant for payment and requires inclusion a of the same
information as required for firemen's warrants. Also requires the head of the political
subdivision employing the eligible provider to calculate and deduct from such pay the
required state and federal withholdings.
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Effective if and when the proposed amendment of Article VII of the Constitution of La.
contained in the Act which originated as House Bill No. 97 of this 2023 R.S. of the
Legislature is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective.
(Amends R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(1) and (2) and (C) and 1666.3(A)-(C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to the
original bill:
1. Make a technical change.
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