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ACT No. 298
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 148
BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(1), 1666.3(A), (B), and (C), and 1666.6, relative
3 to supplemental pay for firemen; to provide relative to qualification for such
4 payments; to provide for the distribution of such payments; to provide with respect
5 to the powers and duties of the state fire marshal regarding such payments; to
6 provide with respect to the powers and duties of the Department of Public Safety and
7 Corrections regarding such payments; to provide with respect to the powers and
8 duties of the Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board; to provide with respect to
9 compensation of members of the Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board; to provide an
10 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 40:1666.1(A)(1), 1666.3(A), (B), and (C), and 1666.6 are hereby
13 amended and reenacted to read as follows:
14 §1666.1. Extra compensation
15 A.(1) In addition to the compensation now paid by any municipality, parish,
16 fire protection district, or other political subdivision maintaining a fire department,
17 or by the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana or the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
18 hereinafter referred to as "tribe", or by any nonprofit corporation contracting with
19 any such political subdivision to provide fire protection services to every paid,
20 regularly employed employee who is paid not less than three hundred dollars per
21 month, not including supplemental pay, as distinguished from part-time employees
22 and volunteers of such fire department, who are carried on the payroll of such fire
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1 department, and every employee as defined herein who is paid from funds of the
2 parish or municipality or tribe obtained through lawfully adopted bond issues,
3 lawfully assessed taxes, or other funds available for such purpose, either directly or
4 through a board or commission set up by law or ordinance of the parish or
5 municipality or tribe, shall be paid extra compensation by the state in the amount of
6 five hundred dollars per month for each such paid employee who has completed or
7 who hereafter completes one year of service. The provisions of Paragraph (5) of this
8 Subsection shall govern the requirements for length of service for employees who
9 were ordered to active military duty in the armed services of the United States during
10 their initial term of employment.
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12 §1666.3. Warrants
13 A. The funds credited and dedicated as herein provided shall be disbursed
14 upon warrants drawn approved and certified by the mayors or parish officials and the
15 fire chiefs of the respective municipalities or parishes coming under the provisions
16 of this Part, which warrants shall have attached to them a detailed list of the names
17 of the employees for whose benefit any particular warrant is drawn, together with the
18 completed years of service of such employees and such other information as the state
19 fire marshal Department of Public Safety and Corrections may require.
20 B. The mayors or parish officials of the respective municipalities or parishes
21 shall forward the approved and certified warrants to the secretary of the Department
22 of Public Safety and Corrections and, after obtaining approval of the board as
23 provided in R.S. 40:1666.8 hereof, on the basis of such warrants, the secretary of the
24 Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall cause to be prepared and shall
25 sign individual checks issue payments representing the amount to be paid out of state
26 funds to each employee in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection. Each
27 such check shall show the legislative appropriation from which payment is made and
28 shall note that it represents additional compensation paid by the state under the
29 provisions of this Part. The secretary shall deliver the checks issue payments to the
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1 individual employees in whose favor they are drawn, by mail, or by such other
2 means as he shall determine.
3 C. The mayor, fire chief, or other municipal or parish officer of the
4 municipalities or parishes employing persons entitled to additional compensation
5 from the state under the provisions of this Part, who is charged with the
6 responsibility of preparing the pay rolls for such employees, shall include the
7 additional compensation paid by the state to such employees in the calculation and
8 deduction from the pay of such employees of the sums required by state or federal
9 law to be withheld by an employer, such as federal income tax and social security tax
10 or contributions to local retirement systems. Any officials so charged with
11 withholding sums from the pay of the municipal or parish paid fire department
12 employees shall be further charged with the responsibility of transmitting the sums
13 so withheld in accordance with the law or laws requiring the withholding.
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15 §1666.6. Compensation; expenses
16 A. The members of the board shall receive per diem in the amount of fifty
17 dollars per day and shall be reimbursed for actual mileage in attending to official
18 business. The per diem and the reimbursement of mileage expenses shall be made
19 by the state fire marshal Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall be
20 payable out of the special fund provided in R.S. 40:1666.2, provided, however, that
21 no such expense shall be payable unless a residual remains in the special fund after
22 payment of all amounts due as extra compensation under the provisions of R.S.
23 40:1666.1.
24 B. The board is authorized and empowered to employ one Accountant I or
25 II whose compensation and benefits shall be in accordance with the rules,
26 regulations, and schedule of the state civil service, to be paid by the state fire marshal
27 out of the special fund provided in R.S. 40:1666.2 upon certification by the chairman
28 of the board of the name of the employee chosen through the usual process of state
29 civil service; however, no such expense shall be incurred or payable unless a residual
30 remains in the special fund after the payment of all amounts due as extra
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1 compensation under the provisions of R.S. 40:1666.1. Nothing contained herein
2 shall be interpreted as prohibiting the appointment of those persons currently holding
3 the position of Accountant Clerk I or II for the board from applying for or from being
4 given first option in the appointment to the position of Accountant I or II.
5 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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