HLS 23RS-21 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 268
BY REPRESENTATIVE FARNUM
FIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN: Provides relative to the salaries of firefighters employed by
the city of Sulphur
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1992(B), relative to required salary increases for members of
3 the Sulphur fire department; to require salary increases for certain additional
4 members; to provide relative to the computation of all such increases; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:1992(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง1992. Minimum salaries
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13 B.(1) From and after the first day of August, 1962, each member of the fire
14 department who has had three years continuous service shall receive an increase in
15 salary of two percent and shall thereafter receive an increase in salary of two percent
16 for each year of additional service up to and including twenty years. Both the base
17 pay and accrued longevity shall be used in computing such longevity pay.
18 (2) In the city of Sulphur:
19 (a) The base pay, the accrued longevity pay, and state supplemental pay shall
20 be used in computing salary increases required by this Subsection.
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1 (b) The salary increases required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall
2 also apply to each member of the fire department with more than twenty years of
3 service.
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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 268 Original 2023 Regular Session Farnum
Abstract: Provides relative to required annual salary increases for members of the Sulphur
fire department.
Present law provides relative to salaries of members of fire departments. Requires payment
of a minimum monthly salary based on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Further
requires an annual 2% increase in salary for fire department members with at least three but
not more than 20 years of service. Requires use of base pay and previous required increases
in computing increases.
Present law, applicable to members of the police department in Sulphur, requires a similar
annual salary increase except that the requirement also applies to members with more than
20 years of experience, and state supplemental pay is also included in computing increases.
Proposed law provides that the required salary increases for members of the Sulphur fire
department are the same as those required by present law for members of the Sulphur police
department. Specifically, the required 2% annual increase applies to any member with at
least three years of service, and base pay, previous required increases, and state supplemental
pay shall be used in computing the increases.
(Amends R.S. 33:1992(B))
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