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HOUSE BILL NO. 593
BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY
SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD: Provides relative to residency requirements for employees
of the New Orleans sewerage and water board
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4076, relative to the sewerage and water board of New
3 Orleans; to provide relative to the employees of the board; to provide relative to
4 residency requirements; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 33:4076 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง4076. Employees of board; civil service
11 The board may employ all necessary clerks, engineers, firemen, and other
12 skilled and unskilled employees necessary and proper to the efficient administration,
13 operation and control of the public sewerage, water, and drainage systems. All the
14 employees, except unskilled laborers, shall be appointed only after they have passed
15 the civil service examination administered by the civil service commissioners of the
16 city of New Orleans. Other than executive management positions, if an employment
17 position cannot be filled with a New Orleans resident within ninety days after the
18 position has been advertised, the board may employ a person who is not a New
19 Orleans resident and who shall remain exempt from the city's residency requirement
20 for the duration of his employment. They shall hold their positions during good
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1 behavior and shall be removed only for cause. Nothing herein shall be construed as
2 preventing the board from dispensing with the services of unnecessary employees.
3 Civil service rules shall not apply to the executive director, the general
4 superintendent, or the Board of Advisory Engineers.
5 Section 2. The State Civil Service Commission and the city civil service commission
6of New Orleans shall cooperatively develop a plan for the transfer of all employees of the
7sewerage and water board of New Orleans to the state civil service. The plan shall be fully
8implemented and all such employees shall be subject to the administration of state civil
9service within one year of the effective date of this Act.
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 593 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Hilferty
Abstract: Authorizes the sewerage and water board of New Orleans to hire employees from
outside the municipality under specified circumstances.
Present law provides that the public water, sewerage, and drainage systems of the city of
New Orleans shall be constructed, controlled, maintained, and operated by the sewerage and
water board of New Orleans.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law authorizes the board to employ clerks, engineers, firemen, and other skilled and
unskilled employees necessary and proper to the efficient administration, operation and
control of the public sewerage, water, and drainage systems. Provides that all employees,
except unskilled laborers, shall be appointed only after they have passed a civil service
examination administered by the civil service commissioners of the city of New Orleans.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law provides that if an employment position, other than executive management
positions, cannot be filled with a New Orleans resident within 90 days after the position has
been advertised, the board may employ a person who is not a New Orleans resident.
(Amends R.S. 33:4076)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial
and Cultural Affairs to the original bill:
1. Remove proposed law transferring sewerage and water board employees from
the city civil service system to the state civil service system.
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2. Add proposed law providing relative to residency requirements for employees.
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