ENROLLED
ACT No. 384
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 593
BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
8 Be 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
21 behavior and shall be removed only for cause. Nothing herein shall be construed as
22 preventing the board from dispensing with the services of unnecessary employees.
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1 Civil service rules shall not apply to the executive director, the general
2 superintendent, or the Board of Advisory Engineers.
3 Section 2. The State Civil Service Commission and the Civil Service Commission
4 of the City of New Orleans shall cooperatively develop a plan for the transfer of all
5 employees of the sewerage and water board of New Orleans to the state civil service. The
6 plan shall be fully implemented and all such employees shall be subject to the administration
7 of state civil service within one year of the effective date of this Act.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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