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HB 593 Original 2024 Regular Session Hilferty
Abstract: Provides for the transfer of the employees of the New Orleans sewerage and water board
from city civil service to state civil service.
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.
Present law requires passage of civil service exams administered by the civil service commissioners
of the city of New Orleans.
Proposed law requires passage of civil service exams administered by state civil service.
Proposed law provides for the transfer of all employees of the sewerage and water board to state civil
service. Requires the city civil service and state civil service to coordinate the transfer so that all
employees are transferred within one year of the effective date of proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 33:4076)