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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 65 2024 Regular Session Hilferty
LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Provides for the certification by the Council on Peace Officer
Standards and Training of the New Orleans inspector general and his investigators
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Deletes provisions of proposed law designating the office of inspector general
to the city of New Orleans as a law enforcement agency and conferring all
investigating powers and privileges belonging to a law enforcement agency
under state law as necessary in furtherance of the authority, duties, powers, and
functions of present law.
2.Adds provision authorizing the inspector general and investigators employed
in the New Orleans Office of Inspector General to carry a firearm provided they
annually become P.O.S.T. certified and have proof of qualification, in addition
to a valid identification as a retired law enforcement officer.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law provides for investigative powers for any local ethics entity, ethics review board,
or office of inspector general.
Proposed law authorizes the inspector general and investigators employed in the New
Orleans Office of Inspector General to carry a firearm provided they annually become
P.O.S.T. certified and have proof of qualification, in addition to a valid identification as a
retired law enforcement officer.
(Adds R.S. 33:9613(H))
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