RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 668 (SB 111) 2024 Regular Session Abraham
Prior law required that every sworn, commissioned law enforcement officer employed on a
full-time basis by a bona fide police agency of the state or its political subdivisions, other
than the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, and
headquartered in the city of New Orleans, who serves the welfare of the public in the
capacity of a police officer by providing police services while patrolling levees, waterways,
and riverfront areas, or while patrolling bridges that are within the boundaries of the city of
New Orleans, be paid by the state extra compensation in the amount of $600 per month in
addition to the compensation now paid to him by his employer.
New law retains prior law and adds law enforcement agencies headquartered in the city of
Lake Charles that patrol levees, waterways, and riverfront areas, or patrol bridges to the list
of eligible agencies to receive monthly supplemental pay of $600.
Effective June 18, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 40:1667.1(A)(2)(a))