Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes
0 chapters · 4,113 sections in this title.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2474 Effective date of provisions
0.6K chars
§2474. Effective date of provisions Any system of municipal fire and police civil service under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes, is continued in effect under the provisions of this Part. The rights of any person under A…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2475 System of classified civil service
0.3K chars
§2475. System of classified civil service There is created in the municipal government a classified civil service embracing the positions of employment, the officers, and employees of the municipal fire and police services. The classified civil service shall be known as "the muni…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476 Municipal fire and police civil service boards
14.1K chars
§2476. Municipal fire and police civil service boards A. A municipal fire and police civil service board is created in the municipal government. The board shall be composed of five members who shall serve without compensation. The board shall have a chairman, vice-chairman, and a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.1 Shreveport fire and police civil service board
4.2K chars
§2476.1. Shreveport fire and police civil service board A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476, the members of the Shreveport municipal fire and police civil service board shall be appointed by the governing authority of the municipality as follows: (1) One shall be ap…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.2 City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members
0.6K chars
§2476.2. City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part to the contrary, the members of the City of Opelousas Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, except the two members elected …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.3 City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members
0.8K chars
§2476.3. City of Hammond Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board; compensation of members Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Part or of Paragraph 6 of Section 15.1 of Article XIV of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 made statutory by the provisions of Article X…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.4 Jefferson Parish municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary
0.5K chars
§2476.4. Jefferson Parish municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), any municipal fire and police civil service board in any municipality in Jefferson Parish may also fill the office of secretary by employ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.5 City of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary
0.6K chars
§2476.5. City of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Lafayette may fill the office of secretary by employing any person on a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.6 Municipal fire and police civil service boards in certain municipalities; board
0.9K chars
§2476.6. Municipal fire and police civil service boards in certain municipalities; board secretary A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), in any municipality having a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand but not more than two hundred ten thousand p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.7 Municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary; city of Monroe
0.6K chars
§2476.7. Municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary; city of Monroe A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1)(c), in the city of Monroe, the board may fill the office of secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board by employing…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.8 City of Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary
0.6K chars
§2476.8. City of Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), the Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board may fill the office of secretary by employing unclassified personnel who…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2477 Duties of the board
3.1K chars
§2477. Duties of the board The board shall: (1) Represent the public interest in matters of personnel administration in the fire and police services of the said municipal government. (2) Advise and assist the governing body, mayor, commissioner of public safety, and the chiefs of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2478 Rules
2.0K chars
§2478. Rules Each board may adopt and execute rules, regulations, and orders necessary or desirable effectively to carry out the provisions of this Part, and shall do so when expressly required by this Part. No rule, regulation, or order shall be contrary to, or in violation of, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2479 State examiner of municipal fire and police civil service
4.2K chars
§2479. State examiner of municipal fire and police civil service A. The office of state examiner of municipal fire and police civil service is created. B. The state examiner shall be a resident and qualified voter of the state. He shall be a person who has had experience in the f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2480 Appropriations; facilities for board
0.5K chars
§2480. Appropriations; facilities for board The legislature shall make adequate annual appropriations to enable the state examiner to carry out effectively the duties imposed upon him by this Part. The governing body of the municipality shall make adequate annual appropriations t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481 Classified and unclassified service
3.1K chars
§2481. Classified and unclassified service A. The classified service shall comprise every position, except those included in the unclassified service, to which the right of employee selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge is vested in the municipal government or with a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.1 Emergency medical services
2.1K chars
§2481.1. Emergency medical services A. Any municipality subject to the provisions of this Part may, in accordance with this Section, establish within the fire department an emergency medical services division. Assignments to the division shall be made from within the classified s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.2 Lake Charles police chief; term of office
1.2K chars
§2481.2. Lake Charles police chief; term of office The city of Lake Charles may, by amendment to its home rule charter in accordance with law, establish procedures for the appointment of the position of police chief for a term of not less than six years. The position shall be a c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.3 Repealed by Acts 2019, No
0.0K chars
§2481.3. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 145, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.4 Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment
4.1K chars
§2481.4. Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority may create, by ordinance, the position of deputy chief of police in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.5 Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment; city of Alexandria
0.4K chars
§2481.5. Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment; city of Alexandria Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of Act No. 748 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria may create, by ordinance, the position of depu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.6 Chief of administration of fire department; competitive appointment
3.0K chars
§2481.6. Chief of administration of fire department; competitive appointment A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority may create, by ordinance, the position of chief of administration of fire department in accordance with the provisio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.7 Chief of operations; competitive appointment
2.7K chars
§2481.7. Chief of operations; competitive appointment A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority may create, by ordinance or resolution, the position of chief of operations in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2482 Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated
0.7K chars
§2482. Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated Any regular and permanent employee who left a position of the departmental service, which now comes within the classified service, subsequent to May 1, 1940, and entered the armed forces of the United States shall…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2483 Classification plan
1.5K chars
§2483. Classification plan Each board, as soon as practicable (not to exceed a period of eighteen months) after this Part takes effect in the municipality, shall adopt a classification plan for the fire and police services of the municipality. Each classification plan shall consi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2484 Allocation of positions to classes
1.3K chars
§2484. Allocation of positions to classes The board, or chairman thereof subject to the subsequent approval of the board, as soon as practicable (not exceeding forty-five days) after the adoption of a classification plan, after consultation with the appointing authorities concern…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2485 Use of class titles
0.8K chars
§2485. Use of class titles The title of each class shall be the official title of every position allocated to the class, for all purposes having to do with the position as such, and shall be used to the exclusion of all other titles on all pay rolls, budget estimates, and officia…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2486 Status of incumbent of position when allocated
1.5K chars
§2486. Status of incumbent of position when allocated Every person employed in the municipal fire and police services for a continuous period of at least six calendar months immediately preceding the date that this Part takes effect in the municipality, who was regularly and perm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2487 Methods of filling vacancies
0.5K chars
§2487. Methods of filling vacancies Vacancies in positions in the classified service shall be filled by one of the following methods: (1) Demotion (2) Transfer (3) Reinstatement (4) Promotional appointment (5) Competitive appointment (6) Reemployment (7) Temporary appointment A v…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2488 Demotion
0.7K chars
§2488. Demotion Demotions of regular employees shall be made by the appointing authority when it becomes necessary to reduce the number of employees in the classified service or in any class therein. Demotions from any class, except for disciplinary action or because of the aboli…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2489 Transfer
0.7K chars
§2489. Transfer Any employee may be transferred from any position in the classified service to any other position of the same class within the classified service, at the pleasure of the appointing authority without notice to and confirmation by the board. Any regular employee so …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2490 Reinstatement and reemployment
8.1K chars
§2490. Reinstatement and reemployment A. Each employee who, during or at the expiration of his working test period of probation following his promotion after being certified from an appropriate employment list, is rejected and refused permanent status in the position and class to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491 Establishment and maintenance of employment lists
8.3K chars
§2491. Establishment and maintenance of employment lists Except for the positions of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491.1 Promotional employment lists; Shreveport
1.7K chars
§2491.1. Promotional employment lists; Shreveport A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the municipal fire and police civil service board of the city of Shreveport shall establish and maintain employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment to the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491.2 Promotional employment lists; Sulphur
2.6K chars
§2491.2. Promotional employment lists; Sulphur A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the municipal fire and police civil service board of the city of Sulphur shall establish and maintain employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment to the vario…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491.3 Promotional employment lists; limitations
2.5K chars
§2491.3. Promotional employment lists; limitations A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any municipal fire and police civil service board covered by this Part, except as provided in R.S. 33:2491.1 and 2491.2, shall establish and maintain employment lists containing na…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491.4 Promotional employment lists; tests; city of West Monroe; classified police service
1.5K chars
§2491.4. Promotional employment lists; tests; city of West Monroe; classified police service A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the maximum period of time for which a name may remain upon a promotional employment list established and maintained by the munici…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2492 Tests
7.1K chars
§2492. Tests Tests to determine the eligibility of applicants for entry upon the promotional and competitive employment lists shall be provided as follows: (1)(a) The board shall provide through the state examiner for promotional or competitive tests. Official notice of examinati…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2493 Admission to tests
3.1K chars
§2493. Admission to tests A. Admission to tests provided by the civil service board through the state examiner shall be as follows: (1)(a) Admission to a promotional test shall be limited to regular employees of the class next lower from that for which they are to be examined. Ho…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2494 Certification and appointment
15.0K chars
§2494. Certification and appointment A.(1) Except for the positions of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or sign…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2494.1 Lafayette Police Department; rank of major
3.9K chars
§2494.1. Lafayette Police Department; rank of major A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Lafayette, a vacant position in the police department at the rank of major shall be filled in the following manner: (1) Any employee who holds the ran…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2495 Working tests
4.9K chars
§2495. Working tests A. Every person appointed to a position in the classified service following the certification of his name from a promotional or a competitive employment list, except as provided in R.S. 33:2495.1 and except those appointed on a temporary basis, shall be repor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2495.1 Recruit and recruit period
4.6K chars
§2495.1. Recruit and recruit period A.(1) Each person selected for appointment to an entry level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter, firefighter/operator, or police officer employment list who has demonstrated successful completion of formal train…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2495.2 Continuation of system
0.4K chars
§2495.2. Continuation of system If the city of New Iberia which has a municipal fire and police civil service system in existence on January 1, 2008, ceases to operate either its fire department or its police department, the civil service system shall continue in full force and e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2495.3 Recruit and recruit period; certain municipalities
2.1K chars
§2495.3. Recruit and recruit period; certain municipalities A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities of Baton Rouge, Bossier City, Houma, Lafayette, Shreveport, and Zachary, no person selected for appointment to an entry-level position in the c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2496 Temporary appointments
6.6K chars
§2496. Temporary appointments Temporary appointments may be made to positions in the classified service without the appointees acquiring any permanent status therein as follows: (1)(a)(i) Except for a vacancy in the classes of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entran…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2497 Leaves of absence
0.7K chars
§2497. Leaves of absence The board shall adopt rules to provide for leaves of absence in the various classes of the classified service. Such rules shall provide for annual vacation and sick leaves with pay, and special leaves with or without pay. They may provide for special exte…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2498 Abolition of positions in the classified service
2.3K chars
§2498. Abolition of positions in the classified service A. Whenever the appointing authority abolishes a position in the classified service and there is no position vacant in the respective class to which the regular employee of the abolished position may be transferred, the empl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2499 Lay-offs
1.0K chars
§2499. Lay-offs If, for any reason, the lowest class in the classified service, or the lowest class in a respective group of classes, as grouped by the classification plan, should become overburdened with the number of persons holding positions therein, and a reduction of personn…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2500 Corrective and disciplinary action for maintaining standards of service
4.0K chars
§2500. Corrective and disciplinary action for maintaining standards of service A. The tenure of persons who have been regularly and permanently inducted into positions of the classified service shall be during good behavior. However, the appointing authority may remove any employ…