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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1968 Chief engineer not included
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§1968. Chief engineer not included The two-platoon system does not apply to the chief engineer or commanding officer of the fire department.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1969 Equal recognition for equal performance
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§1969. Equal recognition for equal performance Equal recognition and compensation shall be received for equal performance of duty and responsibility.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:197 Manner of holding election
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§197. Manner of holding election Consolidation elections shall be held in the manner provided by law for regular municipal elections, as far as applicable and except as otherwise provided in this Subpart.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1970 Status of firemen on rolls January 1, 1928
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§1970. Status of firemen on rolls January 1, 1928 If, on January 1, 1928, the municipality had a population of one hundred thousand or more, the members of the fire department whose names appeared on the rolls thereof on that date are recognized as regularly appointed members of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1971 Fire ground authority
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§1971. Fire ground authority A.(1) When a situation develops which requires the services of and is responded to by the members of a fire department subject to this Subpart as provided in R.S. 33:1961, of a volunteer fire department, or of any other fire department, then the ranki…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1972 Fire districts; personnel; exception
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§1972. Fire districts; personnel; exception A. In all cities having a population of not less than thirty-five thousand and not more than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, and in all parishes and fire protection districts, fire districts are hereby established within the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1973 Regulation of the department; safety equipment
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§1973. Regulation of the department; safety equipment A.(1)(a) The fire department shall furnish to all full-time paid fire protection personnel who engage in fire fighting protective clothing which complies with minimum standards promulgated by the National Fire Protection Assoc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1974 Fire departments; reimbursement of costs
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§1974. Fire departments; reimbursement of costs A. Any fire department of a parish, municipality, or fire protection district, and any volunteer fire department shall have the authority to charge any person causing or contributing to a discharge of a hazardous or nonhazardous mat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1975 Free and unhampered passage on toll bridges and ferries; firemen
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§1975. Free and unhampered passage on toll bridges and ferries; firemen A. All firemen shall have free and unhampered passage on and over toll bridges and ferries in this state, regardless of whether the firemen are in uniform or in civilian clothes, if the firemen are performing…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1976 Naming of central fire station; city of Shreveport
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§1976. Naming of central fire station; city of Shreveport The governing authority of the city of Shreveport may name the central fire station in honor of a former fire chief who meets the following criteria: (1) He served in the fire department for more than forty-five years and …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:198 Ballots
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§198. Ballots The ballots to be used shall be in substantially the following form: Shall _______________________________ (name the municipalities) be consolidated and become one municipality, to be known as ______________________________________________? (Name of the proposed new…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:199 Returns; publication; ordinance defining boundary
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§199. Returns; publication; ordinance defining boundary The returns of a consolidation election and the results thereof, shall be made by the election officials to the governing body of the municipality. The governing body shall canvass the returns and declare the results of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1991 Definitions
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§1991. Definitions A.(1) The word "fireman", as used in this Subpart includes all persons employed or engaged full-time by municipalities or municipal fire departments, parishes or parish fire departments, or fire protection districts for firefighting, fire prevention, fire recor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1992 Minimum salaries
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§1992. Minimum salaries A. The minimum monthly salaries of firemen in municipalities having a population of twelve thousand or more and in the city of Bastrop and of all parish and fire protection district paid firemen, including salaries payable out of the avails of any special …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1993 Payment of salaries; city of Lafayette and the Fire Protection District Number One
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§1993. Payment of salaries; city of Lafayette and the Fire Protection District Number One of the parish of Ouachita; city of Crowley and city of Baton Rouge and fire protection districts within the parish of East Baton Rouge A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:1992, the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1994 Maximum hours
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§1994. Maximum hours A. Overtime compensation for firefighters covered by this Subpart in cities having a population of thirteen thousand or more and that of all parish and fire protection district paid firefighters shall be governed by the provisions of the federal Fair Labor St…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1994.1 Maximum consecutive hours of work; minimum consecutive hours off duty thereafter
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§1994.1. Maximum consecutive hours of work; minimum consecutive hours off duty thereafter Except in the case of a bona fide emergency, such as a hurricane, other natural disaster, or terrorist attack, no fireman as defined in R.S. 33:1991(A) shall be required to be on duty with a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1995 Sick leave
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§1995. Sick leave Every fireman in the employ of a municipality, parish or fire protection district to which this Sub-part applies, shall be entitled to full pay during sickness or incapacity not brought about by his own negligence or culpable indiscretion for a period of not les…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1995.1 Sick pay reduced by workers' compensation
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§1995.1. Sick pay reduced by workers' compensation A fireman employed by any municipality, parish or fire protection district who draws full pay during sickness or incapacity shall have such pay decreased by the amount of workers' compensation benefits actually received by the em…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1996 Annual vacation
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§1996. Annual vacation Firemen in municipalities, parishes and fire protection districts to which this Subpart applies, after having served one year, shall be entitled to an annual vacation of eighteen days with full pay. This vacation period shall be increased one day for each y…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1997 Penalty for violations
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§1997. Penalty for violations A. No official or executive officer of any fire department or municipal, parish or fire protection district officer or fire board member affected by this Sub-part shall permit any violation of the provisions of this Sub-part. B. Whoever violates this…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1998 Voluntary unpaid firemen not affected
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§1998. Voluntary unpaid firemen not affected The provisions of this Sub-part do not apply to voluntary unpaid members of fire departments.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1999 Work on holidays
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§1999. Work on holidays A. Firefighters in municipalities, parishes, and fire protection districts who are required to work on holidays as provided for in Subsection B of this Section shall receive in addition to the compensation to which such employee would be entitled under law…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2 Filing of petition; certification; forwarding to governor
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§2. Filing of petition; certification; forwarding to governor A. When the proponents of the petition for incorporation believe they have the signatures of at least twenty-five percent of the electors residing in the area, they shall file the petition with the registrar of voters …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:200 Governor's proclamation
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§200. Governor's proclamation Promptly after publication of the ordinance declaring the consolidation election result in the second municipality, if both elections favor consolidation, certified copies of ordinances proclaiming the result shall be transmitted by the governing aut…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:201 Effective date of consolidation
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§201. Effective date of consolidation Consolidation which has been approved as provided in the preceding Sections shall take effect upon the date of expiration of the regular terms of office of the elective officers of the constituent municipality having the least population, and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2011 Development of cancer during employment in fire service; occupational disease
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§2011. Development of cancer during employment in fire service; occupational disease A.(1) Because of exposure to heat, smoke, and fumes or carcinogenic, poisonous, toxic, or chemical substances, when a firefighter in the classified service who has completed ten or more years of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2012 Fire Service Bill of Rights
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§2012. Fire Service Bill of Rights A. This Section may be referred to as the "Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights". B. There is hereby established a Fire Service Bill of Rights to promote the rights of members of the fire service in Louisiana and to insure that their rights are…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2013 Fire suppression employees; city of New Orleans; maximum hiring age requirement
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§2013. Fire suppression employees; city of New Orleans; maximum hiring age requirement A. The fire department of the city of New Orleans shall adopt a written policy establishing a maximum age requirement for any person hired as a fire suppression employee of such department. The…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:202 Charter and ordinances of larger municipality to remain in force
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§202. Charter and ordinances of larger municipality to remain in force When a consolidation becomes effective the constituent municipalities shall consolidate and become one municipality under the name set forth in the election ordinances. The charter or other laws for the govern…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2021 Municipalities and persons affected
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§2021. Municipalities and persons affected R.S. 33:2022 through 33:2042 apply to any municipality, whether existing under special charter or under general law, having a population of less than twenty-five thousand and maintaining a regular fire department with equipment of the va…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2022 Election to authorize disability and relief fund
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§2022. Election to authorize disability and relief fund A special election for the purpose of submitting to the property taxpayers of the municipality the proposition of inaugurating a system of disability and relief payments for its firemen and of creating a special fund known a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2023 Maintenance of fund
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§2023. Maintenance of fund The governing authority may appropriate and pay into the fund out of the annual revenues of the municipality a sum not to exceed the equivalent of one mill on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property in the municipality. This amount from the gen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2024 Salary deductions; donations; source of fund
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§2024. Salary deductions; donations; source of fund The municipality shall each month deduct from the salary of each paid fireman one per cent of the amount thereof and pay the amount deducted into the fund. The municipality may receive any donations or bequests to the fund. The …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2025 Special trust fund
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§2025. Special trust fund The fund shall be set aside as a special trust fund and shall be disbursed only in the manner and for the purposes provided in this Sub-part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2026 Administration of fund
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§2026. Administration of fund The fund shall be controlled, managed, and administered exclusively by The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Disability and Relief Fund, hereinafter referred to as "the board". A board created under Act 303 of 19401 and existing on the effective dat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2027 Board of trustees of fund
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§2027. Board of trustees of fund The board shall be a corporate body politic and shall be composed of: (1) The mayor or chief executive of the municipality. (2) The clerk or secretary of the municipality. (3) The chief of the fire department. (4) Two active firemen, appointed by …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2028 Term of active firemen on board
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§2028. Term of active firemen on board The two appointed firemen shall hold office for a period of four years.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2029 Review of board action
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§2029. Review of board action The board is a quasi-judicial body. Its action is reviewable only by a writ of certiorari to the courts.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:203 Officers and employees of larger municipality to serve
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§203. Officers and employees of larger municipality to serve The officers and employees of the municipality having the larger population, shall, from the effective date of the consolidation, serve and act as the officers and employees of the consolidated municipality. The officer…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2030 Meetings of board
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§2030. Meetings of board The board shall meet quarterly. A special meeting shall be called on forty-eight hours' notice by the president at the request of any three members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2031 Powers and duties of board
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§2031. Powers and duties of board The board shall: (1) Make regulations necessary for the administration of the fund; (2) Hear and decide applications for benefits; (3) Retain and provide compensation for legal, medical, clerical, or other services necessary for the conduct of th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2032 Compensation of board; expenditures to preserve fund
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§2032. Compensation of board; expenditures to preserve fund The members of the board shall receive no compensation from the fund. The board may make payments from the fund for its preservation and administration. These expenditures are limited to what is necessary to safeguard an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2033 Duties of secretary
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§2033. Duties of secretary The secretary of the board shall keep in books, provided for the purpose, a complete record of all proceedings of the board, particularly with reference to investing money belonging to the fund which proceedings shall be spread upon the minutes in full.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2034 Investment of funds
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§2034. Investment of funds The board may at any time, after considering the probable current demands upon the fund, determine what portion of the fund may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes. All proceedings relating thereto shall…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2035 Fund not subject to claims against beneficiary
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§2035. Fund not subject to claims against beneficiary The fund, or any portion thereof, before or after an order for its distribution is issued, shall be exempt from assignment or pledge by a beneficiary of the fund or from seizure by virtue of any judicial process issued against…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2036 Disability, retirement, and death benefits
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§2036. Disability, retirement, and death benefits Pensions and benefits shall be as follows: A. If a volunteer fireman, while in active service, is found by the board to be temporarily, totally disabled, mentally or physically, by reason of his service, he shall receive monthly f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2037 Effect of receipt of workers' compensation or social security payments
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§2037. Effect of receipt of workers' compensation or social security payments When a person entitled to benefits from the fund is covered by a workers' compensation insurance policy or any other type of insurance policy paid for by the municipality or fire company, or is entitled…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2038 Employment forfeiting benefits
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§2038. Employment forfeiting benefits No person shall receive benefits from the fund if he attaches himself to a paid fire department in any municipality, or accepts public employment for compensation equal to or greater than the benefits herein provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2039 Proration of funds when insufficient for full payment
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§2039. Proration of funds when insufficient for full payment Should the fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the beneficiaries shall not have a right of legal action against the municipality, or its governing authority, or the board, f…
