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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2335 Enforcement jurisdiction
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§2335. Enforcement jurisdiction In the exercise of the police power of the state and in furtherance of the purpose of promoting more effective enforcement of state laws by municipal police officers, any such officer, when certified in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:240…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2336 Uniforms, equipment, and badges
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§2336. Uniforms, equipment, and badges A. No department, division, or agency of the state or of any municipality, parish, or other political subdivision of the state charged with law enforcement or the apprehension of violators of any state, municipal, or parochial laws or ordina…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2337 Mutual aid; local police departments
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§2337. Mutual aid; local police departments A.(1) In the event of an emergency or a special event and upon the request of another police department or sheriff's office, by the chief of police, the sheriff, or their designees of that department on duty at the time of the emergency…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2338 Mutual aid; Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Response Task Force
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§2338. Mutual aid; Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Response Task Force A.(1) In the event of an emergency or a special event and upon the request of another police department or sheriff's office, by the chief of police, the sheriff, Louisiana Sheriff's Associa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2339 Detail or secondary employment; city of New Orleans
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§2339. Detail or secondary employment; city of New Orleans A.(1) The managing director and employees of the Office of Police and Secondary Employment (OPSE), or its successor, may only communicate with the New Orleans Police Department, its staff, officers, or superintendent rega…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2341 Purpose
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§2341. Purpose It is the intent of the legislature in the exercise of the police power of the state to create a board to promote the public peace, by establishing training programs for chiefs of police to provide management courses and skills to enhance the safety of the citizens…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2342 Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute; creation; board; membership
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§2342. Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute; creation; board; membership A. The Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute is hereby created within the office of the governor and shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge. B. The Law Enforcement Executive Managem…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2343 Meetings; quorum
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§2343. Meetings; quorum A. The board shall meet regularly each calendar quarter at such time and place as it may determine. The board may meet at such other times as it deems appropriate. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. B. The board shall annually elect a cha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2344 Functions; powers; duties
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§2344. Functions; powers; duties A. The institute, by and through the board, shall serve as the coordinator for the training of chiefs of police in Louisiana. B. The institute, by and through the board, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) Establish a new c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2345 Training
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§2345. Training A. Beginning January 1, 2004, each municipal chief of police who has been either elected or appointed to the position of municipal chief of police shall successfully complete the New Chief Management Course not later than one year after such election or appointmen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2391 Applicability
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§2391. Applicability A. This Part shall apply to any city having a population exceeding one hundred thousand according to the latest federal decennial census. B. This Part shall not apply to positions which are covered by Part II of this Chapter. C. In the event that the civil se…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2392 Short title
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§2392. Short title This Part shall be known as and may be cited as "the City Civil Service Law."
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2393 Definitions
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§2393. Definitions The following words and phrases when used in this Part shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. "Allocation" means the official determination of the class to which a position in the classified service belongs. 2. "Appo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2394 Effective date of provisions
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§2394. Effective date of provisions Any system of city civil service under Act 171 of 1940, 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 Act 171 of 1940, as am…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2395 Department of city civil service; appropriations; facilities
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§2395. Department of city civil service; appropriations; facilities There is created in the city government a department of city civil service, the administrative head of which shall be the city director of personnel. In the department there shall be a city civil service commissi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2396 City civil service commission
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§2396. City civil service commission A. The city civil service commission shall be composed of three electors of the city in which they serve. No member of the commission shall be a candidate for nomination or election to public office or hold any other public office or position …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2397 Duties of the commission
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§2397. Duties of the commission The commission shall: (1) Represent the public interest in the improvement of personnel administration in the city service. (2) Advise the mayor and the director on problems concerning personnel administration. (3) Advise and assist the director in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2398 City director of personnel
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§2398. City director of personnel A. The city director of personnel shall be in the classified service and shall be a person who has had experience in the field of personnel administration and is familiar with its principles and methods, and who is in sympathy with the applicatio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2399 Duties of the director
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§2399. Duties of the director A. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department of city civil service and shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. In addition to the duties imposed upon him elsewhere in this Part, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2400 Rules
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§2400. Rules The director shall recommend to the commission rules necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this Part, and may, from time to time, recommend amendments or additions thereto. When such rules or amendments are recommended by the director, the commiss…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2401 Unclassified and classified service
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§2401. Unclassified and classified service A. The unclassified service shall include the following positions: (1) The mayor and other members of the governing body of the city; all officers of the city elected by popular vote; and all persons appointed to vacancies occurring in s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2402 Classification plan
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§2402. Classification plan The director, as soon as practicable after this Part takes effect in the city, shall cause to be prepared a classification plan which shall consist of classes, designated by standard titles, designed to provide for all positions in the classified servic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2403 Allocation of positions to classes
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§2403. Allocation of positions to classes The director, as soon as practicable after the adoption of a classification plan and, after consultation with the appointing authorities concerned, shall allocate each position in the classified service to its appropriate class, and there…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2404 Use of class titles
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§2404. 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 others on all payrolls, budget estimates, and official recor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2405 Status of incumbent of position when allocated
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§2405. Status of incumbent of position when allocated When any position is first allocated hereunder, or is reallocated to a different class to correct an error in its previous allocation, the employee in the position may continue to serve therein, with the status and all the rig…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2406 Pay plan
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§2406. Pay plan The director, after consultation with the appointing authorities concerned and resort to other measures of investigation and research which he deems desirable, shall cause to be prepared and submit to the commission for approval a pay plan for the classified servi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2407 Methods of filling vacancies in the classified service
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§2407. Methods of filling vacancies in the classified service Vacancies in positions in the classified service may be filled by demotion, transfer, reinstatement, reemployment, promotion, original appointment, or temporary appointment. Preference shall be given to the methods nam…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2408 Transfer
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§2408. Transfer An employee may be transferred from any position in the classified service to any other position of the same class, or of any other class for which no additional or different qualifications are prescribed for original entrance, on recommendation of the appointing …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2409 Reinstatement and reemployment
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§2409. Reinstatement and reemployment A. The director shall, subject to the rules, establish and maintain reemployment lists, which shall contain the names of persons who have been regular employees and who were separated from their positions for reasons other than fault or delin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2410 Establishment of promotion lists and employment lists
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§2410. Establishment of promotion lists and employment lists The director shall, subject to the rules, establish and maintain promotion lists and employment lists for the various classes of positions in the classified service which are necessary or desirable to meet the needs of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2411 Nature of tests; eligibility for tests; adaptation for candidates with disabilities
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§2411. Nature of tests; eligibility for tests; adaptation for candidates with disabilities A. Tests of fitness for original entrance and for promotion shall be competitive, and open to all citizens who, if over eighteen years of age, are qualified voters of the city and who meet …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2412 Admission to tests
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§2412. Admission to tests The director shall, subject to the rules, determine the qualifications for admission to any test. Subject to limitations as to age and other requirements and qualifications fixed by the rules in the interests of the service, admission to tests shall be o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2413 Simplified form of tests
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§2413. Simplified form of tests In every instance where this Part requires that a position be filled by competitive examination, the examination or tests which are given shall be truly competitive in character. No provision to fill the position by a non-competitive examination sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2414 Public notice of tests
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§2414. Public notice of tests The director shall give public notice of each entrance test at least two weeks in advance of the test by posting a notice thereof on the bulletin board maintained in or near the office of the department and by publishing a brief abstract of the notic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2415 Results of tests
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§2415. Results of tests The rating of each test shall be completed and the resulting list established not later than ninety days after the date on which the test was held, unless the time is extended by the director for reasons which he shall record in the official records of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2416 Certification and appointment
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§2416. Certification and appointment A. Whenever an appointing authority proposes to fill a vacancy in the classified service, except by demotion, transfer, or reinstatement, he shall submit to the director a statement showing the position to be filled, the class and duties there…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2417 Working tests
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§2417. Working tests Every person appointed to a position in the classified service after certification of his name from an original entrance employment list or a promotion list shall be tested by a working test while occupying the position. The period of the working test shall c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2418 Service standards and ratings
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§2418. Service standards and ratings The director shall, in cooperation with appointing authorities, provide and recommend to the commission for approval, a system of standards of performance in positions throughout the classified service, and methods of rating the service of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2419 Conditional and temporary appointments
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§2419. Conditional and temporary appointments A. When a position is temporarily vacated because the incumbent is on authorized leave of absence without pay and the appointing authority desires to fill the position for the duration of the leave he must do so by making a conditiona…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2420 Hours of work, holidays, attendance, and leave
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§2420. Hours of work, holidays, attendance, and leave The rules shall provide for the hours of work, vacations, holidays, attendance regulations, and leaves of absence in the various classes of positions in the classified service. They shall contain provisions for annual, sick, a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2421 Verification of claims for payment
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§2421. Verification of claims for payment No fiscal officer shall draw, sign, or issue, or shall authorize the drawing, signing, or issuing of any order or warrant on the treasurer or other disbursing officer for the payment of, nor shall any officer or employee pay, any compensa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2422 Lay-offs
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§2422. Lay-offs Whenever a position in the classified service is abolished or needs to be vacated because of stoppage of work from lack of funds or other cause the employee of the class involved in the organization unit affected with the lowest average service rating for the last…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2423 Corrective or disciplinary action for maintaining standards of service
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§2423. Corrective or disciplinary action for maintaining standards of service A. When any employee in the classified service is unable or unwilling to perform the duties of his position in a satisfactory manner or has committed any act to the prejudice of the service, or has omit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2424 Appeals by employees to the commission
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§2424. Appeals by employees to the commission Any regular employee in the classified service, subject to the provisions of this Part, or the rules made pursuant thereto, who deems that he has been removed, dismissed, retired, reduced in pay, demoted, subjected to a second suspens…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2425 Retirement and pension system
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§2425. Retirement and pension system The director shall prepare and, upon approval by the commission, shall submit to the mayor recommendations concerning actuarially sound retirement and pension systems for persons holding positions in the classified service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2426 Oaths, testimony, and production of records; refusal to testify
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§2426. Oaths, testimony, and production of records; refusal to testify The commission, each member of the commission, and the director may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any investigation or hearing authorized by t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2427 Duties of city officers and employees
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§2427. Duties of city officers and employees Each appointing officer shall report to the director forthwith in writing upon any appointment or employment in the service, the name of the appointee, or employee, the title and character of his office or employment, the date of comme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2428 Records of the department
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§2428. Records of the department The records of the department, except records which the rules require to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be public records and shall be open to public inspection, subject to regulations as to the time and manner of inspect…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2429 Political activities prohibited
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§2429. Political activities prohibited A. No person shall: (1) Be appointed or promoted to, or demoted or dismissed from, any position in the classified service, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment in the classified service because of his pol…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2430 Other prohibited acts
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§2430. Other prohibited acts No person shall: (1) Make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under any provision of this Part or commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial executio…