Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2491.3

  • Appointment: means the designation of a person, by due authority, to become an employee in a position, and his induction into employment in the position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Board: means the municipal fire and police civil service board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Departmental service: means employment in the public services offered and performed separately by the fire and by the police departments of the municipality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Eligible: means a person whose name is on a list. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • list: means a reinstatement employment list, a promotional employment list, a competitive employment list, and a reemployment list. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Position: means any office and employment in the municipal fire and police services, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Seniority: means the following:

                (a) "Departmental seniority" means the total employment computed for an employee beginning with the last date on which he was regularly and permanently appointed and has worked continuously to and including the date of computation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473

            A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any municipal fire and police civil service board covered by this Part, except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 33:2491.1 and 2491.2, shall establish and maintain employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment to the various classes of positions in the classified service as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 33:2491.

NOTE: Subsection B as amended by Acts 2015, No. 243, §1. See Acts 2015, No. 240, §2, regarding late eff. date for identical changes.

            B. Notwithstanding the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 33:2491 and Article XIV, Section 15.1, Paragraph 21 of thethe Louisiana Constitution of 1921 made statutory by Article X, Section 18 of thethe Louisiana Constitution of 1974, departmental service in any classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of police headquarters desk service, jailer, police matron, operations and maintenance of radio, police alarm or signal system, automotive or police apparatus repairs, secretary to the chief, or department records clerk shall not be counted by the municipal fire and police civil service board of the city in determining the total departmental or promotional seniority in the departmental service of a person for purposes of ranking the name of that person on a promotional employment list for a classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of law enforcement, a position as a chief or assistant chief, or a position as an intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon, or company officer of the police department.

            C. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to affect the pay, retirement, or any other benefits based upon departmental service of any person occupying a classified police position in the municipal fire and police civil service.

            D. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person employed prior to July 1, 2004, in a classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of law enforcement, a position as chief or assistant chief, or a position as an intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon, or company officer of the police department.

            Acts 2004, No. 429, §2, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 240, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 243, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.

NOTE: Subsection B as amended by Acts 2015, No. 243, §1. See Acts 2015, No. 240, §2, regarding late eff. date for identical changes.

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