Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2545

  • Appointing authority: means any official, officer, board, commission, council or person having the power to make appointments to positions in the municipal, parish or fire protection district fire service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Board: means the municipal, parish, or fire protection district fire and police civil service board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Position: means any office or employment in the municipal, parish or fire protection district, fire or police service, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533

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 official records and reports pertaining to the position, except that any abbreviation or code symbol adopted by the board may be used to designate a position of a class.  Any other title satisfactory to the appointing authority may be used in official correspondence and in any other connection not having to do with the personnel processes covered by this Section.  No employee shall be appointed, employed or paid under any title other than that of the class to which the position held by him is allocated.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.