Louisiana § RS 33:2491.3 - Promotional employment lists; limitations
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§ RS 33:2491.3. 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 names of persons eligible for appointment to the various classes of positions in the classified service as provided in R.S. 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 R.S. 33:2491 and Article XIV, Section 15.1, Paragraph 21 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 made statutory by Article X, Section 18 of the 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.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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