Louisiana § RS 42:1501 - Performance planning and review sessions; certification; increases in compensation
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§ RS 42:1501. Performance planning and review sessions; certification; increases in compensation
A. No state unclassified official or employee who is responsible for conducting performance planning and review sessions for a state classified employee shall receive an increase in his compensation unless his certifying official determines in writing that the unclassified official or employee has conducted his performance planning and review sessions in conformance with the rules of the State Civil Service Commission.
B. No state unclassified official or employee who is in the direct line of supervision of an unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section shall receive an increase in his compensation unless the certifying official of the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section determines in writing that the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section has conducted his performance planning and review sessions in conformance with the rules of the State Civil Service Commission.
C. For purposes of this Section, "certifying official" means the commissioner of administration, except as follows:
(1) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in a department headed by a statewide elected official, the statewide elected official shall be the certifying official.
(2) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in the division of administration, the governor shall be the certifying official.
(3) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in the Department of Public Service, the chairman of the Public Service Commission shall be the certifying official.
(4) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in a position at a public postsecondary education institution, the chairman of the management board that governs the institution shall be the certifying official.
Acts 2009, No. 377, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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