HB 376 — CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to provisional appointments in the classified service

HLSENROLLED 26RS-669 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

376 BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER CIVILAN SERVICE/FIREACT &To POL:amend and reenact R.S.

Provides relative to provisional appointments in the classified service AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

PageSuccessive 1appointments in the classes of 3entrance CODING:firefighter, entrance police officer,entrancejailer, secretaryto thechief,departmentalrecordsclerk,andforthe entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty shall be prohibited.

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HLS 26RS-669 ENGROSSED HB NO.

376 SuccessiveENROLLED appointments§2556. in the classes of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer,entrancejailer, secretaryto thechief,departmentalrecordsclerk,andforthe entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty shall be prohibited.

*Temporary *appointments *Temporaryappointments §2556.may be made to positions in the classified service without the appointees acquiring any permanent status therein as follows:

Temporary appointments Temporary appointments may be made to positions in the classified service without the appointees acquiring any permanent status therein as follows:

AAprovisionalappointment provisionalappointmentshallshall not exceedsixtyninetydays.

Successive appointments in the classes of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer,entrancejailer,secretaryto thechief,departmentalrecordsclerk,andforthethechief,departmentalrecordsclerk,andfor the entrance classes for which the operationandoperation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty shall be prohibited.

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[R.S.

1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 376 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Kerner Abstract:

Relative to provisional appointments in thefireandpolicecivil service,changes the maximum term of such appointments from 60 to 90 days.

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Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.

HLS 26RS-669 ENGROSSED HB NO.

376 Presentconstitutioncreatesafireandpolicecivilservicesystemapplicabletomunicipalities of over 13,000 in population and parishes and fire protection districts.

Provides that the system is subject to Art.

XIV, §15.1 of the 1921 constitution made statutory by the 1974 constitution.

Present law creates and provides for two fire and police civil service systems:

(1) one applicable to any municipality which operates paid police and fire departments and which has a population of not fewerthan 13,000 persons;

and (2) one applicable to anyparish, fire protection district, or municipality with a population of fewer than 13,000, but not fewer than 7,000 persons.

Proposed law retains present constitution and present law.

Presentlaw,relativetotemporaryappointments,authorizestheappointingauthoritytomake a provisional appointment of anyperson consideredqualified when a vacancyis to be filled in a position of a class for which the board is unable to certifynames of persons eligible for regular and permanent, or substitute, appointment.

Provides that wheneverpracticable, the appointment should be made bythe provisional promotion of an employee of a lower class.

Provides that a provisional appointment shall not continue for more than three months.

Excludes vacanciesin thepositions of entrancefirefighter, entrancepolice officer,entrance jailer, secretaryto the chief, departmental records clerk, and the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service in the primaryduty.

Proposed law retains present law.

Present law, relative to temporary appointments for vacancies in the positions of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service in the primary duty, authorizes the appointing authority to make provisional appointment of any person considered qualified.

Provides that a provisional appointment shall not exceed 60 days.

Provides that successiveappointments in the classes of entrancefirefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service in the primaryduty shall be prohibited.

Proposed law increases the maximum period of a provisional appointment from 60 to 90 days.

Otherwise retains present law.

(Amends R.S.

33:2496(1)(a)(iii) and 2556(1)(a)(iii)) Page 3 of 3 CODING: