HB 377 — CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the pay range for the state examiner and deputy state examiner of the municipal fire and police civil service

HLSENROLLED 26RS-670 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

377 BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER CIVILAN SERVICE/FIREACT &ToamendandreenactSubparagraphs(9)(a)and(b)ofArticleXIV,Section15.1ofthe1921 POL:Constitution of Louisiana, as amended, continued as a statute pursuant to Article X, Section 18 of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana, and R.S.

Provides relative to the pay range for the state examiner and deputy state examiner of the municipal fire and police civil service AN ACT ToamendandreenactSubparagraphs(9)(a)and(b)ofArticleXIV,Section15.1ofthe1921 Constitution of Louisiana, as amended, continued as a statute pursuant to Article X, Section 18 of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana, and R.S.

He shallbeapersonwhohashadexperienceinpersonneladministration,classification, or employment testing in a classified civil service system and shall serve on a full- Page 1 of 43 CODING:

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377 shallbeapersonwhohashadexperienceinpersonneladministration,classification,ENROLLED or employment testing in a classified civil service system and shall serve on a full- time basis.

The right of appointment, supervision, and discharge of the deputydeputystate state examiner is vested in the state examiner.

HeshallHeshallbearesidentandqualifiedvoter bearesidentandqualifiedvoter of the state.Hestate. shall be a person who has had experience in personnel administration, classification, or employment testing in a classified civil service system and shall serve on a full-time basis.

He shall be a person who has had experience in personnel administration, classification, or employment testing in a classified civil service system and shall serve on a full-time basis.

ThepositionThepositionofdeputystateexaminershallbeassignedtothepay ofdeputystateexaminershallbeassignedtothepay range which is two levels below the pay range to which the deputy director of state civilserviceisassigned.

The position of state examiner shall be assigned to the same pay range to which the deputy director of state civil Page 2 of 43 CODING:

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377 shallENROLLED be assigned to the same pay range to which the deputy director of state civil service is assigned.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 377 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Kerner Abstract:

Provides relative to the pay range of the state examiner and deputy state examiner of the municipal fire and police civil service.

Presentconstitutioncreatesafireandpolicecivilservicesystemapplicabletomunicipalities ofover13,000populationandparishesandfireprotectiondistricts.

Providesthatthesystem is subject to Art.

XIV, §15.1 of the 1921 Constitution of Louisiana made statutory by the Constitution of Louisiana.

Present law creates and provides for two fire and police civilservicesystems:

(1)oneapplicabletoanymunicipalitywhichoperatespaidpoliceand fire departments and which has a population of not fewer than 13,000 persons;

and (2) one applicable to any parish, 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.

Presentlawcreatestheofficeofstateexamineranddeputystateexaminer.

Requiresthatthe state examiner and deputy state examiner to be residents and qualified voters of the state.

Requires that both have experience in personnel administration, classification, or employmenttestingin theclassifiedcivil servicesystem.

Providesthatbothserveonafull- time basis.

Requires that the state examiner receive and be paid a salary set by the State Page 3 of 4 CODING:

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HLS 26RS-670 ENGROSSED HB NO.

377 Civil Service Commission's uniform pay plan.

Requires that the deputy state examiner receive and be paid a salary set by the state examiner in accordance with the State Civil Service Commission's uniform pay plan.

Proposed law retains present law.

Present law provides that the position of state examiner shall be assigned to the same pay range to which the deputy director of state civil service is assigned.

Provides that the position of deputy state examiner shall be assigned to the pay range which is two levels below the pay range to which the deputy director of state civil service is assigned.

Proposed law removes present law.

(Amends Const.