RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 292 (SB 102) 2024 Regular Session Miguez
Prior law specified that a board of commissioners for a port in parishes which had a
population of 68,000 to 73,000 and 57,000 to 57,400, respectively as determined by the latest
federal decennial census may appoint, fix salaries of, and pay port and harbor police who
have completed a course certified by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training
to perform law enforcement duties commensurate with powers of sheriffs. Existing law
further allows a commission of a port in a designated population to adopt rules and
regulations for the conduct, management, and control of the port and harbor police, and shall,
from time to time, enlarge, modify, or change such rules and regulations in its discretion.
New law retains prior law but removes the population designation.
Prior law provided for arrestees of the port and harbor police to be delivered to the sheriff
of the parish in which the arrest occurs, and provides that such authority does not deprive law
enforcement from a parish with a population of 68,000 to 73,000 or 57,000 to 57,400,
according to the latest federal decennial census, from performing their duties.
New law retains prior law but removes the population designation and identifies the parishes
of Iberia and Vermilion.
Effective May 28, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 34:1603.2(A), (D), and (E))


Statutes affected:
SB102 Original: 34:2(A)
SB102 Engrossed: 34:2(A)
SB102 Enrolled: 34:2(A)
SB102 Act 292: 34:2(A)