RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 51 (SB 193) 2021 Regular Session Morris
Prior law provided that the public notice required to be physically posted for a continuous
ten-day period prior to the date of administration for tests to determine eligibility of
applicants for entry upon the promotional and competitive employment lists maintained by
the municipal fire and police civil service board shall also be published on the state
examiner's website and the municipality's website, if available, during the ten-day period in
which the tests are to be held.
New law provides that the notice be posted both physically and published on the website of
the state examiner and, if available, the municipality, for the ten-day period prior to the date
of administration.
Prior law provided that in municipalities with a population between 7,000 and 13,000 and
13,000 and 250,000 when a vacancy is to be filled in a position of a class for which the board
is unable to certify names of persons eligible for regular and permanent or substitute
appointment, the appointing authority may make a provisional appointment of any person
considered qualified. When practicable, requires the appointment to be made by the
provisional promotion of any employee of a lower class. Prohibits a provisional appointment
from continuing for more than three months. Further provided no position in the classified
service shall be filled by one or more provisional appointments for a period in excess of three
consecutive months and successive like periods shall not be permissible. Allowed the board
to authorize the renewal of the appointment, or authorize successive appointments for a
period not to exceed three additional months whenever it has been impracticable or
impossible to establish a list of persons eligible for certification and appointment to a
vacancy.
New law for both classes of municipalities creates an exception to prior law for the vacancies
in the classes of entrance firefighter and entrance police officer. Provides that when a
vacancy arises, the appointing authority may make a provisional appointment of any person
considered qualified that shall not exceed sixty days. Prohibits successive appointments.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Amends R.S. 33:2492(1)(b), 2496(1)(a) and (2), and 2556(1)(a) and (2))


Statutes affected:
SB193 Original: 33:2492(1), 33:2496(1), 33:2556(1)
SB193 Engrossed: 33:2492(1), 33:2496(1), 33:2556(1)
SB193 Reengrossed: 33:2492(1), 33:2496(1), 33:2556(1)
SB193 Enrolled: 33:2492(1), 33:2496(1), 33:2556(1)
SB193 Act 51: 33:2492(1), 33:2496(1), 33:2556(1)