§ 2537. Duties of the
board
The board shall:
1. Represent the public interest in matters of personnel
administration in the fire and police service of the
municipal government, or parish government, or fire
protection district government of which the fire service
is a part.
2. Advise and assist the governing body, mayor, commissioner
of public safety and the chief of the fire department of
the municipality, or the parish governing authority, or
fire protection district, governing authority, as the
case may be, with reference to the maintenance and
improvement of personnel standards and administration in
the fire and police service, and the classified system.
3. Advise and assist the employees in the classified service
with reference to the maintenance, improvement and
administration of personnel matters related to any
individual or group of employees.
4. Make, at the direction of the mayor, commissioner of
public safety, chief of the fire department of the
municipality, or president of the parish governing
authority, or chairman of the board of commissioners of
the fire protection district, or upon the written
petition of any citizen for just cause or upon its own
motion, any investigation concerning the administration
of personnel or the compliance with the provisions of
this Part in the fire and police service; review and
modify or set aside, upon its own motion, any of its
actions, and take any other action which it determines to
be desirable or necessary in the public interest or to
carry out effectively the provisions and purposes of this
Part. However, any investigation requested of the board by
the mayor, commissioner of public safety, chief of the fire
department of the municipality, or president of the parish
governing authority, or chairman of the board of commissioners
of the fire protection district, or upon the written petition of
any citizen for just cause shall be completed within sixty
days of the receipt of the request for an investigation or
receipt of a written petition of any citizen, or both.
5. Conduct investigations and pass upon complaints by or
against any officer or employee in the classified service
for the purpose of demotion, reduction in position or
abolition thereof, suspension or dismissal of the officer
or employee, in accordance with the provisions of this
Part. Investigations conducted pursuant to the provisions
of this Paragraph shall be completed within sixty days.
However, the sixty-day limitation shall not apply to any
investigation conducted pursuant to the provisions of Subpart
H of Chapter 4 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
of 1950, comprised of R.S. 33: 2181 et seq.
6. Hear and pass upon matters which the mayor, commissioner
of public safety, the chief of the fire or police
departments of the municipality, or any member of the
parish or fire protection district governing authority or
the state examiner of fire and police civil service
brings before it.
7. Make, alter, amend and promulgate rules necessary to
carry out effectively the provisions of this Part.
8. Adopt and maintain a classification plan. The
classification plan shall be adopted and maintained by
rules of the board.
9. Make reports to the governing body, either upon its own
motion or upon the official request of the governing
body, regarding general or special matters of personnel
administration in and for the fire or police service of
the municipality, parish or fire protection district, as
the case may be, or with reference to any appropriation
made by the governing body for the expenses incidental to
the operation of the board.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 282, § 1.
Amended by Acts 1965, No. 146, § 1.
Amended by Acts 2004, No. 274, § 1.
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