§1667.7. Extra compensation for commissioned full-time deputy sheriffs of all parishes

A. In order to promote the public peace and safety in the parishes of the state, by providing better enforcement of law and particularly the enforcement of state laws by deputy sheriffs, every commissioned deputy sheriff employed on a full-time basis shall be paid by the state extra compensation out of monies appropriated therefor from the fund established by R.S. 40:1667.2. For the purposes of this Section any deputy sheriff hired after March 31, 1986, primarily to perform purely clerical or nonenforcement duties, including but not limited to typists, office machine operators, switchboard operators, filing clerks, stenoclerks, stenographers, animal shelter personnel, school crossing guards, secretaries, cooks, mechanics, and maintenance personnel, whether or not a duly commissioned deputy sheriff or post-certified, shall not be deemed to be a commissioned deputy sheriff entitled to additional compensation out of state funds.

B. Out of the funds appropriated by the legislature for the payment of the extra compensation provided by Subsection A of this Section, there shall be distributed to the sheriff of each parish monthly to pay additional compensation for full-time commissioned deputy sheriffs, and for those hired after March 31, 1986, who have completed and passed a council-approved training program as provided in R.S. 40:2405 and who are paid a salary of not less than three hundred fifty dollars per month, the amount of five hundred dollars per month for each full-time commissioned deputy sheriff at the completion of one year of service.

C. On or before the tenth day of each month; the sheriff in each parish and in Orleans Parish, the criminal sheriff and the civil sheriff, shall certify to the state treasurer the number of full-time commissioned deputy sheriffs in his employ and the number of years of service of each such officer. Based on the total number of such officers reported from throughout the state each month and the period of service of such officers and the amount of moneys remaining from the appropriation made therefor, the state treasurer shall calculate a monthly allowance to be paid to each such officer in an amount not to exceed the amounts provided in Subsection B herein. The state treasurer shall specify the amount of compensation to be paid to each such officer and shall remit such sums of money to the sheriff of each parish for credit to the sheriff's general fund of the respective parishes. The sheriff of each parish, and in Orleans Parish the criminal sheriff and the civil sheriff, shall expend such sums so paid into his sheriff's general fund solely for paying the additional compensation herein provided by granting an allowance in the amount specified by the state treasurer to each full-time commissioned deputy sheriff.

D. In computing the period of service required by Subsection A, for the payment of extra compensation to a commissioned deputy sheriff, prior service as a sworn state police officer receiving extra compensation under the provisions of R.S. 40:1457 shall be included.

E. Any person who was sworn in as a full-time commissioned deputy sheriff of a parish on May 1, 1988, who had retired from a position as a sworn state police officer after completion of a peace officer training program, and who was receiving supplemental pay out of state funds prior to his retirement shall be entitled to receive supplemental pay out of state funds beginning July 1, 1991, which shall be computed including prior years of law enforcement service completed, and shall not be required to complete a peace officer training program, notwithstanding any interruption in service between his retirement as a sworn state police officer and his return as a full-time deputy sheriff, provided that application for supplemental pay has been filed with the Deputy Sheriffs Supplemental Pay Board on or before September 1, 1991.

F. Any person who was sworn in as a full-time commissioned municipal police officer of a municipality on June 4, 1965, who had retired from a position as a sworn municipal police officer after completion of a peace officer training program, and who was receiving supplemental pay out of state funds prior to his retirement shall be entitled to receive supplemental pay out of state funds beginning July 1, 1992, which shall be computed including prior years of law enforcement service completed, and shall not be required to complete a peace officer training program, notwithstanding any interruption in service between his retirement as a sworn municipal police officer and his return as a full-time deputy sheriff, provided that application for supplemental pay has been filed with the Deputy Sheriff's Supplemental Pay Board on or before September 1, 1992.

G. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section, any full-time deputy sheriff employed as a field representative or process server and who is paid a salary of not less than three hundred fifty dollars per month shall be entitled to receive extra compensation in the amount of five hundred dollars per month at the completion of one year of service. However, to be eligible for such extra compensation, a field representative or process server shall have completed and passed a council-approved training program as provided in R.S. 40:2405.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 120, §3. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 330, §1; Acts 1977, No. 591, §1; Acts 1978, No. 766, §2; Acts 1979, No. 236, §8, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 634, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1983, No. 436, §1; Acts 1986, No. 861, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 657, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1991, No. 924, §2, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 264, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 1996, No. 37, §1, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 513, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1305, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2007, No. 281, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 664, §1, eff. July 1, 2009. Redesignated from R.S. 33:2218.8. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.