SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to supplemental pay to certain law enforcement officers whose agency is headquartered in Baton Rouge (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

HLS 26RS-307 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 542
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to supplemental pay to certain law enforcement
officers whose agency is headquartered in Baton Rouge
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1667.1(A)(2)(a), relative to supplemental pay for certain law
3 enforcement officers whose agency is headquartered in the city of Baton Rouge
4 under certain circumstances; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:1667.1(A)(2)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 §1667.1. Rate of compensation; prior service; supplemental monthly compensation;
10 police to receive additional compensation
11 A.
12 * * *
13 (2)(a) Every sworn, commissioned law enforcement officer employed on a
14 full-time basis by a bona fide police agency of the state or its political subdivisions,
15 other than the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the Department of
16 Wildlife and Fisheries, and headquartered in either the city of New Orleans, or Lake
17 Charles, or Baton Rouge and who serves the welfare of the public in the capacity of
18 a police officer by providing police services to the general public through effecting
19 arrests, issuing citations, and serving warrants while patrolling levees, waterways,
20 and riverfront areas, or while patrolling bridges that are within the boundaries of the
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HLS 26RS-307 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 542
1 city of New Orleans, or the city of Lake Charles, or the city of Baton Rouge shall be
2 paid by the state extra compensation in the amount of six hundred dollars per month
3 in addition to the compensation now paid to him by his employer out of
4 self-generated revenue attributable to the agency employing such officers. To be
5 eligible for the extra compensation, each such law enforcement officer shall have
6 completed one year of service, and any such law enforcement officer hired after
7 March 31, 1986, shall also have completed and passed a council-certified training
8 program, as provided in R.S. 40:2405.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026; if vetoed by the governor
11 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
12 2026, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 542 Original 2026 Regular Session McMakin
Abstract: Provides relative to supplemental pay to certain law enforcement officers whose
agency is headquartered in Baton Rouge
Present law requires the payment of extra compensation in the amount of $600 per month
for any full-time commissioned law enforcement officer employed by a bona fide police
agency of the state or its political subdivisions, other than the Department of Public Safety
and Corrections and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and headquartered in either
the city of New Orleans or Lake Charles, who serves the welfare of the public by providing
police services to the general public by effecting arrests, issuing citations, and serving
warrants, while patrolling levees, waterways, and riverfront areas, or while patrolling bridges
that are within the boundaries of the city of New Orleans or Lake Charles. Eligible officers
are required to have completed one year of service, be hired after March 31, 1986, and have
completed and passed a council-certified training program.
Proposed law retains present law and adds law enforcement agencies headquartered in the
city of Baton Rouge that patrol levees, waterways, and riverfront areas, or patrol bridges to
the list of law enforcement officers eligible to receive the extra compensation of $600 a
month.
Effective July 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S. 40:1667.1(A)(2)(a))
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