2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
RS 33:2419 - Conditional and temporary appointments

§2419. Conditional and temporary appointments

A. When a position is temporarily vacated because the incumbent is on authorized leave of absence without pay and the appointing authority desires to fill the position for the duration of the leave he must do so by making a conditional appointment of a person by demotion or transfer or from an employment list if a list exists for the class of the position. If the position is not filled by demotion or transfer and there is no employment list on which there is an eligible available and willing to accept the conditional appointment, the appointing authority, with the prior approval of the director may make a provisional appointment of any person whom he deems qualified to fill the position. If an employee is appointed to fill the position of a classified employee on leave of absence, he shall vacate the position when the employee on leave of absence returns. If the employee was appointed on a conditional basis by demotion or transfer he shall be reinstated in his former position when the employee on leave of absence returns. If the employee was appointed on a conditional basis through certification from an employment list he shall retain all rights he may have acquired by virtue of his service under the conditional appointment including, if he has completed his working test period, the right to have his name placed on a reemployment list, or if he has not completed his working test period the right to have his name replaced on the employment list from which his name was certified for conditional appointment if the list exists. He shall also be subject to all other provisions of this Part not inconsistent with this paragraph.

B. Temporary appointments to positions in the classified service may be made for short periods without compliance with the provisions of this Part requiring certification, as follows:

(1)(a) Provisional appointments. When a vacancy is to be filled in a position of a class for which there are no eligibles available for certification, the appointing authority, with the prior approval of the director, may make a provisional appointment of any person whom he deems qualified. Such provisional appointment shall terminate upon the regular filling of the vacancy in any manner authorized under this Part and, in any event, within fifteen working days after a certification from which appointment can be required. A provisional appointment shall never continue for a period in excess of one year unless it is extended by the commission upon the director's certification that eligibles are not available and that it is not possible or practicable to provide such eligibles.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a classified employee of the New Orleans Police Department who has been temporarily appointed to a provisional appointment shall not be eligible for any additional benefits which are to accrue based upon the promotion, or increase in compensation.

(2) Transient appointments. Whenever the services of an extra or substitute employee are needed in any position in the classified services for a period of less than three months, the appointing authority, with the prior approval of the director, may make a transient appointment of any person that he deems qualified, to serve for the period required. This appointment, with the prior approval of the director may be extended for a further period if required, but no person shall serve under a transient appointment from the same appointing authority for an aggregate period of more than three months in any continuous twelve month period.

(3) Emergency appointments. Where an emergency exists requiring that a position be filled before appointment can be made under any other provision of this Part, an emergency appointment may be made of any available person to serve until the position involved can otherwise be filled under the provisions of this Part. No emergency appointment shall continue for more than ten days in any case, or be renewed for any further period beyond that limit. The authority for any emergency appointment is conditioned on a prompt report thereof to the director, at the time the appointment is made.

(4) Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 711, §1, eff. July 24, 1980.

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 711, §1, eff. July 24, 1980; Acts 2013, No. 126, §1.