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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:450.4

  • Disaster: means a disaster designated at Level III (anticipated cost of the operation being at least fifty thousand dollars) and above in the American Red Cross Regulations and Procedures. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:450.1
  • Employing agency: means the agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or a local governmental subdivision which employs the leave recipient. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:450.1
  • Public employee: means any full-time employee of the state, or any branch of state government, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, or any state board, commission, or other agency, and any employee of local governmental subdivisions of the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:450.1

Any public employee who has been granted leave to participate in relief services connected with a disaster, pursuant to this Part, shall be restored to his previous position of employment upon giving notice to the employing agency twenty-four hours prior to his return to employment, provided that the public employee submit written certification from the supervising official of the American Red Cross unit that the public employee has rendered volunteer disaster relief services showing the number of hours of service rendered by the public employee.

Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.