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            A. The marshal shall be the chief of police and shall be ex officio a constable. He shall have general responsibility for law enforcement in the municipality, and shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinances within the municipality and all applicable state laws. He shall perform all other duties required of him by ordinance. In those municipalities governed by the provisions of this Part, La. Rev. Stat. 33:321 et seq., which have a chief of police elected by the qualified voters thereof, he shall make recommendations to the mayor and board of aldermen for appointment of police personnel, for the promotion of officers, to effect disciplinary action, and for dismissal of police personnel. Such nominations or recommendations are to be made regardless of race, color, disability, as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 51:2232, or creed.

            B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 33:423.3.

            C.(1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section or any other law to the contrary, the elected chief of police of any municipality governed by the provisions of this Part is authorized to immediately effect disciplinary action on police personnel and to dismiss any such personnel subject to the approval of the governing authority of the municipality. Any such disciplinary action or dismissal shall be deliberated by the governing authority at the first special or regular meeting of the governing authority after any such determination has been made by the chief of police.

            (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the elected chief of police in any municipality with a population of not less than one thousand persons and not more than one thousand five persons as of the latest federal decennial census is authorized to effect disciplinary action on police personnel without the approval of the governing authority of the municipality.

            (2)(a) The chief of police is additionally authorized to make a provisional appointment to immediately fill any vacancy in the police department occurring by reason of death, resignation, termination, or otherwise subject to the approval of the mayor of the municipality. Any such action taken by the chief of police shall be deliberated at the first special or regular meeting of the governing authority of the municipality after any such provisional appointment has been approved by the mayor. Any such provisional appointment shall remain in effect unless rejected by the governing authority of the municipality.

            (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the elected chief of police in any municipality with a population of not less than one thousand persons and not more than one thousand five persons as of the latest federal decennial census is authorized to appoint police personnel, including the authority to make provisional appointments, subject to the budgetary limitations of the chief of police pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department. All appointments shall be subject to the concurrence of the mayor of the municipality.

            Amended by Acts 1970, No. 120, §1; Acts 1975, No. 790, §1; Acts 1985, No. 950, §1; Acts 1990, No. 568, §1; Acts 1993, No. 820, §5; Acts 2011, No. 282, §1, eff. June 28, 2011.