Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2501.1 – Authorization for awarding attorney fees
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2501.1
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appointing authority: means any official, officer, board, commission, council, or person having the power to make appointments to positions in the municipal fire and police services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Board: means the municipal fire and police civil service board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
When an appeal is taken by an employee in the classified service pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 33:2501 to a municipal fire and police civil service board and the board determines, in reversing the decision of the appointing authority, that the corrective or disciplinary action taken by the appointing authority was without just cause as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 33:2501, the board may award to the appealing employee attorney fees to be assessed against the appointing authority not to exceed five thousand dollars in any one appeal.
Acts 1991, No. 1005, §1, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 590, §1; Acts 1995, No. 878, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 2022, No. 306, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.