§ 18:57 — Reduction of compensation while holding office or employment

§57. Reduction of compensation while holding office or employment
prohibited
A. The compensation of any registrar, chief deputy, or other
unclassified employee which is payable in accordance with the provisions of
R.S. 18:55 and 59 shall not be reduced while he holds his office or position,
or as a result of promotion.
B. Subsequent to the 1990 federal decennial census, if the most recent
population figures referred to in R.S. 18:55(A) and 59(B) and (C) decrease
from the prior population figures so as to change the population range of the
parish, the registrar of voters, chief deputy, and confidential assistant shall be
compensated at the population range for such prior parish population while
each holds his office. If the most recent population figures referred to in R.S.
18:55(A) and 59(B) and (C) increase over the prior parish population so as to
change the population range of the parish, the registrar of voters, chief deputy,
and confidential assistant shall receive an increase in compensation to the
nearest step in the new population range or a minimum increase of five
hundred dollars for the registrar, three hundred dollars for the chief deputy,
and two hundred dollars for the confidential assistant.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 292, §1, eff. July 6, 1978; Acts 1991, No. 395, §1, eff. July 1, 1991.