Louisiana Statutes
§ 33:2561.1 — Authorization for awarding attorney fees
Louisiana § 33:2561.1
JurisdictionLouisiana
Title 33Municipalities and Parishes
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Bluebook
La. Stat. Ann. § 33:2561.1 (2026).
Text
§2561.1. Authorization for awarding attorney fees
When an appeal is taken by an employee in the classified service pursuant to R.S.
33:2561 to a municipal, parish, or fire protection district 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 R.S. 33:2561, 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.
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Legislative History
Acts 2022, No. 306, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
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Louisiana § 33:2561.1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/la/33%3A2561.1.