SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to supplemental pay to certain law enforcement officers whose agency is headquartered in Lake Charles. (8/1/24) (EN +$64,800 GF EX See Note)

This bill provides an additional monthly payment of $600 to sworn, full-time law enforcement officers in specific agencies located in New Orleans and Lake Charles. To qualify for this extra compensation, officers must have at least one year of service and, if hired after March 1986, must have completed a council-certified training program. The state will fund this supplemental pay, which is added to the salary officers currently receive from their employers' own revenues. This change directly affects police officers patrolling public areas like levees, waterways, and bridges in the specified cities.