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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:404.1 (2026)

Compensation of municipal officers

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§404.1.  Compensation of municipal officers

The board of aldermen shall by ordinance fix the compensation of the mayor, aldermen, clerk, chief of police, and all other municipal officers.  The board of aldermen may by ordinance increase or decrease their compensation and the compensation of any nonelected municipal officer and may increase the compensation of other elected officials.  However, the board of aldermen shall not reduce the compensation of any elected official during the term for which he is elected.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 125, §1.  Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, No. 309, §1.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1991–2007 · leading case: Smith v. Town of Cotton Valley, 584 So. 2d 1199 (La. Ct. App. 1991).
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Smith v. Town of Cotton Valley, 584 So. 2d 1199 (La. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 4× “The plaintiff assigned as error the trial court's failure to hold that LSA-R.S. 33:404.1 prohibited a reduction of his salary "during the term for which he is elected," and the trial court's holding that prior to 1987 a salary fixed by ordinance could not be increased by…”
Rogers v. Town of Arcadia, 813 So. 2d 1110 (La. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “R.S. 33:404.1, Article VI, § 12 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and La.”
Worley v. Town of Brusly, 978 So. 2d 406 (La. Ct. App. 2007). “Further, La R.S. 33:404.1 provides in pertinent part: The board of aldermen shall by ordinance fix the compensation of the mayor, aldermen, clerk, chief of police, and all other municipal officers.”
Reynolds v. City of Pineville, 851 So. 2d 1245 (La. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “R.S. 33:404.1, which states in pertinent part that: The board of aldermen shall by ordinance fix the compensation of the may- or, aldermen, clerk, chief of police, and all other municipal officers.”
Ford v. Wycoff, 757 So. 2d 833 (La. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “R.S. 33:404.1 at a public meeting wherein the minutes of such meeting indicate that she was authorized to do so.”
Opinion No. (La. Att'y Gen. 2005). “As provided in LSA-R.S.33:404.1, the compensation of an elected official may be reduced, but not during the term served.”
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