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STATE OF
DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
BATON ROUGE,
July 19, 2007
General
Circular No. 1707
To: Heads of State Agencies and
Human Resource Directors
Subject: Notice
of State Employee Pay Increase for Unclassified Service per Executive Order KBB
2007-15
Issue
Date: July 19, 2007
EXECUTIVE
ORDER NO. KBB 2007 – 15
STATE EMPLOYEE PAY
RAISE FOR UNCLASSIFIED STATE SERVICE
WHEREAS, unclassified state employees have not received a
general increase since 1990; and
WHEREAS, Act 18 of the 2007 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature
appropriated funds for a one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per year
general increase for employees in unclassified state service.
NOW THEREFORE I, KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, Governor of the state of
SECTION 1: Definitions:
Unless
the context of this Order clearly indicates otherwise, the words and terms used
in this Order shall be defined as follows:
A. “State service” means
current employment in the executive branch of state government, including state
supported schools, agencies and universities. To constitute state service, the
service or employment must have been performed for a
B. “Unclassified state
service” means those positions of state service as defined in
Article X, Sections 2 and 42 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, which are
not positions in the classified state service.
SECTION 2: Applicability:
A. Except
as provided in Paragraph B of this Section, the rules and policies established
by this Order shall be applicable to all full-time and part-time officers and
employees in unclassified state service of the state of
B. The
rules and policies established by this Order shall not be applicable to the
following officers and employees in unclassified state service of the state of
1.
Students and
graduate assistants;
2. State
employees who are employed by public entities and are paid entirely by revenues
which are not appropriated in Acts 18 or 48 of the 2007 Regular Session;
provided however, that nothing herein shall prohibit a public entity from
implementing a pay increase for such state employee from available funds;
3. Faculty
of public higher education institutions who, per the Board of Regents
guidelines, are eligible for the Faculty Pay Raise provided in Act 18 of the
2007 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature;
4. Adjunct
faculty of public higher education institutions;
5. Unclassified
employees who will receive the Faculty Pay Raise, Teacher Pay Raise or Support
Worker Pay Raise provided in Act 18 of the 2007 Regular Session of the
Louisiana Legislature, including, but not limited to, employees of special
schools as defined in Schedule 19 of Act 18 of the 2007 Regular Session;
University Laboratory Schools and Department of Public Safety and Corrections;
6. Intermittent
employees being those employees employed in state service who are not hired to
work on a regularly scheduled basis;
7. Temporary
employees in the unclassified service of the executive branch whose employment
is not reasonably expected to exceed one (1) year or twelve (12) consecutive
calendar months;
8. Seasonal
employees being those individuals employed on a non-continuous basis for a
recognized peak work load project;
9. Elected
local or statewide officials;
10. Unclassified
employees of Registrars of Voters who will receive increases as a result of Act
254 of the 2007 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature; and
11. Appointed
members of state boards and commissions, whose compensation is established in
the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
SECTION 3: Disbursement
The
pay increase for employees in unclassified state service who satisfy the
criteria established in Section 2(A) of this Order shall be applied at the rate
of seventy-two cents ($0.72) per hour.
SECTION 4: Compliance
All
departments, agencies, and officers and employees of the state, or any
political subdivision thereof within the executive branch of state government
effected by this Order shall comply with, be guided by, and cooperate in the
implementation of the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 5: Effective Date
The
provisions of this Order shall be effective July 1, 2007 and shall remain in
effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or
terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
set my hand
officially
and caused to be affixed the Great Seal
of
Rouge, on this 18th day of July, 2007.
/S/ Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
GOVERNOR OF
ATTEST BY
THE GOVERNOR
/S/ Jay Dardenne
SECRETARY OF STATE
Sincerely,
s/Anne S. Soileau
Director