CHAPTER 12. CAPITOL SECURITY DIRECTOR;

CAPITOL SECURITY COUNCIL

PART I. CAPITOL SECURITY DIRECTOR

§681. Capitol security director; qualifications; compensation

            A. There shall be a director of capitol security who shall be the chief security officer for the legislature. The director of capitol security shall be elected by the favorable vote of a majority of the elected members of each house of the legislature, after having been interviewed by the Capitol Security Council and recommended for employment by the council by a majority vote, and shall serve at the pleasure of the legislature. He may be removed by a majority vote of the elected members of each house of the legislature. Any vacancy occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, which occurs while the legislature is not in session, shall be filled on a temporary basis by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, until such time as the vacancy shall be filled by the legislature as provided in this Subsection.

            B. The director shall have a minimum of ten years of full-time law enforcement experience. He shall be POST-certified and possess qualifications necessary to be commissioned as a special officer. He shall not be a member of the legislature.

            C. The salary of the director of capitol security shall be recommended by the Capitol Security Council, and together with all other expenses and salaries of his office necessary to carry out the duties required pursuant to R.S. 24:682, shall be submitted to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives for approval.

            Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.