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Dear Mayor Marcantel:

In response to your first inquiry of recent date, note that the Louisiana Constitution grants to the legislature plenary power over the minimum wage and law standards of firemen and policemen. Thus, R.S. 33:19991 regarding compensation for firefighters' work on holidays is applicable to all home-rule charter municipalities. See LSA-Const. Art. 6, Section 14 (1974);Spillman vs. City of Baton Rouge, 441 So.2d 1243 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1983); writ den., 446 So.2d 1213 (La. 1984); Ruby vs.City of Shreveport, 427 So.2d 1267 (La.App. 2nd. Cir. 1983);writ den., 433 So.2d 154 (La.…