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Dear Mr. Jones:

You have requested an opinion from this office with regard to whether the Lafayette Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board (Board) has jurisdiction over "pay and the allocation [classification] of manpower (structure of the department)."

The police department of the City of Lafayette is covered by Article X, Section 16 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 and LSA-R.S. 33:2471, et seq.

LSA-R.S. 33:2477 provides, in pertinent part, as follows

The Board shall:(1) Represent the public interest in matters of personnel administration in the fire and police services of the said…