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Dear Mr. James:

You ask this office to advise you of the statutory percentage of a firefighter's pay increase when a fireman is promoted from engineer to captain.

R.S. 33:1992(A) governs our response and provides, in pertinent part:

§ 1992. Minimum salaries

(A) The minimum monthly salaries of firemen in municipalities having a population of twelve thousand or more and of all parish and fire protection district paid firemen, including salaries payable out of the avails of any special tax provided by the Constitution of Louisiana for increasing the pay of firemen, shall be in accordance with the…