Section 13:1587.4 - Juvenile probation employees; Fourth Judicial District Court, Ouachita ParishA. All juvenile probation employees for the Fourth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ouachita on and after the effective date of this Section shall be transferred to and provided by the Department of Health and Human Resources in accordance with existing statutes, subject to the rules and regulations of the Louisiana civil service system or its successor. The duties of probation officers shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:1587. The salaries, related benefits, and operational expenses incurred in the provision of juvenile probation services shall be at the expense of the state and sufficient funds therefor shall be budgeted by the legislature.B. The positions of employment covering juvenile probation employees of the Fourth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ouachita shall, on and after the effective date of this Section, be transferred to and be in the classified service of the state of Louisiana, and on and after said date shall be governed by all of the provisions of Article X of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 in the same manner and to the same extent as are other employees and positions placed by said provisions within the classified civil service of the state of Louisiana.C. All juvenile probation employees of the Fourth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ouachita whose positions of employment are placed in the classified civil service of the state by the provisions of this Section shall, on the effective date of this Section, acquire probational civil service status in the class and the position they are occupying on such date. Thereafter they shall be deemed classified civil service employees in their respective classification, and shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of Article X of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 and the rules and regulations adopted by the State Civil Service Commission.Added by Acts 1980, No. 686, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.Added by Acts 1980, No. 686, §1, eff. 10/1/1980.