HOUSING/AUTHORITIES: Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of New Roads Public Housing Authority

This bill changes the legal status of the New Roads Public Housing Authority so that its employees are not part of the state civil service. By updating a specific section of state law, the measure clarifies that the authority is not considered a state instrumentality for the purpose of civil service rules. As a result, hiring and employment decisions for the authority's staff will no longer be subject to the standard state civil service protections and procedures. The change directly affects the New Roads Public Housing Authority and the workers employed there.