La. Rev. Stat. § 11:2165.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2165.6
Disability retirement
Status: in_force

A. Eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and procedures governing the restoration to active service of an employee who formerly had a disability are specifically provided for in Subpart E of Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle I of this Title.

B. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. The disability benefit shall be determined as follows:

(1) Upon retirement for disability, a member shall receive a retirement allowance if eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive a disability benefit which shall be the product of the retirement accrual rate as determined pursuant to R.S. 11:2072 multiplied by the member's average compensation further multiplied by service as determined to be the lesser of:

(a) Creditable service earned by the date of the disability application, but totaling not less than fifteen years.

(b) Projected continued service to age sixty-two.

(2) In no case shall the disability benefit provided herein exceed two-thirds of earnable compensation.

(3) Any amount received as a compensable wage or a lump sum settlement under the provisions of the workers' compensation laws shall be applied as an offset against benefits received under the provisions of this Subsection, pursuant to rules prescribed by the board. The board shall have complete discretion and the authority to determine the extent and application of the provisions of this Subsection.

(4) A member who qualifies for disability retirement benefits may select an Option 2 or 3 as specified in R.S. 11:2076 with his spouse as beneficiary. Such option factors shall be the same as those utilized for regular retirement and shall be based on the age that the member and spouse would have attained had the member survived, continued in service, and then retired on the earliest normal retirement date.

Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:782 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 782
Refund of contributions to members out of service for five years
Status: in_force

Whenever a member has been out of service for five years without having applied for a refund of contributions, the retirement system shall transmit to him by certified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address, a notification of his rights with respect to the refund of contributions. If the retirement system does not receive any response to the notification within ninety days of mailing, the contributions to which the member is entitled shall be placed to the credit of the pension accumulation fund. Upon a valid request for a refund of contributions, such refund will be made from the pension accumulation fund.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 175, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:640.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:269 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 269
Disclosure; consultants; money managers
Status: in_force

A.(1) Consultants and money managers shall provide full disclosure to the sponsor of each Louisiana public retirement or pension system, plan, or fund of conflicts of interest, including non-pension sponsor sources of revenue. Consultants also shall provide full disclosure of any payments they receive from money managers, in hard or soft dollars, for any services they provide, including but not limited to performance measurement, business consulting, and education.

(2) Each consultant and money manager shall submit a written disclosure report semiannually to each system beginning July 1, 2005. A report shall be submitted regardless of whether the consultant or money manager has any conflict or payment to report. Should a reportable agreement be confected during any reporting period, the consultant or money manager shall notify the system of the agreement within seven business days.

B.(1) Any consultant or money manager found to be in violation of Subsection A of this Section shall pay to the system, plan, or fund an amount of money equal to the value of the revenue or payments he failed to disclose together with any damages caused by the failure to disclose. Additionally, if the failure to disclose is intentional, the consultant or money manager shall pay to the system an amount equal to three times the value of the revenue or payment he failed to disclose as a penalty, in addition to any damages actually caused by the failure to disclose.

(2) If the consultant or money manager provides services for more than one Louisiana public retirement or pension system, plan, or fund, the amounts in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be paid to each such system to which he fails to make the required disclosure.

Acts 2004, No. 686, §1, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 9, §1, eff. May 27, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3229 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3229
Exemption from seizure and attachment
Status: in_force

Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the board of trustees to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied upon, by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, injunction, writ, order, decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court of this state, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debts, damage, demand, claim, judgment or decree against any beneficiary of such fund, but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be kept, held, and distributed solely for the purposes named in this Part and for no other purposes whatsoever.

Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:2063 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2063
Service on which retirement allowances are based
Status: in_force

Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based shall consist of the membership service rendered by him since he last became a member, and also, if the member has a prior service certificate which is in full force and effect, the amount of service certified on his prior service certificate. Any unused sick leave and any unused annual leave at the date of retirement shall be used in the calculation of the retirement allowance; however, for any person whose system membership first begins on or after July 1, 2024, unused leave shall not be used for purposes of attaining eligibility.

Acts 1954, No. 215, §4(5). Amended by Acts 1971, No. 79, §1; Acts 1974, No. 388, §1; Acts 1984, No. 461, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1703 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2024, No. 29, §1, eff. May 13, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 221
Authority of retirement boards to modify benefits; earnings statements
Status: in_force

A.(1) Should the board of trustees of a state or statewide retirement system determine that a disability beneficiary is engaged in a gainful occupation paying more than the difference between his retirement allowance and his average final compensation, and should the board of trustees concur in such report, then the amount of his pension shall be reduced to an amount, which, together with his annuity and the amount earnable by him, shall equal the amount of his average final compensation. Should his earning capacity be later changed, the amount of his pension shall be further modified; however, the new pension shall not exceed the amount of the pension originally granted nor an amount, which, when added to the amount earnable by the beneficiary together with his annuity, equals the amount of his average final compensation.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Subsection, any disability retiree of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or Firefighters' Retirement System who has attained the age of sixty-two years, or any member of the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System who was a full-time police officer, who is a disability beneficiary, and whose disability was caused while the police officer suffered a bilateral knee injury disability while the police officer was in the discharge of his duties shall not have his benefit reduced as a result of any earned income attributable to gainful employment. Such earned income shall not be considered or included in any calculation otherwise required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. No funds derived from the assessments against insurers pursuant to R.S. 22:1476 shall be used to pay any increased costs or increase in liability of the system resulting from inclusion of disability retirees who have attained the age of sixty-two in the provisions of this Paragraph.

B. For the purposes of this Section, there shall be an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the average final compensation figure used in the modification computations. This cost-of-living adjustment shall be based upon and directly reflect the annual percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year.

C.(1) Every disability beneficiary of a state or statewide retirement system shall submit to the board of trustees by May first of every year a notarized annual earnings statement detailing his earned income from employment in the previous tax year. Should a beneficiary refuse to submit such an earnings statement by May first, his allowance may be discontinued, without retroactive reimbursement, until the statement is filed. Should his refusal continue for the remainder of the calendar year, all his rights in and to his disability pension may be revoked by the board of trustees.

(2) Every disability retiree of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or Firefighters' Retirement System who has attained the age of sixty-two years shall be exempt from the provisions of this Subsection. No funds derived from the assessments against insurers pursuant to R.S. 22:1476 shall be used to pay any increased costs or increase in liability of the system resulting from the provisions of this Paragraph.

D.(1) Any disability retirement allowance, including that received under authority of R.S. 11:217, shall be modified by the board of trustees when the sum of a whole life annuity equivalent of the benefits or financial awards which accrue to a disability retiree solely as a result of his disability and the disability pension to which the retiree is entitled exceeds the amount of his average final compensation, in such a matter that the sum of the above equals the amount of average final compensation. Should these outside benefits or awards be reduced, exhausted, or terminated, the board of trustees may increase the disability pension then being received by retirees so that the sum of the pension benefits and the outside benefits equals the amount of average final compensation; but in no case shall the disability pension be increased to an amount greater than that to which the beneficiary was originally entitled when he retired.

(2) Individual private insurance settlements and separate private retirement accounts and other similar nonsystem resources, including disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and the Veterans Administration, other than worker's compensation, shall be specifically exempted from consideration in any of the above computations. Social security shall not be deducted if the retirement system in which the member is vested provides for joint participation and benefits with social security.

(3) For the purposes of this Subsection, there shall be an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the average final compensation figure used in the modification computations. This cost-of-living adjustment shall be based upon and directly reflect the annual percentage increased or decreased in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year.

(4) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any member who retires while in service on a disability retirement and who has credit for the years of service required for normal retirement shall, upon attainment of the age required for normal retirement, be eligible to receive full normal retirement benefits. To receive such benefits, the member shall file an application with the board of trustees of the retirement system. Upon commencement of regular retirement benefits, disability benefits shall cease.

E. The provisions of this Section, as applied to the Teachers' Retirement System, shall be applied in conjunction with R.S. 11:780, if applicable.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 727, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 808, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1987, No. 828, §1; Acts 1990, No. 171, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 42:705 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94, §1, eff. April 17, 2000; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 115, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 89, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 606, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2025, No. 344, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:942.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 942.4
Contributions
Status: in_force

A. Each participant shall contribute monthly to the alternative contribution plan six percent of his earnable compensation. These contributions may be made by employer pick-up in accordance with the provisions of Section 414(h)(2) of the United States Internal Revenue Code or any amendment thereto. This six percent member contribution shall be remitted by the Teachers' Retirement System to the appropriate designated company for application to the participant's investments, but not until all employee and employer contributions have been received by the Teachers' Retirement System.

B.(1) Each participant shall contribute monthly to the regular plan of the Teachers' Retirement System one and nine-tenths percent of his earnable compensation.

(2) The participant shall also contribute one-tenth of one percent of his earnable compensation to the Teachers' Retirement System for the administration of the alternative contribution plan.

C. Each employer shall contribute to the Teachers' Retirement System on behalf of each participant in the alternative contribution plan the same amount it would have contributed if the participant had been a member of the regular plan.

Acts 2001, No. 1055, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:951.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 951.19
Bond furnished by secretary-treasurer
Status: in_force

Before assuming his duties the secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in one or more bonding companies authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana, in an amount fixed by the board of trustees for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him by this Part, or that may be assigned to him by the board of trustees, or form part of his duties in any manner, and for the faithful accounting of all monies, and securities, including both principal and interest, which may come into his hands and which belong to this retirement system or are under the control of the board of trustees. The premium for this bond is to be paid from funds in the expense account.

Redesignated from R.S. 17:1039 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:451.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 451.1
Self-direct Deferred Retirement Option Plan participants' subaccounts
Status: in_force

A. Each participant who at his option continues employment after participation in the contribution portion of the Deferred Retirement Option Plan may have the balance of his subaccount as of the end of the contribution period transferred to a subaccount to be managed by a third-party provider selected in accordance with R.S. 11:451.2 in accordance with the agreement entered into by the system and the third-party provider. Each participant who terminates employment, as defined herein, after the contribution period may at his option participate in the self-directed plan under the same conditions.

B. Each participant in the self-directed portion of this plan agrees that the benefits payable to participants are not the obligations of the state of Louisiana or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and that any returns and other rights of the plan are the sole liability and responsibility of the participant and the designated provider to which contributions have been made. Furthermore, each such participant, in accordance with this provision, shall expressly waive his rights set forth in Article X, Section 29(A) and (B) of the Louisiana Constitution as it relates to his subaccount in the self-directed portion of the plan.

C. By participating in the self-directed portion of the plan, the participant agrees that he and the provider shall be responsible for complying with all applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and if any violation of that code occurs as a result of the participant's participation in this portion of the plan, it will be the responsibility and liability of the participant and the provider and not the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System.

D. There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, or its agents or employees, for any action taken by the participants for choices the participants make in relationship to the funds they chose to place in their subaccount balance.

Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 714, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1633 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1633
Retirement eligibility; benefits at three and one-half percent
Status: in_force

A. Eligibility. (1) Normal Retirement Eligibility. Any member retiring under the provisions of this Section who withdraws from service shall be eligible to retire provided that the member has:

(a) Attained age sixty and completed at least ten years of creditable service.

(b) Attained age fifty-five and completed at least twenty-four years of creditable service.

(c) Completed at least thirty years of creditable service, regardless of age.

(2) Early Retirement Eligibility. Any member who retires under the provisions of this Section who withdraws from service and is not otherwise eligible for a retirement benefit shall be eligible for an early retirement benefit provided that the member has attained age fifty-five, and completed at least eighteen years of creditable service.

B. Benefits. (1) Normal Retirement Benefits. The retirement allowance for normal retirement benefits shall be three and one-half percent of the average final compensation for each year of creditable service.

(2) Early Retirement Benefits. The retirement allowance of any member who retires prior to eligibility for normal retirement shall be the normal retirement benefit reduced by three percent per year for each year or fraction thereof that retirement is taken in advance of normal retirement age.

C. The limitations of R.S. 11:1632(C) and (E) shall apply to this Section.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §5(2). Amended by Acts 1958, No. 156, §1; Acts 1966, No. 241, §1; Acts 1967, No. 73, §1; Acts 1970, No. 62, §1; Acts 1973, No. 191, §§1, 2; Acts 1975, No. 745, §1; Acts 1977, No. 550, §1; Acts 1979, No. 585, §4; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1042 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 234, §1, eff. June 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 523, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 220, §3, eff. June 11, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1324 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1324
Withdrawal from fund upon leaving service
Status: in_force

Any police employee who has not attained the required age nor the required years of service for retirement under the provisions of this Chapter may withdraw from the fund all of his contributions upon leaving the service as a state police employee. The provisions of this Section shall not have any retroactive effect with respect to withdrawals made prior to September 12, 1980.

Amended by Acts 1959, No. 63, §2; Acts 1973, No. 137, §1; Acts 1980, No. 380, §1; Acts 1989, No. 507, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1438 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:558.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 558.1
Credit resulting from certain delays
Status: in_force

A. Any judge currently serving in a court who was delayed by a federal court from assuming the duties of his judicial division pending the resolution of a dispute involving the Voting Rights Act, or pending judicial restructuring by federal court order, shall be eligible to purchase service credit for the period of such delay in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

B. The employer and employee shall make all such contributions that would have been made if there had been no delay and any additional amounts as required by the provisions of R.S. 11:158.

C. The member shall not be credited with such service until all payments due and owing are received by this system. Credit purchased under this Section shall be applicable toward retirement eligibility and the calculation of benefits.

D.(1) Any judge who had service credited to his account in any Louisiana public retirement system, during the time that he was delayed from assuming the duties of his judicial division, shall be eligible to transfer such credit to this system, provided he pays any actuarial cost attributable thereto.

(2) Any credit transferred under Paragraph (1) shall be subject to the benefit accrual rate applicable to judges under this system and shall be applicable to the attainment of eligibility for retirement and the calculation of benefits.

Acts 1993, No. 855, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3201
Separation from service
Status: in_force

A. In the event a member of the said fire department shall be laid off, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any cause for a period not exceeding ninety days, he shall continue during said lay-off periods to be entitled to the benefits of this Part.

B. If any member or members of said fire department shall be discharged from service for reasons of economy or reduction in the force due to no fault of said member and later shall be re-employed by the said fire department his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date he was discharged without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service, provided, however, that time lost under these conditions shall not count as time served on said fire department.

Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:532 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 532
Employees' Savings Account
Status: in_force

A. The Employees' Savings Account shall be credited as follows:

1. Employee contributions.

2. Interest credited to employee contributions prior to July, 1970.

B. The Employees' Savings Account shall be charged as follows:

1. Refunds paid to terminated members.

2. Refunds paid to beneficiary or estate of deceased member where no monthly survivors' benefits are payable.

3. Members' accumulated contributions transferred upon retirement or payment of survivor's benefits.

4. Members' accumulated contributions transferred to another system upon transfer of service.

Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972; Acts 1989, No. 65, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 42:652 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:951.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 951.6
Tenure unaffected
Status: in_force

This Part shall not affect in any way the right of the Orleans Parish School Board to remove employees from service under the laws now in force or hereafter enacted.

Redesignated from R.S. 17:1016 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:475 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 475
Survivor refund
Status: in_force

The retirement system shall pay a lump sum refund equal to the difference between the total monthly survivor benefits paid and the total accumulated contributions of the member, to the beneficiaries or the estate of the beneficiaries if the total monthly benefits are not equal to the accumulated contributions of the member. This refund shall not be paid until all eligible monthly benefits have ceased.

Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972; Redesignated from R.S. 42:605 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 31, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1109, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1193 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1193
Pension accumulation fund; description and composition; normal and accrued liability contributions, determination
Status: in_force

A. The pension accumulation fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated all reserves for the payment of all pensions and other benefits payable from contributions made by the state of Louisiana and by local school boards. Contributions to and payments from the pension accumulation fund shall be made as follows:

(1)(a) On account of each member there shall be paid annually into the pension accumulation fund by the state of Louisiana for the preceding fiscal year an amount equal to a certain percentage of the compensation of each member, to be known as the "normal contribution", and an additional amount equal to a percentage of his compensation, to be known as the "accrued liability contribution".

(b) The rate per centum of said contributions shall be fixed on the basis of the liabilities of the retirement system as shown by actuarial valuation.

(2)(a) On the basis of regular interest and of such mortality and other tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, the actuary engaged to make each valuation required by this Chapter during the period over which the accrued liability contribution is payable, immediately after making such valuation, shall determine the uniform and constant percentage of the earnable compensation of the average new entrant, which, if contributed on the basis of compensation of such new entrant throughout his entire period of active service, would be sufficient to provide for the payment of any pension payable on his account. The rate per centum so determined shall be known as the "normal contribution" rate.

(b) After the accrued liability contribution has ceased to be payable, the normal contribution rate shall be the rate per centum of the salary of all members obtained by deducting from the total liabilities of the pension accumulation fund the amount of the moneys on hand to the credit of the fund and dividing the remainder by one percent of the present value of the prospective future salaries of all members as computed on the basis of the mortality and service tables adopted by the board of trustees and regular interest. The normal rate of contribution shall be determined by the actuary after each valuation.

(3) Immediately succeeding the first valuation, the actuary shall compute the rate per centum of the total annual compensation of all members which is equivalent to four percent of the amount of the total pension liability on account of all members and beneficiaries which is not dischargeable by the aforesaid normal contribution made on account of such members during the remainder of their active service. The rate per centum originally so determined shall be known as the "accrued liability contribution" rate.

(4) Each employer shall transmit monthly, by the fifteenth day after the end of each month, a checklist report setting forth necessary salary and deduction information as shall be required by the board of trustees. If any reporting agency submits a checklist which is in error as to the salary of any member and such error results in overpayment of benefits by the system, the agency shall be liable to the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System for the amount of the overpayment and shall reimburse the system for the full amount of all such overpayments within thirty days after discovery of the error of overpayment.

B. The pension accumulation fund shall be credited as follows:

(1) Employer contributions.

(2) Interest paid, by an employing agency or a member, to purchase service.

(3) Interest, dividends, profits, and other income derived from investment of the system's funds.

(4) All transactions not covered by other accounts.

C. The pension accumulation fund shall be charged as follows:

(1) An amount to be determined by the actuary based on the latest available actuarial reports or information shall be transferred at the end of each fiscal year to the pension reserve fund and survivors' benefit fund.

(2) All transactions not covered by any other account.

Acts 1984, No. 678, §1; Acts 1987, No. 151, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:984 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3118 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3118
Exemption of benefits
Status: in_force

Any annuity, retirement allowance or benefits, or refund of contributions, or any optional benefit or any other benefit paid to any person under the provisions of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Alexandria is exempt from any state income tax.

Designated from Acts 1990, No. 972, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3199 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3199
Payments to be reduced when fund is insufficient
Status: in_force

That if at any time there shall not be sufficient funds in such Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund subject to disbursements to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof, the full amount per month as herein provided, then such monthly payment or payments shall be made pro rata to each beneficiary until the said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to resume payment in full to each of said beneficiaries. Deficits to each beneficiary shall be paid when said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to make these back payments.

Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1329 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1329
Increase in pensions; sale of drivers' licenses
Status: in_force

An increase of twenty-five percent in the pensions presently being paid to former officers and employees of the State Police Department who retired prior to January 1, 1955 under the provisions of R.S. 11:1306 through 1326, as amended, is hereby authorized, and out of the receipt derived from the sale of "drivers' licenses" accruing to the Driver's License Division of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections under the provisions of R.S. 32:412, the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, set aside and dedicated for the fiscal year 1961-62 and each Fiscal Year thereafter to pay the increases herein authorized, and said amount shall be deposited annually in the Louisiana State Police Retirement System Fund from which fund said increases shall be paid.

Acts 1961, No. 18, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1441 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2012, No. 227, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3362 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3362
Board of trustees of fund; officers; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a Board of Trustees for administration of this fund. This board shall be composed of the following members:

(1) The superintendent of the fire department.

(2) The director of finance of the city of New Orleans.

(3) Two members elected from the active ranks of the department.

(4) Two members elected from the ranks of retired members of the department.

(5) One member who is domiciled in and an elector of the city of New Orleans and who is appointed by the mayor subject to confirmation by the New Orleans City Council. A vacancy in this position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

B.(1) The terms of members shall be two years and shall begin on the fourth Wednesday in August.

(2)(a) The election of the elected members to the board shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in August. Members so elected shall take office at noon on the day following such election. Special elections may be called by the board as then constituted when vacancies occur on the board by death, resignation, or otherwise. Special elections or appointments shall be completed within thirty days after a vacancy occurs on the board.

(b) All elections of the members of the board shall be held between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. at the department of fire headquarters or such place or places that the board may designate at its regular meeting held during the month of July, immediately preceding the holding of its biannual election. All persons entitled to vote at any such election shall be notified of the place or places at which the election will be held at least ten days prior to the date thereof.

C. The board shall elect a president from the membership of the board. It shall also elect a secretary-treasurer. Should a vacancy among the members of the board occur six months or more prior to any election, the board shall call a special election to fill such vacancy; if no candidate qualifies within fifteen days after vacancy occurs, the board shall fill such vacancy by appointment. If a vacancy occurs less than six months prior to any election, the board shall fill such vacancy by appointment. Any person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the membership of the board, as hereinabove set forth, shall be elected or appointed by nomination from the group, active or retired, that suffered loss of representation on the board by reason of such vacancy, but all members of the board shall vote on appointments and all members active or retired shall vote on all candidates for election.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1970, No. 168, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2102 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2013, No. 234, §1, eff. June 12, 2013.

NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 234, §2, regarding term of board members in office on effective date of Act and the calling of a special election.
La. R.S. § 11:2214 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2214
Tit. 11, § 2214. Membership
Status: in_force

A. The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as follows:

(1) All persons who are members on September 7, 1977, shall remain members as a condition of their employment.

(2)(a)(i) Except as provided further in this Paragraph, any person who becomes an employee as defined in R.S. 11:2213 on and after September 9, 1977, shall become a member as a condition of his employment. However, a person who becomes an employee before July 1, 2021, shall become a member only if the person is under fifty years of age at the date of employment.

(ii) An employer shall submit to the retirement system for each member that it employs a fully completed membership enrollment form, a copy of the birth certificate and Social Security card for each member and his beneficiaries, and a fully completed physical examination form pursuant to Subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph by the later of ninety days after the member became eligible for membership or October 1, 2024.

(iii) If a member submits an affidavit pursuant to R.S. 11:157 opting out of membership, such affidavit shall not be effective until the date that all documents specified in Item (ii) of this Subparagraph and pertaining to the member are provided to the retirement system.

(b)(i) The mandatory membership provisions of this Paragraph shall be inapplicable with respect to the municipalities of Houma and Baton Rouge, subject to the provisions of Item (ii) of this Subparagraph.

(ii) Subject to the provisions of R.S. 11:2225(A)(11)(a)(ii), the mandatory membership provisions of this Paragraph shall apply to the municipality of Baton Rouge with respect to all law enforcement employees meeting the definition of "employee" under the provisions of this Chapter after the boards of trustees of this retirement system and of the Baton Rouge City Parish Employees' Retirement System enter into an agreement to merge any members of the latter system who qualify as employees under the provisions of this Chapter into this system. However, any such agreement shall only be effective upon ratification by ordinance of the Metropolitan Council of the city of Baton Rouge and the parish of East Baton Rouge, with the approval of the mayor-president, and subsequent approval by the Joint Legislative Committee on Retirement.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the mandatory membership provisions of this Paragraph shall be inapplicable with respect to any municipality, which on or before January 1, 1978, enacts an ordinance exempting the municipality from the provisions of this Paragraph, which ordinance is hereby authorized.

(d)(i) To be eligible for membership in the system, an employee hired on or after July 1, 2003, shall complete a physical examination to be paid for by the employing municipality. If the current physical or mental condition or medical history of an employee, as reflected on the physical examination form, does not conform to the guidelines established by the State Medical Disability Board physician, the employee shall be required to execute a waiver for any condition or history that does not conform to such guidelines, releasing any claim for disability retirement based thereon.

(ii) The submission to a physical examination and the execution of any waivers of preexisting conditions or history shall be completed and all documentation related thereto received by the system by the deadline provided in Item (a)(ii) of this Paragraph. The employee is then a member of the system from the date of employment. If the documentation for an employee whose employment making him eligible for membership in the system occurs on or before June 30, 2021, is not received by the system within the allotted time period, the employee shall be a member for purposes of receiving regular benefits from the date of employment but shall not be eligible for disability benefits until the documentation has been received by the system except as provided in Item (iii) of this Subparagraph. If the system does not receive the documentation within the allotted time period for an employee whose employment making him eligible for membership in the system occurred after June 30, 2021, the employee shall be a member eligible to begin vesting for regular benefits from the date of employment but shall not be eligible to begin vesting for disability benefits for an injury not incurred in the line of duty until the documentation is received.

(iii) The employing municipality shall ensure that the physical examination is timely completed and any waiver associated therewith is received by the system or shall provide the system with notification of noncompliance by the employee. Should any employee for whom the required documentation has not been submitted apply for disability benefits, that employee shall be required to prove that the disabling condition was not preexisting.

(iv) A new physical examination shall be completed for any employee who has a break in service longer than one year.

(v) If the physical examination is not completed because the employer refused to pay for the physical examination, the employer is liable for any disability benefit to which the member becomes entitled.

(e) Any person who is receiving or has received a disability retirement benefit from any law enforcement or police retirement plan or pension and relief fund for policemen, except disability retirees of this system, shall not be eligible for membership in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System if he ceases to have a disability and returns to service in the same municipality or becomes employed as a policeman or law enforcement officer while receiving a disability benefit.

(f) The mandatory membership provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to employees of the Baton Rouge Regional Airport Authority if the authority elects to establish its own retirement system or pension plan as provided in the legislation authorizing the creation of the authority.

(3) Any person who is an employee as defined in R.S. 11:2213, and who, prior to September 9, 1977, was eligible for membership, but which membership was not mandatory, may become a member of this system at his option, provided he is under fifty years of age at the time of application for membership.

(4) Any person who has retired from service under any retirement system or pension fund maintained basically for public officers and employees of the state, its agencies or political subdivisions, and who is receiving retirement benefits therefrom shall be eligible to become a member of this system, provided he not be given credit for any service for which he is entitled to retirement benefits under another system, and further provided that he is otherwise eligible for membership.

B. If a member is absent from service for more than five years on or before June 30, 2021, and is not entitled to a deferred annuity as provided in this Chapter or if a member withdraws his accumulated contributions, becomes a beneficiary, or dies, he shall thereupon cease to be a member.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 189, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 352, §1; Acts 1974, No. 389, §1; Acts 1975, No. 377, §1; Acts 1976, No. 603, §2; Acts 1977, No. 601, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2373 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 15, §1, eff. April 24, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1320, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 572, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2020, No. 249, §1, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2024, No. 673, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 118, §2, eff. June 8, 2025.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1765 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1765
City councilman or alderman service for which credit has not been received
Status: in_force

A. Any member of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System serving, or who has served, as a city councilman or alderman who has prior service in that office and has been precluded from purchasing credit therefor, shall be allowed to purchase such service if application is made to the Municipal Employees' Retirement System as described herein, provided the member pays into the system an amount which, on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the purchase of the service credit. The amount payable shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use at the time of the purchase of the service credit. However, the service hereby purchased shall not include military service credit.

B. In order to receive such credit, the member shall make application to the system in which he seeks to obtain the credit and shall furnish a detailed statement of all service for which credit is claimed, in such form as the board requires. No credit for such service shall be allowed until payment in full has been received by the system.

C. Credit obtained under the provisions of this Section shall be usable for purposes of meeting the eligibility requirements for retirement and for calculating the value of retirement benefits.

Acts 1992, No. 880, §1, eff. July 8, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:515 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 515
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To appoint the director, assistant directors, and chief investment officer, to fix their salaries, and to designate the powers and duties of these officials.

(2) To make, alter, amend and promulgate rules and otherwise provide for the establishment and maintenance of the system, which by terms of the law are under the jurisdiction of the board as authorized by the retirement law.

(3) To prepare and submit to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the state budget officer with recommendations, a budget covering the estimated costs of administering the system for each succeeding fiscal year. This annual budget shall be subject to approval by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

(4) To hear appeals from members who claim their rights under the laws and/or the rules of the system have been violated, and to issue appropriate orders in such cases.

(5) To appoint an actuary and adopt mortality and service tables.

(6) To designate a medical board composed of five physicians who are not members of the system to serve on the State Medical Disability Board, or as alternate physicians to the medical board, pursuant to R.S. 11:219.

(7) To designate a depository for operating monies, which shall be fully guaranteed.

(8) To designate a custodian of bonds and securities.

(9) To make rules and regulations governing election of board members, not inconsistent with law.

(10) To underwrite life insurance for employees of the state, with approval of the commissioner of administration, at any time that current coverage to members or retirees is either reduced or deleted, or cost of coverage is substantially increased.

Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972; Acts 1987, No. 200, §1, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 83, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 42:646 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 361, §1; Acts 2004, No. 802, §1, eff. July 8, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:543 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 543
Collection of benefits not due
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall use all reasonable means to collect benefits paid by the system to an individual who was not due the benefit. The right to collect any benefit paid to an individual to whom the benefit was not due shall prescribe after a period of three years has elapsed from the date of the payment, except in case of fraud. If the individual receiving the payment committed a fraud against the system, then the collection of such fraudulent payment shall prescribe after a period of ten years from the date of payment.

Acts 2006, No. 770, §1, eff. June 30, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1117 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1117
Membership for employees denied membership due to age; application; eligibility
Status: in_force

Any person now occupying a position as an employee, as defined by R.S. 11:1002 who was previously denied membership due to age may apply for membership under this Section, provided social security (FICA tax) was not paid on the salary earned and provided credit granted in another publicly supported retirement system covering the same time is not in effect. To become a member, the employee shall pay to the retirement system a member's contribution on all salary earned as an employee, at the contribution rate which was in effect at the time the service was rendered, plus interest at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate from the time the service was rendered until paid. The employer shall pay to the retirement system the employer’s contribution on all salary earned by the employee, at the contribution rate which was in effect at the time the service was rendered, plus interest at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate from the time the service was rendered until paid. Payments shall be paid prior to the effective date of retirement.

Acts 1965, No. 79, §4; Acts 1970, No. 51, §2; Acts 1972, No. 643, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:897 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1885 No. 565, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3863 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3863
Eligibility; officials not compelled to retire; time for making application
Status: in_force

A. To be eligible for retirement benefits as herein provided:

(1) The applicant shall not be then in the service of the municipality for which remuneration is paid;

(2) He shall have attained the age of sixty years;

(3) He shall have completed, for the minimum benefit, not less than twenty years of creditable service as herein defined;

(4) He shall make application therefor.

B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as compelling an official to retire on becoming eligible for retirement. Application for retirement benefits may be made any time subsequent to date of eligibility.

Acts 1958, No. 65, §§3, 4. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 342, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1793 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3568 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3568
Bossier City; exemption from taxation and judicial action
Status: in_force

The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, to the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself, and to any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person who is a member of the Policemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Bossier City, and the monies in the various funds of the pension and relief fund, are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, except as provided in R.S. 11:292, and shall be unassignable except as is specifically otherwise provided.

Acts 1993, No. 250, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3543 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3543
City of Alexandria; composition of board of trustees
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor, president of the city council, superintendent of the police department, and four members of the police department, elected by a majority vote of the members of the department, shall constitute a board of trustees for the fund in the city of Alexandria. The mayor shall be president of the board.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 539, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2224.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1306 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1306
Application for retirement
Status: in_force

Any sworn, commissioned law enforcement officer of the division of state police who has attained the age and/or length of service required for retirement shall, upon filing with the board an application requesting retirement, together with a service certificate signed by the head of the division certifying the years served and the average salary, be retired by the board and shall receive retirement pay from the fund as provided in R.S. 11:1307.

Amended by Acts 1971, No. 71, §1; Acts 1973, No. 137, §1; Acts 1989, No. 507, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1425 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3692 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3692
Protection against fraud
Status: in_force

A. Any persons who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the parish jail not exceeding twelve months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

B. Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the Board of Trustees shall correct such error, and as far as practicable, shall adjust the payment in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.

Acts 1971, No. 80, §12, designated by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 648, §2, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3016 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3016
Guaranty
Status: in_force

A. The maintenance of actuarial reserves for the various allowances and benefits under this Part, and the payment of all annuities, retirement allowances, refunds and other benefits granted under the provisions of this Part, are hereby made obligations of the Employer's Accumulation Account. All income, interest, and dividends derived from deposits and investments authorized by this Part shall be used for the payment of the obligations of the system.

B. Any retirement allowance or other annuity or benefit provided by this Part shall be paid in equal monthly installments for life and shall not be increased, decreased, revoked or repealed, except for error, or except where specifically otherwise provided by this Part.

Designated from Acts 1948, No. 459, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:2034 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2034
Protection against fraud
Status: in_force

Any persons who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the parish jail not exceeding twelve months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall correct such error, and as far as practicable, shall adjust the payment in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.

Acts 1954, No. 215, §10; Redesignated rom R.S. 18:1654 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 203
Teachers' Retirement System
Status: in_force

A. A member who acquires a disability, and who files for disability benefits while in service, and who upon medical examination and certification, as provided for elsewhere in this Subpart, is found to have a total disability for any cause, shall be entitled to disability benefits under the provisions of R.S. 11:778 and 779, provided that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service. However, if the application for disability benefits is not filed while the member is in service, it shall be presumed that the disability was not incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service. Such presumption may be overcome only by clear, competent, and convincing evidence that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service.

B.(1) A person whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or before December 31, 2010, applying for a disability benefit shall have five years of actual credited service in order to qualify for a disability benefit.

(2) A person whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or after January 1, 2011, applying for a disability benefit shall have ten years of actual credited service in order to qualify for a disability benefit. Such member shall not use credit earned while receiving workers' compensation in order to meet the minimum ten-year eligibility requirement.

C. A member covered by R.S. 11:801 of this system, who acquires a disability, and who files for disability benefits while in service, and who upon medical examination and certification as provided for elsewhere in this Subpart, is found to have a total disability for any cause, shall be entitled to disability benefits under the provisions of R.S. 11:805, provided the member has at least five years of creditable service, and provided that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service. However, if the application for disability benefits is not filed while the member is in service, it shall be presumed that the disability was not incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service. Such presumption may be overcome only by clear, competent, and convincing evidence that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service.

Redesignated from R.S. 42:702(C) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 368, §1, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1374 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1374
Additional payment to unmarried widow; September 2, 1975
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, effective July 1, 1977, the pension being received, pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 11:1371, or any other legislative act, by an unmarried widow of a retired judge who died on September 2, 1975, shall be increased by ten percent of the first ten thousand dollars in benefits being received, but in no event by less than an amount which will result in a total amount to be received from all sources of four hundred dollars per month. The payment of the increase in pension herein provided shall be made from the same sources from which the deceased retired judge was compensated at the time of death for services rendered as a member of the court of which he served. The public authorities which contribute to the payment of the pension shall make adequate provisions for the increase in the pension in the same manner they do for judges and justices in active service.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 542, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 13:5.3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:924 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 924
Criteria for placement of contracts
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana shall select no more than three companies from which contracts will be purchased. In setting the criteria for this selection, the board shall consider, among other things, the following:

(1) The portability of the contracts offered or to be offered by the company, based on the number of states in which the designated company provides contracts under similar plans.

(2) The efficacy of the contracts in the recruitment and retention of employees for the various state public postsecondary education institutions and for the Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or their successors, and any other constitutionally established board which manages public postsecondary education institutions.

(3) The nature and extent of the rights and benefits to be provided by the contracts for participating employees and their beneficiaries.

(4) The relation of the rights and benefits to the amount of the contributions to be made pursuant to the provisions of this Part.

(5) The suitability of the rights and benefits to the needs and interests of participating employees and the various state public postsecondary education institutions and the Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or their successors, and any other constitutionally established board which manages public postsecondary education institutions.

(6) The ability of the designated company or companies to provide the rights and benefits under such contracts.

Acts 1989, No. 90, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:774 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2025, No. 47, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3544 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3544
City of Houma; composition of board of trustees; secretary-treasurer; investments
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the board of trustees of the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Houma shall consist of the director of finance for the parish of Terrebonne, the chief of police for the city of Houma, and one member to be elected from the police department for the city of Houma by majority vote.

B. The director of finance shall be the secretary-treasurer of the board and shall have the authority to invest assets of the fund. Any investment by the secretary-treasurer may be set aside by majority vote of the board.

Acts 1986, No. 542, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2224.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:448 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 448
Plan participation
Status: in_force

A. Upon the effective date of commencement of participation in the plan and during the period of participation in the plan, neither the employee nor the employer contributions shall be payable, and the participant in the plan shall be considered as a Deferred Retirement Option Plan participant, and except as provided in R.S. 11:447 through 454, the Deferred Retirement Option Plan participant shall be treated as a member of the system.

B. For purposes of this Section, final average compensation and creditable service shall remain fixed as they existed on the date of commencement of participation in the plan. Creditable service shall not include conversion of sick and annual leave.

(1) Any person who has completed participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan and continued employment such that he was employed by a member agency of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System on or after July 1, 2003, who makes application for retirement to the system and leaves service on or before December 31, 2003, and is still a contributing member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System on August 15, 2003, may upgrade all or a portion of service credit earned prior to entry into the Deferred Retirement Option Plan by purchase made pursuant to R.S. 11:158. The balance in the employee's Deferred Retirement Option Plan account and any contribution made to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan account shall be unaffected by the recalculation of the retirement benefit.

(2) Final average compensation for service credit earned prior to entry into the Deferred Retirement Option Plan shall include the cash value of any emolument of office granted in lieu of salary, provided the member who makes application for retirement to the system and leaves service on or before December 31, 2003, pays, at the time of the application for service credit, the total actuarial cost as provided in R.S. 11:158, which cost shall completely offset the liability to the system for benefits attributed to the retirement credit for the emolument received.

C. Retirement benefits based on final average compensation and creditable service as established under Subsection B of this Section and which otherwise would have been due the participant shall, during the period of participation in the plan, be credited to the participant's Deferred Retirement Option Plan subaccount.

D. Individuals who participate in the plan shall not receive the benefit of any cost-of-living adjustments granted while employed and for a period of one year following termination of employment and then such cost-of-living adjustment shall only be granted in accordance with R.S. 11:542.

Acts 1990, No. 14, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 42:578.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 308, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2003, No. 1234, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3610 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3610
First payment by city
Status: in_force

The first payment, or contributions, to be made by the city of Lafayette shall be paid as soon as the first board of directors are elected and have begun to function; provided that payments shall have been collected from the members of the police department.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 549, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2385.9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1903.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1903.1
Louisiana School Boards Association
Status: in_force

A. If an employee of the Louisiana School Boards Association separates from service and at the time of such separation is enrolled in this system because of the employee's employment with the Louisiana School Boards Association, the Louisiana School Boards Association shall remit to this system that portion of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability, if any, existing on the December thirty-first immediately prior to the date of separation of employment which is attributable to that position.

B. The unfunded accrued liability shall be determined by the actuary employed by the system using the entry age normal funding method and the system's actuarial value of assets. The portion of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability attributable to any such position shall be determined based upon the annual salary of the person who left the position divided by the total annual salary for all participating members of Plan B.

Acts 2021, No. 138, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3163
Secretary; duties; powers
Status: in_force

A. The Secretary of the said Board of Trustees shall keep in books provided for the purpose a full and complete record of all proceedings of the Board of Trustees, particularly with reference to investment of funds belonging to the said Pension and Relief Fund as hereinafter provided. He shall file and keep all correspondence of the Board, keep minutes of all of its meetings, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the said Board of Trustees, including the preparation of warrants for the various disbursements from the said fund and the keeping of an accurate record thereof. The said Board of Trustees shall fix at their discretion a salary to be received by said Secretary as compensation for his services.

B. The Secretary shall keep a service record of each Member of the Fire Department, which shall show his age, date of entry in the Department, interruptions of his service, and the cause thereof, whether by injury, illness, disciplinary suspension, voluntary resignation and re-appointment. He shall keep the records of the Board, lists of retired Members receiving pensions and shall have posted in each firehouse, at least once a year, a list of Pensioners and Members receiving disability pay, and a summary of the audit of his accounts made by the Board's accountant.

Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3724 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3724
Pensions and benefits
Status: in_force

Pensions and benefits shall be as follows:

(1) If any member of the police department, while in the active service of the police department, becomes and is found by the board of trustees to be temporarily, totally disabled, mentally or physically, for service in the police department by reason of service therein, the member shall receive monthly from the fund, during such total disability or until he becomes eligible for retirement on service basis, but not to exceed one year in any event, a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the monthly salary for the active member of the police department holding the position corresponding to that held by the beneficiary at the time he acquired the disability.

(2) If any member of the police department while in the active service of the police department becomes or is found to be by the board of trustees totally, permanently, physically or mentally disabled for service in the police department, and to do or perform work of any reasonable kind or character by reason of service in the police department, he shall receive monthly from the fund so long as the disability shall continue, a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the monthly salary of the active member of the police department holding the position corresponding to that held by the beneficiary at the time he acquired the disability until such time as he becomes eligible for retirement on service basis.

(3)(a) If any member of the police department becomes or is found to be totally, permanently, physically or mentally disabled for service in the police department by reason of service therein, but is found by the board of trustees to be physically and mentally capable and able to do work and perform work of any other reasonable kind or character and said work is available, he shall receive each month, as long as the disability shall continue, from the fund except as hereinafter provided, a sum equal to fifty percent of the monthly salary of the active member of the police department holding the position corresponding to that held by the beneficiary at the time he acquired the disability, until such time as he becomes eligible for retirement on service basis.

(b) If any member of the police department becomes or is found to be totally, permanently, physically or mentally disabled for service in the police department by reason of service therein, he shall receive each month, as long as the disability shall continue, from the fund except as hereinafter provided, a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the monthly salary; provided that the Civil Service Commission certify that such member is not capable of working in any meaningful and gainful employment due to such on-the-job incurred disability.

(4) "In the active service of said police department" for the purpose of this Subpart is when a member is on the payroll of the police department of the city of Shreveport. Such "active service" recognizes the members obligation to be on duty twenty-four hours per day.

(5) Retirement benefits for members of the police department eligible therefor shall be as follows:

(a) Any member who was employed by the police department on or before December 31, 1968, who serves in the police department for a period of twenty years shall, upon making proper written application to the board of trustees, be retired from service in said police department and shall be paid monthly a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his monthly salary. For each year served in addition to twenty, which additional years are served after July 12, 1977, the member shall receive an additional monthly benefit of .833 percent of his monthly salary, not to exceed a total monthly benefit of seventy-five percent of his monthly salary. The monthly salary shall be computed on the basis of the highest rate of pay for any twelve months prior to the date of retirement.

(b) Any member who is employed by the police department after December 31, 1968, who serves for a period of twenty-five years shall, upon making proper written application to the board of trustees, be retired from service in said police department and shall be paid monthly a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his monthly salary. For each year served in addition to twenty-five, which additional years are served after July 12, 1977, the member will receive an additional monthly benefit of 1.66 percent of his monthly salary, not to exceed a total monthly benefit of seventy-five percent of his monthly salary. The monthly salary shall be computed on the basis of the highest rate of pay for any twelve months prior to the date of retirement.

(6) On and after the date of January 1, 1969, a police officer of the police department who has reached, or thereafter reaches the age of sixty-two years shall be mandatorily retired in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart regardless of disability and irrespective of whether or not the member has applied therefor.

(7) Upon any member of the police department being retired upon pension by reason of disability, the said board of trustees shall have the right at any time, to cause the retired member to be brought before it and again examined by the city physician and/or other competent physicians and surgeons, to be selected by it, and also to examine other witnesses for the purpose of discovering whether such disability to perform the duties of the position held at the time of his removal from active service (or work of any other character) yet continues, and whether such retired member shall be continued on the pension roll until reinstated to his former rank in the active service of said police department. Such retired member shall be entitled to notice and to be present at the hearing of such evidence, shall be permitted to propound any questions pertinent or relevant to such matters, and shall also have the right to introduce upon his own behalf any competent evidence he may see fit. All witnesses so produced shall be examined under oath, and any member of said board of trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to administer such oath to such witness. The decision of said board of trustees shall be final and conclusive and no appeal shall be allowed therefrom, nor shall the same be subject to review, except by said board of trustees or upon writ of certiorari to the courts.

(8) If any member of the police department, while in the service of said police department or while eligible for or receiving benefits under the provisions of this Subpart, dies from any cause and leaves a surviving widow, the board shall direct the payment monthly from the fund to such widow, during the remainder of her life, or until remarriage, unless such remarriage occurs after age fifty-five, in an amount equal to fifty percent of a beginning policeman's pay and to each surviving minor child under the age of eighteen years a sum equal to seventeen and one-half percent of a beginning policeman's pay. However, the total monthly payment to be made at any time to a member's surviving widow and dependent children shall not exceed eighty-five percent of a beginning policeman's pay. Payments to such child or children shall continue after the remarriage of the widow but shall cease as to each child upon marriage. In order to receive the benefits herein provided for, a widow must have been married to such member before his removal from active service and must have been living with him at the time of death. Upon application therefor to the board of trustees, the benefits of a widow whose benefits have now terminated or hereafter terminate because of her remarriage shall be restored to the level at the time such benefits previously terminated upon a showing that the subsequent marriage has terminated, provided if her subsequent marriage was to a member of the fund she shall have the option of choosing restoration to her original benefit or the benefits to which she would be entitled because of the death of her second husband, but not both. If an applicant whose benefits have been restored, as here provided, again marries, her benefits shall terminate.

(9) Whenever an active or retired member of said police department shall die as aforesaid in Paragraph (8) hereof, the board of trustees shall appropriate from the Fund the sum of two hundred fifty five dollars for funeral and burial expenses of such deceased member.

(10) In the event of the death of a member of the police department as aforesaid in Paragraph (8) hereof leaving no wife, but leaving dependent children under the age of eighteen years, or dependent parents, each of said dependents shall be entitled to and shall be paid a sum equal to seventeen and one-half percent of a beginner policeman's salary, provided that the total benefits payable to dependents under this Paragraph shall not exceed a sum equal to fifty percent of a beginner policeman's salary; provided further that these benefits shall be payable until such dependent child reaches the age of eighteen years or marries, whichever occurs first.

(11) A member of the said police department hereinafter employed in the said police department for the first time after he shall have attained the age of thirty-six years shall not be eligible for any benefits under the provisions of this Subpart; nor shall he be required to pay anything into said fund.

(12) The benefits provided in the preceding Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall continue only until the time the said member would have been eligible for retirement under the provisions of this Subpart, and he continued in active service, and at such time he shall receive the benefits provided for under the retirement provisions of this Subpart.

(13) The benefits provided in this Subpart for minor children shall be paid to the surviving parent during the minority of said child, unless otherwise directed by said board.

Acts 1968, No. 641, §2. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 172, §2; Acts 1976, No. 595, §1; Acts 1977, No. 497, §1; Acts 1984, No. 785, §1, eff. upon approval of the City Council of Shreveport (approved Jan. 15, 1985); Acts 1990, No. 811, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989, upon approval by the city of Shreveport by ordinance; Acts 1991, No. 598, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989, upon approval by the city of Shreveport by ordinance; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2364 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2004, No. 529, §1, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 529, §4, relative to effectiveness of Act. Also see Acts 2004, No. 519, §2, relative to repeal of Paragraph (8) as amended and reenacted by Acts 1990, No. 811 and Acts 1991, No. 598.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3727 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3727
Eligibility for appointment to department; physical examination
Status: in_force

A. Persons eligible for first appointment to the police department shall be between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five years at the time of such original appointment, and shall be subject to re-employment after the age of thirty-five years. No person shall be employed in the department without first submitting to a physical examination by the municipal physician. If not pronounced physically fit by the physician, the applicant shall not under any conditions be eligible for benefits from the fund. The physician shall make a written report of each applicant examined to the commissioner of public safety and to the board immediately upon examination.

B. This Section does not apply to those persons who were regular members of the department on July 31, 1940.

Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2367 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3320 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3320
Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment
Status: in_force

The said board of directors may, at any time, after considering the probable current demands upon such fund, determine what portion of said fund may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes, and having so determined, invest the same in the manner hereinafter authorized. Such investment shall be only in interest bearing bonds of the United States of America, or of the State of Louisiana, or of the said City of Lake Charles. All income from such investments shall be and become a part of the said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. All such securities shall be deposited with the fiscal agent of the City of Lake Charles and its receipt therefor filed with the Secretary.

Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3135 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3135
Members of fire departments; qualifications
Status: in_force

Members of the said fire department, as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Act, shall constitute every man actively in the employ of said Fire Department of the City of Bastrop, Louisiana and who is qualified under the civil service system.

Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:2259 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2259
Optional allowances
Status: in_force

A.(1) With the provision that no optional selection shall be effective in case a beneficiary dies within thirty days after retirement and that such a beneficiary shall be considered as an active member at the time of death, until the first payment on account of any benefit becomes due, any member may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent at the time of his retirement allowance in a reduced allowance payable throughout life, with the provision that:

Option 1. If he dies before he has received in member's annuity payments the present value of his member's annuity as it was at the time of his retirement, the balance shall be paid to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees; or

Option 2. Upon his death, his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life and paid to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement; or

Option 3. Upon his death, one-half of his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement; or

Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be payable to any or all of the following persons: the member, the member's spouse, the member's child or children with a permanent mental or physical disability, or the member's dependent minor child or children as he shall nominate, provided such other benefit or benefits, together with the reduced retirement allowance, shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent value to his retirement allowance and approved by the board of trustees.

(2) The nomination made pursuant to Option 2, Option 3, or Option 4 as provided in this Subsection is irrevocable on and after the date that the first of any benefit payments becomes due.

(3) If a member nominates his child or children diagnosed with a permanent mental or physical disability to receive a benefit pursuant to Option 4 of this Subsection, the medical determination of such disability shall be performed in immediate proximity to, but before the effective date of, such member's retirement or entry into the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. If a member requests the system to perform a medical determination of disability for his child or children and the member does not allocate to the child or children at least one-half of his reduced benefit, at the discretion of the board of trustees, the member shall have the cost of the medical determination deducted from his retirement benefit.

(4) For the purpose of this Subsection, the term "person" includes a trust or estate administrator as provided in R.S. 11:2256.2.

B. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 89, §1.

C. Initial benefit option. (1) The initial benefit option provided in this Subsection is available to a member who has not participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan provided in this Chapter and who selects the maximum benefit provided in Subsection A (introductory paragraph) of this Section, or Option 2, 3, or 4 thereof and, if this initial benefit option is selected, the person shall thereafter be ineligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan under this Chapter.

(2) If a member selects the initial benefit option provided in this Subsection, the member may receive an initial benefit plus a reduced monthly retirement allowance, provided the initial benefit together with the reduced monthly retirement allowance shall equal the actuarially equivalent amount of his maximum retirement allowance.

(3) The initial benefit, as determined by the member, shall not exceed an amount equal to thirty-six payments of the member's maximum retirement allowance.

(4) At the option of the member, the initial benefit shall be paid as a lump-sum payment or shall be placed in an account called an "initial benefit account", established in accordance with the same procedures set forth in R.S. 11:2257, with interest credited thereto and monthly payments made from the account in accordance therewith.

(5) The monthly retirement benefit received by the retiree and the beneficiary or survivor shall be based on the amount otherwise payable under the retirement option selected by the member, which shall be actuarially reduced by a prorated amount calculated to offset the cost of the initial benefit payment.

(6) If a change in option selection is allowed under the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, the monthly benefit payable under those provisions shall be actuarially reduced by a prorated amount calculated to offset the cost of the initial benefit payment.

(7) A person who retires under the provisions of disability retirement may not select the initial benefit option.

(8) Cost-of-living adjustments granted by the board of trustees to retirees who select the initial benefit option shall be computed on the basis of each retiree's regular monthly retirement benefit or on the basis of each beneficiary or survivor's benefit based on the option selected as reduced and shall not be computed on the initial benefit received either as a lump sum or paid pursuant to R.S. 11:2257.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 434, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2157 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 356, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 354, §1, eff. June 16, 1999; Acts 2006, No. 682, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 427, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 21, §1, eff. June 3, 2017; Acts 2019, No. 89, §1; Acts 2021, No. 140, §1.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3181 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3181
Return to service; cancellation of pension
Status: in_force

The Board shall at all times have the power to summon any pensioner retired for disability, inquire as to whether his disability has continued, cancel his pension if it finds he is capable of returning to active service.

Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:611 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 611
Creation of Hazardous Duty Services Plan
Status: in_force

A. The Hazardous Duty Services Plan is created within the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System for persons whose first employment making them eligible for membership in a state system occurred on or after January 1, 2011, in hazardous duty positions as defined in this Subpart. Each member of an existing hazardous duty plan within the system may retain membership in that plan.

B. Any other provisions of this Chapter or any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the retirement of hazardous duty services employees shall be governed by the provisions of this Subpart; however, if provisions of this Chapter cover matters not specifically addressed by the provisions of this Subpart or if any of the provisions of this Chapter are made applicable in this Subpart, then those provisions shall apply to members governed by this Subpart.

Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:511 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 511
Composition of board of trustees
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall consist of the following members:

(1) A member of the House Committee on Retirement appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, or the member's designee.

(2) The chairman of the Retirement Committee of the Senate, ex officio, or his designee.

(3) The treasurer of the state of Louisiana, ex officio, or his designee. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 49:307.1, the treasurer may name any person as his designee to this board.

(4) The commissioner of administration, ex officio, or his designee.

(5) Six trustees who shall be active employees and members of the system with at least ten years of creditable service and who shall be elected by the members of the system for a term of four years to succeed members whose terms expire under rules and regulations adopted by the board to govern the elections. However, those trustees whose terms begin on or after January 1, 1998, shall be eligible to serve only three consecutive four-year terms, to include any term served as an active or retired member. Upon the completion of the third consecutive four-year term, the trustee shall be ineligible for a fourth consecutive term of office. An active member who retires while serving on the board shall be allowed to remain on the board for the remainder of the term for which elected. The director, assistant directors, chief investment officer, and other employees of the staff of the system shall be ineligible for membership on the board, and no member of the board elected under this Section shall be eligible for one of these positions for a period of two years after the termination of their service on the board. No department in the executive branch of state government, as more particularly described in Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended and revised, may have more than two trustees serving on the board at the same time. The candidate or candidates who have received the highest and next highest vote tallies, and who do not violate the prohibition against more than two trustees serving from the same department, shall be declared the elected trustee or trustees.

(6) Three trustees who are retired members of the system and who shall represent the retired members of the system. The retired trustees shall be elected by the retired members of the system for a term of four years. However, those trustees whose terms begin on or after January 1, 1998, shall be eligible to serve only three consecutive four-year terms, to include any term served as an active or retired member. Upon the completion of the third consecutive four-year term, the trustee shall be ineligible for a fourth consecutive term of office. The election shall be held in accordance with the rules adopted by the board to govern the elections of trustees. Vacancies shall be filled in accordance with R.S. 11:512.

Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 224, §1; Acts 1983, No. 23, §1; Acts 1983, No. 683, §1; Acts 1987, No. 200, §1, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1987, No. 930, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Redesignated from R.S. 42:641 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 556, §1; Acts 1997, No. 6, §1, eff. May 9, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 25, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 737, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Acts 2012, No. 113, §1, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 621, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3365 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3365
Salary deductions paid into the fund by persons employed after December 31, 1967
Status: in_force

A. Five percent of the salaries of all members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, or of members employed before that date who elect to come under R.S. 11:3381 as set forth in R.S. 11:3384 thereof, shall be credited to an annuity savings account and invested by the board. Beginning July 1, 1973, six percent of the salaries of all members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, or of members employed before that date who elect to come under R.S. 11:3381 as set forth in R.S. 11:3384 thereof, shall be credited to an annuity savings account and invested by the board. Also beginning July 1, 1973, any member who becomes eligible for his normal minimum retirement benefits shall no longer have the above salary deductions collected monthly out of his salary nor shall he be liable therefor. This amount shall be deducted and collected monthly out of the salaries; provided that monies received as overtime pay, part time pay and holiday pay shall not be considered as salary for pension fund purposes; and further provided that the amount contributed by each such employee shall be held for his personal account and shall annually be credited with interest at a rate to be determined by the board.

B. Upon retirement the accumulated amount in this fund, together with an amount taken from the pension accumulation account sufficient when combined to provide the present value of the pension to be paid as determined as an actuarial basis, shall be transferred to an annuity reserve account for said purpose.

C. Should the employee leave the employment of the city fire department at any time, all of his accumulated contributions paid in after December 31, 1967, together with interest credited thereto, shall be paid to him in a lump sum if living, otherwise to his named beneficiary unless he is entitled to receive retirement benefits; and upon such withdrawal he shall forfeit all credit for service in this system. Should the employee later return to employment of the city fire department and remain in such employment for a period of four years, he may repay the amount he withdrew plus three and one-half percent compound interest and again be given credit for the service he forfeited when he withdrew.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 68, §4 as R.S. 33:2117.3. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1972, No. 127, §1: Redesignated from R.S. 33:2103.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:132 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 132
Scope of application and precedence
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 11:131 shall take precedence over and supersede the provisions of any other law to the extent that such provisions are inconsistent with the provisions thereof.

Redesignated from R.S. 42:672 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:725 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 725
L.S.U. personnel; option to terminate membership and withdraw contributions
Status: in_force

A. Any member of this system who now or hereafter is employed at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may cease to be a member of this system and withdraw therefrom his accumulated contributions; provided, however, that any person desiring to exercise the option herein granted shall notify the board of trustees of his desire to terminate membership in this system within one year after the date of his employment at Louisiana State University.

B. The board of trustees shall adopt rules and regulations to govern termination of membership and withdrawal of accumulated contributions as provided by this Section.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 196, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, Ex.Sess., No. 3, §2, eff. June 1, 1975; Redesignated from R.S. 17:595.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1521.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1521.1
Additional monthly benefit; computation
Status: in_force

In addition to the regular retirement benefits provided by R.S. 11:1521, upon regular retirement, any member who received per-page transcription payments shall be paid an additional monthly regular retirement benefit computed as follows: the monthly average of the six highest consecutive or joined calendar years during which a member received such payments and was a member of the fund for the full calendar year, multiplied by the number of calendar years that the member received such payments, provided that the credit for any calendar year that such payments were paid shall not exceed the regular retirement credit earned for that calendar year, and further multiplied by the regular retirement accrual rate applicable to the time that the credit for earning such payments was earned. If a member has credit for earning such payments for less than six years, the monthly average of the actual number of calendar years during which the member received such payments shall be used to determine this additional benefit. Any court reporter employed by either Orleans Parish or East Baton Rouge Parish for which employee and employer contributions have been previously paid to the fund and are on deposit with the fund from per-page transcription payments occurring on or before July 1, 2001, shall receive credit for those years in which such contributions were paid to the fund, and the per-page transcription payments that were earned by such reporters shall be used for determining the additional monthly retirement benefit provided for in this Section.

Acts 2001, No. 739, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 739, §2, relative to credit for per-page transcription payments prior to July 1, 2001, and payment of costs thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3138 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3138
Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
Status: in_force

The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:

(1) All rewards, gifts or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said fire department, except when given to an individual member or given to endow a medal or other permanent award, shall be paid into the Pension and Relief Fund.

(2) The proceeds of the outright sale of condemned movable property used by the fire department shall be paid into the Pension and Relief Fund.

(3) The refund on all insurance premiums from insurance companies, under R.S. 22:343-349, and each year's refund or a like amount.

(4) Ten percent of the gross salary of all employees of said fire department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this Fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into said Fund.

(5)(a) The city of Bastrop is authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of the annual revenues of the General Alimony Tax, or the dedicated Fire Department Millage Tax of the said city of Bastrop into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum equal to seven percent of the firemen's gross salaries, said payments to be paid into said fund monthly. However, at any time when an employer's contributions to Social Security under United States law increases to more than seven percent, then the city of Bastrop shall contribute an identical sum, not to exceed the amount set under United States law.

(b) The contributions of the city of Bastrop shall never be less than the said seven percent.

(6) The city of Bastrop shall pay out of the annual revenues of the General Alimony Tax or the dedicated Fire Department millage tax of the consolidated fire districts of the city of Bastrop into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund annually, at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equivalent to the amount of such deficit as may result, occur or appear in the operation of said Fund for the preceding year at the close of such fiscal year, considering the receipt and revenues accruing for such year to the said Fund under Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this Section, as against disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund.

Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1614 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1614
Service on which retirement allowances are based
Status: in_force

A. Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based shall consist of the membership service rendered by him since he last became a member, and, also, if he has a prior service certificate which is in full force and effect, the amount of service certified on his prior service certificate.

B. If a member takes a leave of absence governed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), such member shall be credited with service as provided under R.S. 11:153, provided that the member makes employee contributions attributable to such service.

C. The system shall accept as the member's payment of amounts payable by the member under this Section the direct transfer of any assets held for the benefit of the member in an individual retirement account or annuity, including a Roth account, or in a plan qualified under 26 U.S.C. 401(a) or 403(a), or in a governmental deferred compensation arrangement subject to 26 U.S.C. 457(g), or in a tax sheltered annuity or other arrangement under 26 U.S.C. 403(b).

D. If a member dies or acquires a disability on or after January 1, 2007, while performing qualified military service as defined in 26 U.S.C. 414(u), the member's beneficiary is entitled to any additional benefits, other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service, provided under the system as if the member had resumed and then terminated employment on account of death or disability. Also, the system will credit the member's qualified military service as service for vesting purposes as though the member had resumed employment under USERRA immediately prior to the member's death or disability.

E. If a member is receiving differential wage payments while performing qualified military service as defined in 26 U.S.C. 414(u), the member shall be treated as an employee of the employer making the payment and the differential wage payment will be treated as compensation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 414(u)(12)(A).

F. The board of trustees shall adopt procedures which shall be part of the governing procedures of the system that shall implement the requirements of USERRA and the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §4(5); Redesignated from R.S. 16:1033 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2012, No. 523, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3461
Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of West Monroe; creation; composition of fund
Status: in_force

From July 27, 1966, the assets, funds, monies, and properties presently constituting the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana to the credit of members of the West Monroe Fire Department and to include the funds contributed by the State of Louisiana shall, together with the funds, proceeds, and revenues hereinafter provided for, constitute and be "The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of West Monroe" for the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and/or retired members of the fire department of the City of West Monroe, operators of the alarm system, and their widows and/or orphans or dependent parents and for the relief and aid of members of the fire department in the case of temporary disability.

Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3285 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3285
Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote
Status: in_force

A. The five members to be selected from the fire department to serve on the board of directors shall be elected by secret ballot of the active members of the fire department. No fireman shall be eligible to vote unless he is a member of the fire department, and is participating in the fund at the time of the election. The elections shall be held every two years, during the same month that the first election was held.

B. The vice president of the board of directors shall call the election and shall provide for the manner in which it shall be conducted. In case of a vacancy on the board of directors, a special election shall be called to fill such vacancy by the vice president of the board within a period of thirty days after the vacancy occurs.

C. All members of the board of directors shall serve until the end of the term for which they are elected, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2134 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3868 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3868
Method of payment of retirement allowance
Status: in_force

An elective official after having filed with the city treasurer full information relative to his service with a record of the salary received, as provided in this Part, and a formal declaration of retirement, shall be paid by the city treasurer a monthly allowance computed as provided in this Part. Such checks shall be drawn against the retirement allowance fund and shall bear such signatures or counter-signatures as are required for the payment of other valid obligations of the city.

Acts 1958, No. 65, §9; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1798 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:787 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 787
Plan participation
Status: in_force

A.(1) During participation in the plan, although the member shall remain a member of this retirement system, neither regular member nor employer contributions to the regular plan shall be payable.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any member who is a participant of the deferred retirement option plan shall not be subject to any change in his seniority status or other related benefits to which he is entitled as a condition of employment.

B. For purposes of this Section, average compensation and creditable service shall remain fixed as they existed on the date of commencement of participation in the plan. Creditable service shall not include conversion of sick and annual leave.

C. Retirement benefits based on average compensation and creditable service as established under Subsection B of this Section and which otherwise would have been due the participant shall, during the period of participation in the plan, be credited to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan Account.

D. Individuals who participate in the plan shall not receive the benefit of any cost-of-living adjustments granted during participation while employed and for a period of one year following termination of employment.

Acts 1991, No. 62, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Redesignated from R.S. 17:645.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §5, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 559, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1808 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1808
Creation; application
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a subplan within the retirement Plan B of this system for persons who would otherwise be eligible for membership in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana Plan B but whose first employment making him eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013. Such subplan shall be known as the MERS Plan B Tier 2. Any other provisions of this Chapter or any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the retirement of such persons shall be governed by the provisions of Plan B Tier 2; however, the provisions of this Chapter applicable to Plan B Tier 1 shall apply to members of Tier 2 for any matter on which the provisions of Plan B Tier 2 are silent.

Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1410 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1410
Membership in fund
Status: in_force

A. Membership in the Assessors' Retirement Fund and eligibility for retirement benefits shall be determined as set forth hereunder:

(1) Any assessor who was serving in office on July 26, 1950, or who is elected or appointed to office after July 26, 1950, shall be a member of this fund.

(2) Any assessor's employee who was employed in an assessor's office on July 26, 1950, or who is employed in an assessor's office after July 26, 1950, shall be a member of this fund.

(3) The secretary and regular employees of the Assessors' Retirement Fund and permanent employees of the Louisiana Assessors' Association and the Louisiana Assessors' Insurance Fund shall be members of this fund, provided that the Louisiana Assessors' Association and the Louisiana Assessors' Insurance Fund each pay the employer contributions for their employees who become members of this fund.

B.(1) Membership shall not be allowed on a part-time, temporary, or intermittent basis. Membership in the fund shall be allowed only to assessors, full-time permanent employees of assessors, the secretary and regular employees of the Assessors' Retirement Fund, and permanent employees of the Louisiana Assessors' Association and the Louisiana Assessors' Insurance Fund. Each member shall start paying into the fund the first regular payroll period after employment begins. Full-time, permanent employees as used herein, shall mean those employed on a full twelve-month basis within each calendar year; provided, however, that members may be granted leaves of absence, with no creditable service to be allowed for time on leave.

(2) Any person who is not an employee of an assessor or of one of the entities listed in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, who has performed services for and under the primary direction and control of an assessor or one of the entities listed in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section or any related person determined in accordance with Section 414(n)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least a year pursuant to an agreement between the person's employer and assessor or one of the entities listed in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section shall not be a member of the fund.

C. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 96, §3, eff. July 1, 2001.

Acts 1989, No. 545, §1, eff. July 5, 1989; Acts 1991, No. 647, §1, eff. July 17, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 47:8054 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 691, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 96, §3, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 794, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 96, §4 relative to retroactivity of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:616 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 616
Deferred Retirement Option Plan; Initial Benefit Option; Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment Option
Status: in_force

A. A member who is eligible for regular retirement may elect to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:447 through 454, or the Initial Benefit Option provided by R.S. 11:446(A)(5).

B. Any member of this plan may elect to participate in the Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment Option provided by R.S. 11:446(A)(6).

Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 368, §1, eff. July 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3608 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3608
Attachment of fund; exemption from state income tax
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the fund shall before or after the order for distribution is issued by the board of directors to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Subpart, be held, seized, or levied upon, by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, or order or decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, claim, judgment, or decree against any beneficiary of such fund, but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be kept, held, and distributed for no purpose other than those provided for in this Subpart. No present or future revision or amendments to the fund shall have the effect of reducing any benefit now in existence.

B. Any annuity, retirement allowance or benefits, or refund of contributions, or any optional benefit or any other benefit paid to any person under the provisions of this Subpart shall be exempt from any state income tax.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 549, §1; Acts 1991, No. 218, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2385.7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3653 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3653
Deprivation of rights of member after twenty years of service prohibited
Status: in_force

After twenty years of continuous active service, no officer, member, or employee of the police department who has attained the age of fifty years and who has made his contribution to the fund, shall be deprived of his rights to the benefits, pensions, and annuities provided for by this Subpart, for any reason.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:2297 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1602 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1602
Persons failing to elect coverage; admission to membership; election to become member
Status: in_force

A person whose membership in this retirement system is contingent on his own election and who elects not to become a member, may thereafter but not subsequent to the attainment of age fifty-five apply for and be admitted to membership, but no such person shall receive prior service credit unless he becomes a member within the first year following the establishment of this retirement system.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §3(4); Redesignated from R.S. 16:1022 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1942 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1942
Computation of normal retirement allowances; return of accumulated contributions
Status: in_force

The monthly amount of the retirement allowance for any member of Plan A shall consist of an amount equal to three percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service, provided however, that:

(1) For any employee who was a member only of the supplemental plan prior to the revision date, the benefit earned for service credited prior to the revision date shall be determined on the basis of one percent of final compensation plus two dollars per month for each year of service credited prior to the revision date, and three percent of final compensation for each year of service credited after the revision date; and

(2) No benefits provided by this Section shall exceed one hundred percent of member's final salary or the final compensation whichever is the greater.

(3) Provided that no retired employee shall receive less in retirement payments than the amount of his accumulated contributions at the date of retirement. Any balance remaining to his credit upon the retiree's death shall be paid to his designated beneficiary or estate.

Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6152 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3521 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3521
Credit for military service
Status: in_force

All wartime military service for the United States government during World War II, not to exceed three years, whether rendered prior to or after the commencement of employment in the police department, shall be deemed to constitute and shall be credited as service as used in this Subpart. Provided, however, that with respect to the cities of Minden, Monroe, Natchitoches, Rayne, Shreveport, and Springhill and the pertinent municipalities within Jefferson Parish, only such wartime service as shall be rendered after the commencement of employment in the police department shall be deemed to constitute and be credited as service as used in this Subpart. Provided further, that with respect to the cities of Ruston, Franklin, Lafayette and Opelousas, any military service for the United States government, whether or not such service was during wartime, not to exceed three years, whether rendered prior to or after the commencement of employment in the police department, shall be deemed to constitute and shall be credited as service as used in this Subpart. Provided further, that in order to obtain such credit the member shall pay to the system both the present employee and employer contributions based on the member's present salary plus five percent interest compounded annually, from the date of service until paid, but in no event shall the employee and employer contribution be less than a total of fourteen percent of the member's present salary.

Amended by Acts 1967, No. 45, §1; Acts 1968, No. 312, §1; Acts 1968, No. 347, §1; Acts 1970, No. 359, §1; Acts 1970, No. 418, §1; Acts 1971, No. 66, §1; Acts 1971, No. 67, §1; Acts 1974, No. 219, §1; Acts 1977, No. 559, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2241 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:951.82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 951.82
Retirement at age 70
Status: in_force

Any participant in service who has attained age seventy within the two years following the effective date of the establishment of the retirement system, or who shall thereafter attain age seventy, shall be retired forthwith on a service retirement allowance.

Redesignated from R.S. 17:1122 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:618 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 618
Survivors' benefits for members killed in the line of duty; death by an intentional act of violence
Status: in_force

A. If a member's death occurs in the line of duty or is a direct result of an injury sustained while in the line of duty, survivor benefits shall be payable to qualified survivors as provided for in this Section, except that a survivor shall be eligible for benefits under this Section without regard to the amount of time that the surviving spouse was married to the deceased member and without regard to the amount of time that the deceased was a member of this plan. This benefit is payable only if the injury or injuries were sustained while on active duty status.

B.(1) If the member has a surviving spouse, minor, or handicapped or mentally incapacitated child or children, the amount of the total benefit shall equal eighty percent of the member's average compensation. The benefit shall be shared equally by the surviving spouse and children. When a child who is not handicapped or mentally incapacitated no longer meets the definition of minor child under R.S. 11:403, his benefit shall cease, and the remaining beneficiaries shall have their shares adjusted accordingly.

(2) If the member's death resulted from an intentional act of violence and the member has a surviving spouse, minor, or handicapped or mentally incapacitated child or children, the amount of the total benefit shall equal one hundred percent of the member's average compensation. The benefit shall be shared equally by the surviving spouse and children. When a child who is not handicapped or mentally incapacitated no longer meets the definition of minor child under R.S. 11:403, his benefit shall cease, and the remaining beneficiaries shall have their shares adjusted accordingly.

(3) The benefit of the surviving spouse, minor, or handicapped or mentally incapacitated child or children of any member of this system, who would otherwise be eligible for benefits under the plan except that the member's first employment making him eligible for membership in any state system occurred on or before December 31, 2010, and whose death resulted from an intentional act of violence shall be equal to one hundred percent of the member's average compensation. The benefit shall be equally shared by the surviving spouse and children. When a child who is not handicapped or mentally incapacitated no longer meets the definition of minor child under R.S. 11:403, his benefit shall cease, and the remaining beneficiaries shall have their shares adjusted accordingly.

C. The provisions of R.S. 11:472 through 477 concerning procedures for payment of survivor benefits which are not in conflict with this Section shall apply to members.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any member of this plan who:

(1) Has participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan; or

(2) Is a retiree of the system who is reemployed under Option 1 or Option 3 as provided in R.S. 11:416.

Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 368, §1, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2018, No. 224, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3720 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3720
Money available for pensions
Status: in_force

A. The interest received from the investments after the fund has reached fifty thousand dollars or fifteen thousand dollars, as the case may be, and all money received from any source, shall be applicable to the payment of pensions and relief under this Subpart.

B. In any year in which the assets of the fund are sufficient to cover eighty percent of the fund's liabilities, the board may in its discretion award a permanent benefit increase or a cost-of-living adjustment to the fund's beneficiaries. Such increase shall not exceed three percent of the pension amount payable to the beneficiary on the date the increase becomes effective.

Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2360 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2009, No. 398, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:542.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 542.1.1
Minimum benefit increase; payment from experience account
Status: in_force

A. A monthly minimum benefit increase shall be payable to:

(1) Each retiree of the system who, on June 30, 2009, meets all of the following criteria:

(a) The retiree has thirty or more years of service credit, exclusive of unused leave.

(b) The retiree has been retired for fifteen years or more.

(c) The retiree receives a monthly retirement benefit of less than one thousand two hundred dollars.

(d) The retiree is at least sixty years of age.

(e) The retiree has neither participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan pursuant to R.S. 11:447 nor chosen an Initial Benefit Option pursuant to R.S. 11:446(A)(5).

(2) Each nonretiree beneficiary receiving a benefit on June 30, 2009, who, as of June 30, 2009, meets all of the following criteria:

(a) The deceased member had thirty or more years of service credit exclusive of unused leave.

(b) The retiree and nonretiree beneficiary, or both combined, have received a benefit for at least fifteen years.

(c) The nonretiree beneficiary receives a monthly retirement benefit of less than one thousand two hundred dollars.

(d) The deceased member would be at least sixty years of age had he lived.

(e) The deceased member neither participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan pursuant to R.S. 11:447 nor chose an Initial Benefit Option pursuant to R.S. 11:446(A)(5).

(3) Any unmarried surviving spouse, any surviving minor child, or any surviving totally physically handicapped or mentally disabled child of a deceased member which survivor is receiving a monthly retirement benefit pursuant to R.S. 11:471 of less than one thousand two hundred dollars if, on June 30, 2009, all of the following apply to the deceased member:

(a) The deceased member had at least thirty years of service credit, exclusive of unused leave.

(b) The deceased member has been deceased for fifteen years or more.

(c) The deceased member would have been at least age sixty.

(d) The deceased member had not participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan pursuant to R.S. 11:447 and had not chosen an Initial Benefit Option pursuant to R.S. 11:446(A)(5).

B. Each person to whom this Section applies, except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, shall have his current monthly retirement benefit amount increased by the lesser of:

(1) Three hundred dollars.

(2) The difference between one thousand two hundred dollars and his current monthly benefit amount.

C.(1) Notwithstanding Subsection B of this Section, if any nonretiree beneficiary to whom this Section applies is receiving a monthly benefit amount based upon an optional allowance pursuant to R.S. 11:446(A)(1) through (4), which amount is less than that received by the retiree while alive, the amount of the increase that would otherwise be payable pursuant to Subsection B of this Section shall be prorated based upon the option selected.

(2) Notwithstanding Subsection B of this Section, if a survivor to whom Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section applies is the sole survivor receiving a benefit pursuant to R.S. 11:471, he shall have his current monthly retirement benefit increased by the lesser of three hundred dollars or the difference between one thousand two hundred dollars and his current monthly benefit amount. If there are multiple survivors to whom Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section applies, such survivors shall share equally a monthly benefit increase of three hundred dollars.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any retiree, nonretiree beneficiary, or survivor receiving a benefit pursuant to a reciprocal agreement recognized by the system.

E. The actuarial cost of implementing the provisions of this Section shall be paid from the experience account.

F. The increase provided pursuant to this Section shall begin on July 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, No. 144, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1789.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1789.1
Application; definitions
Status: in_force

Terms not specifically defined in this Section shall have the meanings provided in R.S. 11:1732 unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context. For purposes of Plan A Tier 2:

(1) "Final compensation" shall mean the average monthly earnings during the highest sixty consecutive months, or joined months if service was interrupted. The earnings to be considered for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the first through the twelfth months. The earnings to be considered for the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth months. The earnings to be considered for the thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth months. The earnings to be considered for the final twelve months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings of the thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth months.

(2) "Member" shall include persons who would be eligible for system membership pursuant to R.S. 11:1751 but whose first employment making them eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013.

Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 142, §1, eff. May 22, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1304 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1304
Composition of fund
Status: in_force

The fund exists in the state treasury and is composed of the following:

(1) Monthly payments made by all sworn, commissioned law enforcement officers of the office of state police of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, of seven percent of their monthly salaries, prior to July 1, 1989, and beginning July 1, 1989, in accordance with R.S. 11:62(10). The aggregate amount paid each month by these officers shall be credited by the state treasurer to the system.

(2) A contribution from the state to said fund each fiscal year of ten thousand dollars, derived from bonuses, revenues, and receipts realized from oil and mineral leases on state owned lands, including renewals thereof and rentals thereon.

(3) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 326, §1.

(4) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 326, §1.

Amended by Acts 1951, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 32, §1; Acts 1959, No. 63, §1; Acts 1971, No. 74, §1; Acts 1971, No. 76, §1; Acts 1972, No. 242, §1; Acts 1975, No. 532, §1; Acts 1986, No. 605, §4; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §4, eff. Oct. 31, 1988; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1423 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 326, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 605, §6.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1753 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1753
Membership of employees after consolidation; Terrebonne Parish; Lafayette Parish
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, if the governing authorities of a parish and a municipality are consolidated into one governing authority and if the employees of the municipality are, at the time of the consolidation, members of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, then, subsequent to the consolidation, those persons who were members of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana shall remain members thereof for so long as they remain continuously employed by the consolidated government, and the consolidated government shall be deemed to be the "employer" of said persons regarding participation in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana with all of the responsibilities incumbent therewith. All persons who become employed by the consolidated government subsequent to the consolidation shall, as a condition of employment, become members of the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana if they otherwise satisfy the membership eligibility requirements therefor.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, any employee of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government who is a member of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana shall be transferred into the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) The transfer shall be mandatory and on behalf of each employee shall be transferred all employee and employer contributions, plus a sum representing interest on these contributions, at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate of the transferring system, compounded annually on all contributions for each year of contribution to the date of the transfer.

(2) In the event that the amount of funds transferred for each individual is less than the greater of the actuarial cost of service being transferred or the amount that would have been contributed by the person and his employer, including interest earned thereon at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate of the receiving system, had all of the person's credit originally been credited under the law governing the receiving system, the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government shall pay the deficit or difference, including the interest thereon at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate of the receiving system.

(3) The retirement percentage factor of the transferring system shall be used to calculate each transferred employee's retirement benefits based on his total account, including the number of years transferred under this Subsection.

(4) The Parochial Employees' Retirement System shall be reimbursed by the Terrebonne Parish government for any administrative costs associated directly with implementation of this Subsection.

C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including Subsection A of this Section, any employee first employed on or after November 1, 2010, and prior to November 1, 2020, by any department created by the Home Rule Charter for the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, other than employees first employed by the police and fire departments who are enrolled in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or the Firefighters' Retirement System, and any employee first employed on or after November 1, 2010, by the City Court of Lafayette, inclusive of the office of marshal, but exclusive of the judges of the city court, shall, as a condition of employment, become members of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana if they otherwise satisfy the membership eligibility requirements therefor.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any employee first employed on or after November 1, 2020, by any department created by the Home Rule Charter for the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, other than employees first employed by the police and fire departments who are enrolled in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or the Firefighters' Retirement System, and any employee first employed on or after November 1, 2020, by the City Court of Lafayette, inclusive of the office of marshal but exclusive of the judges of the city court, shall, as a condition of employment, become a member of the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana if he otherwise satisfies the membership eligibility requirements therefor.

Acts 1984, No. 35, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7192.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 750, §1; Acts 1995, No. 591, §1; Acts 2010, No. 306, §1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Acts 2020, No. 298, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1734 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1734
Agreement amendments
Status: in_force

If an employer wishes to transfer its employees from Plan B to Plan A, then an amendment to the agreement must be executed subject to the same procedures and payments for existing accrued liability as if a new agreement had been executed, except that if such transfer is effected prior to October 1, 1978, even though withdrawal from the social security system may not be effective until no later than September 30, 1980, such transfer will occur according to the same procedures applicable to employers who become enrolled in Plan A on the revision date.

Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7154 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3631 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3631
Police pension fund; creation
Status: in_force

There is created a police pension fund for the police department of the city of New Orleans, for pensioning all officers, members, and employees of the police department in the city of New Orleans, their widows, children, and widowed mothers.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:2281 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1672 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1672
Certification of pension payrolls; bond of secretary-manager
Status: in_force

All expense vouchers and pension payrolls shall be certified by the secretary-manager. The secretary-manager shall furnish the board of trustees a surety bond in a company authorized to do business in Louisiana and in such an amount as shall be required by the board, the premium to be paid from the expense fund.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §7(3); Redesignated from R.S. 16:1082 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1345.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1345.3
Eligibility for membership
Status: in_force

Each person who would be eligible for system membership pursuant to R.S. 11:1305 but whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or after January 1, 2011, shall become a member of the New State Police Retirement Plan of the system as a condition of employment.

Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1825 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1825
Medical board
Status: in_force

The medical board shall be appointed by the board of trustees and shall be composed of three physicians not members of the system. The medical board shall schedule and review all medical examinations required by the provisions of this Chapter, and shall investigate all essential statements and certificates by or on behalf of a member in connection with an application for disability retirement, and shall report in writing to the board of trustees its conclusions and recommendations upon all such applications. This Section shall be superseded in the event of the establishment of a state medical disability board.

Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7315 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:2258 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2258
Disability retirement
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and procedures governing the restoration to active service of an employee who formerly had a disability shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 11:215 through 224.

(2)(a) No member is eligible for a disability benefit if his disability is a direct or indirect result of a condition that existed prior to membership in this system. For example but not as a limitation, if a member's disability develops because his service exacerbates an injury sustained prior to membership in this system, he is not eligible for benefits stemming from that disability.

(b) In determining whether a member's disability is a result of a condition that existed prior to membership in this system, the board of trustees shall consider medical and other factual information; however, the board shall not consider the fact that the member was determined by medical examination to be fit for employment as a firefighter as indicative of the absence of preexisting conditions.

B. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board unless the board of trustees determines that the disability is a direct or indirect result of a condition that existed prior to employment in this system. The disability benefit shall be determined as follows:

(1)(a) Upon retirement for disability, any member under the age of fifty years shall receive a retirement allowance as provided in Subparagraph (c) or (d) of this Paragraph, whichever is applicable.

(b) Upon retirement for disability, any member who has attained the age of fifty years shall receive the greater of: either a retirement allowance based on his creditable years of service as provided in R.S. 11:2256 or the benefit provided by Subparagraph (c) or (d) of this Paragraph, whichever is applicable.

(c) Any member who acquires a total disability from an injury received in the line of duty, even though the member may have less than five years of creditable service, shall be paid, on a monthly basis, an annual pension of sixty percent of the average final compensation being received at the time of disability.

(d) Any member of the system who has acquired a disability or incapacitating condition because of continued illness or as a result of any injury received, even though not in the line of duty, and who has five years of creditable service, but is not eligible for retirement under the provisions of R.S. 11:2256 may apply for retirement under the provisions of this Section and shall be retired on seventy-five percent of the retirement salary to which he would be entitled under R.S. 11:2256 if he were eligible thereunder or twenty-five percent of the member's average salary, whichever is greater.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a retired member or a Deferred Retirement Option Plan participant who acquires a disability for any reason provided for by law shall be permitted to apply for conversion of a service retirement to a service connected disability retirement.

(b) To convert to a service connected disability retirement, pursuant to this Subparagraph, the applicant must demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the conditions causing the disability occurred during active employment as a firefighter, even though the actual physical disability may not have become manifest until after the effective date of either commencement of participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan or commencement of a service retirement.

(c) The actuarial cost of any service connected disability benefit granted to a person pursuant to this Section shall not exceed the actuarial cost of the same person's service retirement. In applying for this benefit, the member consents to any recalculation of the retirement benefit to provide actuarial equivalence with the service retirement benefit. Any option selected by the person with regard to the receipt of his service retirement benefit shall be preserved.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 22, §1, eff. June 3, 2017.

C. Should a member who is on disability retirement die and leave a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall receive a benefit of two hundred dollars per month. When the member takes disability retirement he may in addition take an actuarially reduced benefit in which case the member's surviving spouse shall receive fifty percent of the disability benefit being paid immediately prior to the death of the retiree with a disability. If the surviving spouse receiving benefits pursuant to this Subsection remarries, such benefits shall continue without interruption, regardless of when the remarriage occurs.

D.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 23:1225, when any member acquires a disability and is entitled to a disability benefit from the retirement system, the disability benefit payable for any month that the member is also receiving workers' compensation benefits shall be reduced, if necessary, so that the total of both benefits shall not exceed the member's average final compensation. The benefit to be paid shall be computed such that the disability benefit from the retirement system and the workers' compensation benefit shall each be paid in respect to the ratio that each individual benefit bears to the total of both benefits, to which the member would be entitled prior to reduction, multiplied by the average final compensation of the member.

(2) On or before May thirty-first of each calendar year, the system shall submit to the workers' compensation payor the name, social security number, and amount of reduction to the member's benefit payable by the retirement system for the forthcoming fiscal year. The reported reduction shall be presumed correct unless the workers' compensation payor objects to the reduction amount by written notice to the system on or before June thirtieth of the same calendar year.

E. Should any member who is on disability retirement cease to have a disability as determined by the State Medical Disability Board, the disability benefit being paid by the retirement system shall cease, and the former employing agency shall reemploy the member in the same rank and position that he held at the time of the occurrence of his disability, and at the same rate of pay. In the event that no such rank and position is available in the fire service of the former employing agency, the member shall be reemployed in a comparable position in the municipality or parish of the former employing agency if such a position is available.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 434, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 799, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 1985, No. 297, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2156 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 447, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1047, §1; Acts 2001, No. 733, §1; Acts 2006, No. 588, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 75, §1, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 277, §1, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 209, §1, eff. May 26, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 22, §1, eff. June 3, 2017; Acts 2017, No. 24, §1.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 297, §2.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3386
Vested rights and benefits
Status: in_force

A. Any member employed by the fire department on or before December 31, 2014, whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to the attainment of age fifty years and who shall at such time have completed at least twelve years but less than twenty of creditable service shall remain a member of the pension and relief fund, and, in such a case, the member shall receive a service retirement benefit beginning when he attains the age of fifty years, provided the member has not withdrawn his accumulated contributions. The retirement benefit to be paid shall be two and one-half percent of average compensation during the best year of service preceding the date of withdrawal from service for each year of credited service. If the member dies after withdrawal from service but prior to attaining age fifty but having twelve years credited service, his widow and/or children and/or survivors shall be entitled to receive his accumulated contributions in a lump sum with interest credited thereto. If the member receiving benefits under this Subsection dies, his surviving widow shall receive the minimum benefit as set forth in R.S. 11:3383. If the member receiving benefits under this Subsection dies leaving a widow and children under the age of eighteen, then the widow and children under eighteen years of age shall receive the minimum benefit as set forth in R.S. 11:3383 equally divided between them. When the children of the member attain the age of eighteen or become married while receiving benefits under this Subsection, the benefits they are receiving shall be paid to the widow of the member.

B.(1) Any member who enters the employ of the fire department on or after January 1, 2015, and before August 15, 2016, whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to the attainment of fifty-two years of age and who shall at such time have completed at least twelve years but less than twenty years of creditable service shall remain a member of the pension and relief fund, and, in such a case, said member shall receive a service retirement benefit beginning when he attains fifty-two years of age, provided such member has not withdrawn his accumulated contributions. The retirement benefit to be paid shall be two and one-half percent of average compensation during the best year of service preceding the date of withdrawal from service for each year of credited service. If the member dies after withdrawal from service but prior to attaining age fifty-two but having twelve years credited service, his widow, child or children, or estate, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive his accumulated contributions in a lump sum with interest credited thereto.

(2) If the member receiving benefits under this Subsection or R.S. 11:3384(D)(3)(a) dies, his surviving widow shall receive the minimum benefit as set forth in R.S. 11:3383. If the member receiving benefits under this Subsection or R.S. 11:3384(D)(3)(a) dies leaving a widow and children under the age of eighteen, then the widow and children under eighteen years of age shall receive the minimum benefit as set forth in R.S. 11:3383 equally divided between them. When the children of the member attain the age of eighteen or become married while receiving benefits under this Subsection, the benefits they are receiving shall be paid to the widow of the member.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 630, §1, eff. upon approval by New Orleans City Council; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2117.5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 503, §1; Acts 2014, No. 813, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 651, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:2078 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2078
Reemployment of retirees
Status: in_force

A. In the event any retiree of the system is employed by an employer covered by this system, the retiree and the employer shall immediately notify the system of the retiree's date of employment, the amount of salary paid, any changes in salary while reemployed, number of hours employed per week, estimated duration of employment, and date of termination of reemployment.

B.(1) Any retiree may be employed by an employer covered by this system without suspension of benefits provided the retiree has terminated employment for at least six consecutive months. Such retiree may be employed for no more than sixty days, or four hundred eighty hours, in a calendar year. Should the portion of the calendar year available for employment be less than twelve months, the period of employment without reduction in benefits shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.

(2) Should any retiree be employed in excess of the amount of time provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, his retirement benefit shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount earned in excess of the limitation. The reduction in benefits shall begin with the next payroll after the system receives notification of such employment.

C. Should any retiree be employed by an employer covered by this system within six months of termination of employment, his retirement benefit shall be reduced by an amount equal to that earned during such employment. Such reduction shall begin with the next payroll after the system receives notification of such employment.

D. Should any retiree return to full-time permanent employment by an employer covered by this system at any time after termination of employment, his retirement benefit shall be suspended and he shall become an active contributing member of the system. Upon his subsequent retirement, he shall receive his original benefit plus a supplemental benefit based on his salary and service earned since his reemployment. No change shall be permitted in the member's original option; however, at the end of the period of reemployment, the member shall select any option authorized as to any supplemental benefit earned.

Acts 1999, No. 1273, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1192 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1192
Annuity savings fund; description; contributions to and payments from funds; amount of employee contributions
Status: in_force

A. The annuity savings fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the compensation of members to provide for their annuities. Contributions to and payments from the annuity savings fund shall be made as follows. The employer shall cause to be deducted from the salary of each member on each and every payroll of such employer for each and every payroll period seven percent of his earnable compensation, provided that no deductions shall be made on that part of any compensation which is designated by law as operating expense.

B. These deductions shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by the law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein and shall receipt for his full salary or compensation; and payment of salary or compensation, less the deduction, shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment, except as to the benefits provided under this Chapter. The board of trustees shall provide for the methods of collection of contributions from members and employers. The board shall have full authority to require the production of evidence necessary to verify properly the correctness of amounts contributed.

C.(1) In addition to the contributions deducted from compensation, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, any member may redeposit in the annuity savings fund, by a single payment or by an increased rate of contribution, an amount equal to the total amount which he previously withdrew therefrom or any part thereof. Any member may deposit therein by one or more payments an additional amount in order to purchase an additional annuity, provided that the amounts so deposited may be withdrawn only under the conditions established by the board of trustees and the interest credited to such contributions shall not exceed the actual rate earned. These additional amounts deposited shall become a part of his accumulated contributions except in the case of retirement, when they shall be treated as excess contributions returnable to the member in cash or as an annuity of equivalent actuarial value and shall not be considered in computing his pension.

(2) The accumulated contributions of a member withdrawn by him, or paid to his succession or to his designated beneficiary in event of his death, shall be paid from the annuity savings fund. Upon the retirement of a member, his accumulated contributions shall be transferred from the annuity savings fund to the pension reserve fund. If a member dies, leaving survivors eligible for survivor benefits, his accumulated contribution shall be transferred from the annuity savings fund to the survivors' benefit fund.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 145, §2; Acts 1956, No. 458, §4; Acts 1962, No. 137, §2. Acts 1984, No. 678, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:982 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3769 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3769
Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
Status: in_force

The said Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:

(1) All monies, funds, properties, real and personal, and assets now belonging to or due the presently existing Bus Drivers' Pension Fund of Monroe, Louisiana.

(2) The proceeds of the sale of condemned property owned and used by the said Bus Drivers' Department, except when used as trade-in allowance on the purchase of new property, shall be paid into the said Pension and Relief Fund.

(3) All rewards, gifts, donations, gratuities, proceeds of carnivals, dances, exhibitions, benefits, shows, games, plays or otherwise whatsoever made to or earned by the department; and all rewards, gifts, donations, and gratuities made individually to any member of said Bus Drivers' Department and growing out of service performed in the Department, shall at the option of the Board of Trustees be deposited in the said Pension and Relief Fund of this organization.

(4) Twenty-five dollars of the salary of all employees of said bus department who are eligible for participation in the benefit of the fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries at the rate of twelve dollars and fifty cents on each semimonthly payday of the City of Monroe, Louisiana.

(5) The City of Monroe, Louisiana is by this Part authorized and directed to appropriate and pay over money out of the revenues of the Bus Department owned by the City of Monroe, a sum of money equal to four per cent of the revenues of the Bus Department, until such percentage added to the amount presently in the Bus Fund and the contributions of the employees of the Bus Department equals the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars. The proceeds of the four per cent hereinabove set forth, shall be paid monthly to the Treasurer of said Fund and by said Treasurer shall be deposited to the account of said Pension and Relief Fund.

(6) At such time that the said Pension fund attains the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars, then the said City of Monroe is by these presents authorized and directed to discontinue the contributions set forth in Paragraph (5) of this section, and at such time is authorized and directed to pay out of the annual revenues of the General Fund of the City of Monroe, annually at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount or sum equivalent to the amount or sum of such deficit as may result, occur or appear in the operation of said Fund for the preceding year at the close of such fiscal year, considering the receipts and revenues accruing for such year to the said Fund from all sources as against the disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Part.

(7) The City of Monroe, Louisiana, is by this Part authorized and directed to pay to the said Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund all amounts received by the said City of Monroe, Louisiana, for any form of advertising in and on the said City buses and all sums received for any type of commercial display in or on the said buses.

Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1431 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1431
Eligibility for disability retirement
Status: in_force

Eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and procedures governing the restoration to active service of an employee who formerly had a disability are specifically described and provided for in R.S. 11:201 through 224.

Acts 1989, No. 545, §1, eff. July 5, 1989; Redesignated from R.S. 47:8060 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1658 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1658
Employer contributions; maintaining rates; increasing rates; reducing rate decreases
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 11:103 and 104, in any fiscal year the board of trustees is authorized to take any of the following actions:

(1) Maintain the net direct employer contribution rate in effect at the time that a decrease would otherwise occur pursuant to R.S. 11:103.

(2) Require a net direct contribution rate of up to three percentage points more than the rate determined under R.S. 11:103.

(3) Set the employer contribution rate at any point between the previous year's employer contribution rate and a decreased rate that would otherwise occur pursuant to R.S. 11:103.

B. Any excess funds resulting from application of Subsection A of this Section shall be combined with any contribution surplus or offset by any contribution shortfall, and the resulting balance, if greater than zero, shall be accumulated in the funding deposit account pursuant to R.S. 11:1659.

C. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 25, §1.

Acts 2015, No. 371, §1, eff. June 30, 2015; Acts 2017, No. 25, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1413 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1413
Reemployment of a retiree
Status: in_force

A retiree receiving retirement benefits from the system may be temporarily reemployed by an assessor but the retiree shall not be or become a member of the system during such reemployment. If the retiree is reemployed in any capacity for more than one hundred working days during any calendar year, or the equivalent thereof, during any calendar year, the benefits payable to the retiree shall be reduced by the amount he earned after thirty working days, or the equivalent thereof. The retiree and the assessor shall immediately notify the board of the date of reemployment, the amount of salary paid, any changes in salary, the number of hours employed per week, the estimated duration of reemployment, and the date of the termination of the reemployment. If the retiree dies during reemployment, benefits shall be paid to any other person as if death occurred regardless of reemployment pursuant to any option which may have been selected by the retiree at the time of retirement.

Acts 2001, No. 96, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 96, §4 relative to retroactivity of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3473 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3473
Pensions and benefits
Status: in_force

Pensions and benefits shall be as follows:

(1) If any member of the fire department, while in the active service of the fire department, becomes and is found by the board of trustees to be temporarily totally disabled, mentally or physically, for service in the fire department by reason of service therein, the member shall receive monthly from the fund during the total disability or until he becomes eligible for retirement on service basis, but not to exceed one year in any event, a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the monthly salary of the active member of the fire department holding the position corresponding to that held by the beneficiary at the time he acquired the disability.

(2) If any member of the fire department while in the active service of the fire department becomes or is found to be totally, permanently, physically or mentally disabled for service in the fire department, and to do or perform work of any reasonable kind or character by reason or service in the fire department and is found to be so by the board of trustees, he shall receive monthly from the fund so long as the disability shall continue, a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the monthly salary of the active member of the fire department holding the position corresponding to that held by the beneficiary at the time he acquired the disability until such time as he becomes eligible for retirement on service basis, but benefits under this Paragraph dealing with total and permanent disability shall cease at the time when the recipient, had he not acquired the disability, would have completed twenty-five years service on the fire force.

(3) If any member of the fire department, becomes and is found to be totally permanently, physically or mentally disabled for service in the fire department by reason of service therein, but physically and mentally capable and able to do and perform work of any other reasonable kind or character and is so found by the board of trustees, he shall receive monthly as long as disability shall continue from the fund except as hereinafter provided, a sum equal to fifty percent of the monthly salary of the active member of the Fire department holding the position corresponding to that held by the beneficiary at the time he acquired the disability, until such time as he becomes eligible for retirement on service basis; but the maximum benefit shall be sixty-six and two thirds percent of a first class hoseman's salary computed on the basis of the respective months; provided however, that during any such period of time when the combined total or gross income from pension and other employment that may be procured by a member entitled to benefits under this Paragraph shall exceed the gross monthly salary to which such member with a disability would be entitled were he presently on active duty in the position to which his present seniority would entitle him then, and in that event, and during such period only, the benefits of the member with a disability under this Paragraph shall be reduced dollar for dollar by the amount necessary to reduce the member's gross monthly income from pension and other employment to an amount equal to that gross monthly salary which the member would be entitled to receive were he presently on active duty in the position to which his present seniority would entitle him; but in no event shall benefits exceed that limitation of sixty-six and two-thirds percent of a first class hoseman's salary computed on the basis of the respective months; provided that earnings from other employment shall be reported to the board of trustees quarter-annually pursuant to such rules and regulations as the board may adopt in the enforcement of this provision, the board of trustees being hereby given the authority to adopt such rules and regulations and being further given the power and authority to reduce a member's benefits under this Paragraph in the quarter following that in which excess earnings are reported in order to effectuate the provisions of this Paragraph as to that quarter in which the member received income in excess of that allowed by this Paragraph.

(4) If a member of the fire department becomes disabled for service in the fire department, while in the active service of the fire department for causes not arising or developing directly from his employment in the fire department, he shall, upon being found to have such disability by the board of trustees, be paid monthly, so long as the disability shall continue, a sum equal to twenty-five percent of the monthly salary of the active member of the fire department holding the position corresponding to that held by the beneficiary at the time he acquired the disability, plus two percent of the salary additionally for each year of active service rendered over five years; but the maximum benefit shall be fifty percent of a first class hoseman's salary, computed on the basis of the respective months. Providing further, that time elapsing while the member is receiving benefits under this Paragraph shall not be considered as time served in the fire department by the member and shall not be included as "time served" in determining eligibility for "retirement" under this Part.

(5) Retirement benefits for members of the Fire Department eligible therefor shall be as follows:

(a) Members who serve in the Fire Department for a period of twenty years shall, upon making proper written application to the board of trustees, be retired from service in said Fire Department and shall be paid monthly a sum equal to fifty percent of their monthly salary. The monthly salary shall be computed on the basis of his average rate of pay for the twelve months immediately preceding the date of retirement.

(b) Members who serve in the Fire Department for a period of twenty-five years shall, upon making proper written application to the board of trustees, be retired from service in said Fire Department and shall be paid monthly a sum equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of their monthly salary. The monthly salary shall be computed on the basis of his average rate of pay for the twelve months immediately preceding the date of retirement.

(6) On and after the date of July 1, 1967 any member of the Fire Department who has reached, or thereafter reaches the age of sixty-five years shall be mandatorily retired in accordance with the provisions of this Part regardless of disability and irrespective of whether or not the member has applied therefor; provided however, that any member reaching said mandatory retirement age prior to having served 20 years in the Department shall nevertheless be entitled to retirement with the same benefits as if he had served twenty years in the said Department.

(7) Upon any member of the Fire Department being retired upon pension by reason of disability the said board of trustees shall have the right at any time to cause the retired member to be brought before it and again examined by the City physician and/or other competent physicians and surgeons, to be selected by it, and also to examine other witnesses for the purpose of discovering whether such disability to perform the duties of the position held at the time of his removal from active service (or work of any other character) yet continues, and whether such retired member should be continued on the pension roll, but such retired member shall remain upon the pension roll until reinstated to his former rank in the active service of said Fire Department. Such retired member shall be entitled to notice and to be present at the hearing of any such evidence, shall be permitted to propound any questions pertinent or relevant to such matters, and shall also have the right to introduce upon his own behalf any competent evidence he may see fit. All witnesses so produced shall be examined under oath; and any member of said board of trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to administer such oath to such witness. The decision of said board of trustees shall be final and conclusive and no appeal shall be allowed therefrom, nor shall the same be subject to review, except by said board of trustees or upon writ of certiorari to the Courts.

(8) That if any member of the Fire Department, while in the service of said Fire Department or while eligible for or receiving benefits under the provisions of this Part, shall die from any cause, and leave a widow surviving, said Board shall direct the payment monthly from the said Fund to such widow, during the remainder of her life, and while she remains unmarried, a sum equal to thirty-five percent of a beginner fireman's pay; each surviving minor child under the age of eighteen years shall receive from the fund a sum equal to seventeen and one-half percent of a beginner fireman's pay, provided however that the total monthly payment to be made at any time to a member's surviving widow and dependent children shall not exceed seventy-five percent of a beginner fireman's pay; provided further that said payment to said children shall continue after the remarriage of said widow, but not after the marriage of respective children. Provided further that no widow shall be entitled to, or receive the benefits from this Part unless she was married to such member prior to his removal from active service, and living with him at the time of death.

(9) That whenever an active or retired member of said Fire Department shall die as aforesaid in Paragraph (8) hereof, the said board of trustees shall appropriate from the said Fund the sum of two hundred fifty-five dollars for funeral and burial expenses of such deceased member.

(10) In the event of the death of a member of the Fire Department as aforesaid in Paragraph (8) hereof leaving no wife, but leaving dependent children under the age of eighteen years, or dependent parents, each of said dependents shall be entitled to and shall be paid a sum equal to seventeen and one-half percent of a beginner fireman's salary provided that the total benefits payable to dependents under this sub-section shall not exceed a sum equal to fifty percent of a beginner fireman's salary; provided further that these benefits shall be payable until such dependent child reaches the age of eighteen years or marries, whichever occurs first.

(11) A member of the said Fire Department hereafter employed in the said Fire Department for the first time after he shall have attained the age of 26 years shall not be eligible for any benefits under the provisions of this Part.

(12) The benefits provided in preceding Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall continue only until the time the said member would have been eligible for retirement under the provisions of this Part, had he continued in active service, and at such time he shall receive the benefits provided under the retirement provisions of this Part.

(13) The benefits provided in this Part for minor children shall be paid to the surviving parent during the minority of said child, unless otherwise directed by said Board.

(14) No member or other beneficiary designated in this Part shall be entitled to or receive the benefits herein provided so long as he shall receive from the said Fire Department a sum equal to or greater than the benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled under this Part; in the event such sum so received should be less than the said amount of the benefits provided herein, the benefits payable hereunder shall be reduced in an amount equal to the sum received from said Fire Department.

Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §13 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 42
Unfunded accrued liabilities; amortization
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Section govern the amortization of unfunded accrued liabilities of the state and statewide public retirement systems referenced in Subsection B of this Section, as provided by Subsection B of this Section.

B. The provisions of this Subsection shall be implemented and accomplished by the governing authorities of the state and statewide public retirement systems as follows:

(1) Assessors' Retirement Fund. The unfunded accrued liability, as of September 30, 1989, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(1), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with fiscal year 1989-1990, with payments forming an annuity increasing at three and one-half percent annually.

(2) Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief Fund. The unfunded accrued liability, as of June 30, 1989, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(2), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with Fiscal Year 1989-1990, with payments forming an annuity increasing at four and three-quarters percent annually. However, effective for the June 30, 2016 valuation and beginning July 1, 2016, the outstanding balance of this unfunded accrued liability shall be amortized over the remaining thirteen-year period, commencing with Fiscal Year 2016-2017, with annual level-dollar payments.

(3) Firefighters' Retirement System. Effective beginning with the 2019 valuation, the outstanding balance of the unfunded accrued liability, except unamortized merger bases, shall be frozen, combined, and reamortized over fifteen years with payments decreasing by one percent per year. All future actuarial experience gains and losses, contribution gains and losses, gains and losses arising from changes in benefits, and gains and losses arising from changes in assumptions shall be included in the calculation of the normal cost through frozen initial liability funding method.

(4) Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System. The unfunded accrued liability or surplus, as of June 30, 1988, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(5), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with Fiscal Year 1989-1990, with level dollar payments annually.

(5)(a) Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. The unfunded accrued liability, as of June 30, 1988, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(6), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with Fiscal Year 1989-1990. The outstanding balance of the unfunded accrued liability as of July 1, 1992, shall be amortized over the remaining thirty-seven-year period with payments forming an annuity increasing at four and one-half percent annually.

(b) Effective for the June 30, 2009, valuation and beginning July 1, 2010, the outstanding balance of this unfunded accrued liability shall be consolidated with other amortization bases and credits as provided in R.S. 11:102.1, and that consolidated total shall be amortized over the remaining constitutionally-mandated period with annual payments beginning in Fiscal Year 2010-2011. The final payment shall be made in Fiscal Year 2028-2029.

(6) Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System. The unfunded accrued liability or surplus, as of June 30, 1989, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(7), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with fiscal year 1989-1990, with level dollar payments annually.

(7) Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana.

(a) Plan A. The unfunded accrued liability, as of June 30, 1989, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(8)(a), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with fiscal year 1989-1990, with payments forming an annuity increasing at four and one-quarter percent annually.

(b) Plan B. The unfunded accrued liability, as of June 30, 1989, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(8)(b), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with fiscal year 1989-1990, with payments forming an annuity decreasing at two percent annually.

(8) Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana.

(a) Plan A. The unfunded accrued liability, as of December 31, 1989, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(9)(a), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with fiscal year 1989-1990, with payments forming an annuity increasing at four percent annually.

(b) Plan C. The unfunded accrued liability as of December 31, 1998, shall be amortized over a fifteen-year period with level dollar payments annually.

(9) Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund. The unfunded accrued liability, as of June 30, 1989, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(11), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with fiscal year 1989-1990, with payments forming an annuity increasing at three and one-half percent annually.

(10) Louisiana State Police Retirement System. The unfunded accrued liability, as of June 30, 1988, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(12), shall be amortized over a twenty year period, commencing with the fiscal year 1989-1990, with level dollar payments annually.

(11)(a) Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. The unfunded accrued liability, as of June 30, 1988, determined under the funding method specified in R.S. 11:22(B)(13), shall be amortized over a forty-year period, commencing with the Fiscal Year 1989-1990. The outstanding balance of the unfunded accrued liability as of July 1, 1992, shall be amortized over the remaining thirty-seven-year period with payments forming an annuity increasing at four and one-half percent annually.

(b) Effective for the June 30, 2009, valuation and beginning July 1, 2010, the outstanding balance of this unfunded accrued liability shall be consolidated with other amortization bases and credits as provided in R.S. 11:102.2, and that consolidated total shall be amortized over the remaining constitutionally-mandated period with annual payments beginning in Fiscal Year 2010-2011. The final payment shall be made in Fiscal Year 2028-2029.

Acts 1988, No. 81, §2, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §2, eff. Oct. 31, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 499, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 502, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 257, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2009, No. 497, §1, eff. June 30, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §4; Acts 2012, No. 227, §1; Acts 2016, No. 650, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2019, No. 91, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1170 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1170
Medical board; appointment, duties, and powers
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall designate a medical board to be composed of three physicians not eligible to participate in the retirement system. If required, other physicians may be engaged to report on special cases. The medical board shall arrange for and pass upon all medical examinations required under the provisions of this Chapter. They shall investigate all essential statements and certificates by or on behalf of a member in connection with an application for disability retirement and shall report in writing to the board of trustees their conclusions and recommendations upon all the matters referred to it.

Redesignated from R.S. 17:939 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:588 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 588
Death not in performance of duty
Status: in_force

The surviving spouse or heirs of any member whose death occurs other than in the performance of his duties shall receive the same pension rights to which said member would have been entitled had he at the time of his death retired on the basis of service and age as provided in R.S. 11:582.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 135, §2, eff. July 26, 1972; Redesignated from R.S. 56:689 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3171 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3171
Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Bogalusa; creation
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Bogalusa, Louisiana, and a Public Corporation to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bogalusa, which corporation shall be vested with the power to administer the fund herein provided for, to sue and be sued, to buy and sell securities for investment of the surplus moneys of said fund, to allot disability payments and pensions as hereinafter set forth, to employ necessary clerical and professional services and fix the compensation of same.

Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1615 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 1615
Transfer of service credit; purchase of accrual rate
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of R.S. 11:143(D), any member of this system who, pursuant to R.S. 11:143, transfers service credit from another retirement system, fund, or plan at an accrual rate lower than the accrual rate applicable to the member's service credit earned in this system may purchase the accrual rate of this system for application to all of the member's transferred service credit by paying an amount calculated on an actuarial basis that totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of this system resulting from the upgrade in the accrual rate applicable to the member's transferred service credit. All payments for the purchase of the accrual rate upgrade shall be received by the system within forty-five days after written notice is given to the system that the member intends to transfer and upgrade all service credit.

Acts 2022, No. 97, §1, eff. June 30, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:951.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 951.14
Powers of board in general
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall exercise all the rights, powers and privileges granted by law to corporations. It may sue and be sued, acquire, hold, receive, use, transfer, assign, sell or dispose of any kind of property. The board may also borrow money, issue notes or other evidences of debt. It may pledge its revenues for the year then current from whatever source received, for the purpose of promptly paying its obligations or for such other purposes it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Part. The board may accept, hold, assign, transfer, sell, or dispose of, either absolutely or under such conditions as the donor may impose, any donation whatever, or any interest therein.

Redesignated from R.S. 17:1034 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:620.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 620.1
Transfer of other service credit; Harbor Police Retirement Plan employees
Status: in_force

A. Any member of the Harbor Police Retirement Plan who would otherwise be eligible for benefits under this plan except that his first employment making him eligible for membership in the Harbor Police Retirement Plan occurred on or before June 30, 2014, and who has not participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan in the Harbor Police Retirement Plan shall have the right to irrevocably elect to become a member of this plan by submitting an application to the board of trustees to become effective on or after July 1, 2015.

B. Any eligible member who elects to transfer to the Hazardous Duty Services Plan from the Harbor Police Retirement Plan shall have the option of:

(1) Maintaining prior service credit in the Harbor Police Retirement Plan pursuant to the provisions of that plan and accruing service credit and benefits in the Hazardous Duty Services Plan after the date he joins the plan. If such election results in an actuarial cost to this system, the member shall pay the system the amount of such actuarial cost prior to his retirement.

(2)(a) An internal actuarial transfer from the Harbor Police Retirement Plan to this plan in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:143(C) and (D) in which the member transfers all of his service credit from the Harbor Police Retirement Plan and maintains prior service credit at the accrual rate at which it was earned in such plan prior to joining the Hazardous Duty Services Plan. If the amount of funds transferred is less than the actuarial cost of the service transferred, the member transferring, except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall pay the deficit or difference, including the interest thereon at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate of the system.

(b) In lieu of paying the deficit or difference plus interest, the member may, at his option but only at the time of transfer, be granted an amount of credit in this plan which is based on the amount of funds actually transferred plus any additional funds less than the deficit paid by the member.

(c) A member who completes a transfer under the provisions of this Paragraph shall have his retirement benefit calculated using the accrual rate of the plan from which he transferred based on the number of years transferred.

C. A member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in the Harbor Police Retirement Plan occurred on or before June 30, 2015, who elects to join this plan shall thereafter for purposes of all state retirement systems be treated as an employee whose membership is governed by the provisions of Act No. 992 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature.

Acts 2014, No. 648, §2, see Act for effective date.

NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 648, §6(B), regarding contingent eff. date.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:951.84 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 951.84
Disability retirement benefits; application for; eligibility requirements
Status: in_force

Upon the application of a participant or of the Orleans Parish School Board, any participant who has completed ten or more years of creditable service may be retired by the board of trustees not less than thirty nor more than ninety days following the date of the filing of such application for a disability retirement allowance, provided that the medical board after a medical examination of such participant shall certify that the participant is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty and that the participant should be retired; should any such participant refuse to submit to such medical examination, his rights in and to retirement may be withheld during the period of such refusal, and should his refusal continue for a period of one year, all his rights in and to the benefits of the retirement system may be voided and his accumulated contributions may be returned by the board of trustees.

Redesignated from R.S. 17:1124 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:2061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 2061
Prior service credit; determination
Status: in_force

A. Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt any person who becomes a member of the system within the first two years of its operation, or who becomes a member under the provisions of R.S. 11:2051, Subsection (A) as amended, and who is employed by the state of Louisiana, or a parish of the state, or city of any parish of the state of Louisiana within the six years immediately preceding the establishment of the system and who was not eligible for membership in any retirement system maintained by the parish or city during such service, shall be entitled to prior service credit for all city or parish or state service rendered prior to the effective date of this Chapter, provided that within the first year of his membership he file a detailed statement of all Louisiana service rendered by him as an employee prior to the date of the establishment of the system for which he claims credit; and further provided, that in the case of employees who become eligible for membership under the provisions of R.S. 11:2051, Subsection (A) as amended, the employee, in order to gain credit for such previous service shall be free of physical disability and shall be required to pay four percent of all salary in excess of one hundred dollars per month which was earned in such Louisiana service for which he claims credit, this payment to be made in either a lump sum prior to January 1, 1963, or, upon consent of the board of trustees, over a period not to exceed one year after January 1, 1963, provided such arrangements are made prior to January 1, 1963, and further provided that in order to gain credit for such prior service, he must pass a physical examination under such rules and regulations as the board may set up.

B. The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year.

Acts 1954, No. 215, §4; Acts 1962, No. 13, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1701 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3299 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3299
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Whoever willfully violates any provision of this Act shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not longer than one year, or both.

Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2146 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:3174 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 11 / Section 3174
Officers and employees; bond
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees to carry a blanket fidelity insurance policy covering all officers and employees handling the money or securities of said fund in an amount equal to the largest amount of said fund; and to pay the premiums therefor out of the funds of said Board.

Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.