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LA Rev Stat § 11:1150 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1150. Allowances; optional allowances

RS 1150 - Allowances; optional allowances A. Upon application for retirement, any member may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout his life. In no case shall the system pay total benefits of less than an amount equal to the member's accumulated contributions. If the member, following retirement, should die prior to receiving in total benefits an amount equal to his accumulated contributions, the balance shall be paid to the person nominated by the member by written designation, which shall be acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of retirement, or B. Upon application for retirement, any member may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent at that time of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable throughout life with the options set forth in the numbered paragraphs below. No optional selection shall be effective in case a beneficiary dies within thirty days after the effective date of retirement, and such a beneficiary shall be considered as an active member at the time of death. (1) If he dies before he has received in annuity payments the present value of his annuity as it was at the time of his retirement, the balance shall be paid to his legal representatives or to any person he shall nominate by written designation acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees. (2) Upon his death, his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to any person he shall nominate by written designation acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement. (3) Upon his death, one-half of his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to any person he shall nominate by written designation acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement. (4) Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to any person or persons 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 actuarial value to his retirement allowance and approved by the board of trustees. (5) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 266, §2, eff. July 1, 2001. Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 110, §1 eff. Jan.1, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 266, §2, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1152.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1152.1. Initial Benefit Retirement Plan

RS 1152.1 - Initial Benefit Retirement Plan A. If a member has not participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan upon attaining eligibility, as provided by the provisions of this Chapter, and if the maximum benefit or an optional benefit is chosen pursuant to R.S. 11:1150(B)(2), (3), or (4), then a reduced retirement allowance plus an initial benefit shall be paid to the member, provided the initial benefit, together with the reduced retirement allowance, shall be certified by the actuary to be actuarially equivalent to the member's maximum or optional retirement allowance and shall be approved by the board of trustees. B. The amount of the initial benefit, as determined by the member, shall not exceed an amount equal to the member's maximum monthly retirement allowance times thirty-six and shall, at the option of the member, be paid in accordance with plan provisions under R.S. 11:1152 or as a lump-sum payment. The amount of the initial benefit shall be placed in an account in accordance with R.S. 11:1152, and interest will be paid on any balance in the account in accordance with R.S. 11:1152. C. Cost-of-living adjustments granted by the board of trustees to retirees who select the option under this Section shall be computed on the basis of each retiree's regular monthly retirement benefit or on the basis of each beneficiary/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. 11:1152(G)(1). Acts 2001, No. 266, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1153 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1153. Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2011.

RS 1153 - Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1633 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1633. Retirement eligibility; benefits at three and one-half percent

RS 1633 - Retirement eligibility; benefits at three and one-half percent 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 § 11:1634 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1634. Disability retirement

RS 1634 - Disability retirement 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 described and provided for in R.S. 11:201 through 224. 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. Upon retirement caused by disability, the disability benefit shall be determined as provided in Paragraph (1) or Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whichever is less: (1) An amount equal to the accrual rate specified in R.S. 11:1632 or R.S. 11:1633, whichever is applicable, multiplied by the years of creditable service; however, for computation purposes the number of years shall not be considered to be less than fifteen. (2) The retirement benefit which would be payable assuming continued service to the age of sixty years using applicable computation factors. In no event shall the benefit exceed one hundred percent of the member's average final compensation. Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §5(3). Amended by Acts 1978, No. 727, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1043 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 234, §1, eff. June 1, 1993; 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 § 11:1637 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1637. Optional allowances

RS 1637 - Optional allowances  With the provisions 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 normally 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 that time, of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable throughout life with the provisions that:  Option 1. If he dies before he has received in 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 his legal representatives or to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees.  Option 2. Upon his death, 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.  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.  Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to such person or persons 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 actuarial value to his retirement allowance, and approved by the board of trustees.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §5(8); Redesignated from R.S. 16:1048 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1638 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1638. Cost-of-living increase of benefits

RS 1638 - Cost-of-living increase of benefits  A. Six months after the end of the system's fiscal year, the board of trustees is authorized to use interest earnings on investments of the system in excess of normal requirements, as determined by the actuary, to provide a cost-of-living increase in benefits to any person who is a retiree or a surviving beneficiary of a member or retiree of this system who has been retired for a period not less than one year, in an amount not to exceed the lesser of three percent of the original benefit, or in the case of a beneficiary, that fraction of the original benefit specified in the optional allowance selected or sixty dollars per month. The cumulative total of all such increases shall not exceed the lesser of three percent of the original benefit, or in the case of a beneficiary, that fraction of the original benefit specified in the optional allowance selected, or sixty dollars per month for each full calendar year of retirement. B. The benefits provided in this Section shall not be retroactive to any period. Further adjustments in benefits may be made each January 1st next after at least a full year has elapsed after benefits began, subject to the limitations contained herein.  C. No increase in benefits pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall apply if the resulting benefit would exceed the limitations of R.S. 11:1632(C).  Added by Acts 1975, No. 745, §2. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 585, §1; Acts 1984, No. 483, §1; Acts 1991, No. 60, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1049 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.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1639 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1639. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.

RS 1639 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1640 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1640. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.

RS 1640 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1641 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1641. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.

RS 1641 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1642 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1642. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.

RS 1642 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1643 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1643. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.

RS 1643 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 835, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1646 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1646. Reversion of funds prohibited

RS 1646 - Reversion of funds prohibited A. Plan assets shall not be used for, or diverted to, any person or purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the members and their beneficiaries, except that contributions made by the employer may be returned to the employer if the contribution was made due to a mistake of fact and the contribution is returned within one year of the mistaken payment of the contribution. B. The amount of any contribution returned shall not exceed the difference between the amount actually contributed and the amount which would have been contributed had there been no mistake of fact and shall not include the earnings attributable to such contribution. The amount of the contribution returned shall be reduced by any losses attributable to the contribution, and no member shall have his benefit reduced by the return of the contribution to less than such benefit would have been had the contribution not been returned. C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section, if the retirement system is terminated and all obligations under the retirement system are fully funded and provided for, any excess funds held by the system shall be returned to the employer. Acts 2012, No. 523, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 11:2071 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§2071. Retirement benefits; application and eligibility requirements

RS 2071 - Retirement benefits; application and eligibility requirements  A. Any member upon withdrawal from service, upon or after attainment of the age of sixty years, who shall have completed at least ten years of creditable service, or after the age of fifty-five years who shall have completed at least twenty years of creditable service, or who shall have thirty years of creditable service, regardless of age shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance which shall begin as of the date specified by the member in his application for the said allowance but in no event before withdrawal from service.  B. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to his attaining the age of sixty years, who shall have completed more than ten years of creditable service and shall not have received a refund of his accumulated contributions shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance beginning upon his attaining the age of sixty years of the amount earned and accrued at the date of withdrawal from service; provided that such benefits shall begin at age fifty-five if he has twenty or more years of creditable service.  Acts 1954, No. 215, §5(1). Amended by Acts 1969, No. 88, §1; Acts 1971, No. 79, §1; Acts 1974, No. 388, §1; Acts 1989, No. 202, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1731 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:2072 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§2072. Annual amount of retirement allowance

RS 2072 - Annual amount of retirement allowance  A. The annual amount of the retirement allowance for persons who retired from this system on or before June 30, 1999, shall be three percent of the average compensation for each year of creditable service.  B.(1) The annual amount of the retirement allowance for any person who is an active contributing member of this system on or after July 1, 1999, and whose first employment making him eligible for membership in the system occurred on or before January 1, 2013, shall be equal to three and one-third percent of the average compensation for each year of creditable service.  (2) For any former active contributing member who returns to service as an active contributing member on and after July 1, 1999, and whose first employment making him eligible for membership in the system began prior to January 1, 2013, the provisions of this Subsection shall apply only to the service credit earned after the date such member returns to service.  C. The retirement allowance provided to a member pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall not exceed one hundred percent of the member's average compensation.  Acts 1989, No. 202, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1732 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 1273, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2012, No. 526, §§1, 2, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 423, §1, eff. June 9, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 11:2073 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§2073. Cost-of-living increase

RS 2073 - Cost-of-living increase  The board of trustees is authorized to use interest earnings on investments of the system in excess of normal requirements, as determined by the actuary, to provide an annual cost of living adjustment payable monthly for members retired at least two years, in an amount not to exceed three percent of the original benefit. Such benefits shall be paid only when funds are available from this source, and payments shall be made in such manner and in such amount as is determined by the board of trustees, based on the funds available.  Acts 1989, No. 202, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1732.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:2075 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§2075. Return of accumulated contributions

RS 2075 - Return of accumulated contributions  If a member ceases to be an employee, except by death or retirement under the provisions of this Chapter, he shall be paid such part of the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to the credit of his individual account in the annuity savings fund as he shall demand. If a member dies before retirement, the amount of his accumulated contributions standing to the credit of his individual account shall be paid to his estate or to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation, duly executed and filed with the board of trustees. If an employee returns to membership in the system after withdrawing his contributions, he may repay the amount which he withdrew, plus interest at a rate determined by the board of trustees, and upon such repayment, he shall again be given credit for the service he forfeited at the time he withdrew.  Acts 1954, No. 215, §5(6). Amended by Acts 1976, No. 526, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1736 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2018, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 11:2076 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§2076. Optional allowances

RS 2076 - Optional allowances  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 normally 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 that time, of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable throughout life with the provision that:  Option 1. If he dies before he has received in annuity payments the present value of his annuity as it was at the time of his retirement, the balance shall be paid to his legal representatives or 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 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 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 paid either to the member or to such person or persons 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 actuarial value to his retirement allowance, and approved by the board of trustees.  Acts 1954, No. 215, §5(7); Redesignated from R.S. 18:1737 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.