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LA Rev Stat § 11:3772 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3772. Death benefits

RS 3772 - Death benefits  A claim for pension or death benefits based on any facts or conditions not hereinabove expressed may be paid by the said fund provided the same has been brought before the membership at an annual or special meeting and a favorable vote registered therefor. But the Board of Trustees shall pay no pension or death benefit not specially provided by this Part until the membership has acted favorably upon the same at an annual or special meeting.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §13 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3773 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3773. Payments during disability

RS 3773 - Payments during disability  No member with a disability shall be paid pension benefits hereunder during such period of disability while receiving regular wages or salary from the City of Monroe. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §14 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 § 11:3774 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3774. Physical examination required for disability benefits

RS 3774 - Physical examination required for disability benefits  A member claiming pension benefits, or a member already receiving such benefits because of such disability as renders him unfit for service in the department shall subject himself to physical examination by a Medical Examiner designated by the Board of Trustees of this organization and if the findings of said examiner be objectionable to the member, the member may require a further physical examination to be held jointly by the Medical Examiner of the Board, a Medical Examiner to be chosen by the member and a third Medical Examiner to be selected by the Examiner representing the Board and the member and the concurrence of either two of said examiners reduced to writing and signed by them shall be considered as final by the Board of Trustees and by the member affected. The disability of said member shall not affect his seniority rights.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3775 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3775. Disability benefits to cease upon recovery or refusal to return to work

RS 3775 - Disability benefits to cease upon recovery or refusal to return to work  Any member receiving a pension for disability, who refused to return to duty in the Department upon recovering from said disability, shall forfeit all claims to further benefits hereunder, provided that an opening awaits said member in the Department upon such recovery; the matter of openings in employment is to be subject to the contract currently existing by and between City of Monroe and the Amalgamated Association of Electric Street Railway, Motor Coach Employees, Local No. 1160.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3776 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3776. Leave of absence; waiver of dues and benefits

RS 3776 - Leave of absence; waiver of dues and benefits  Any member granted a leave of absence from the department, and not employed during such leave by the City of Monroe, may, in the sound discretion of the Board of Trustees, have both dues and benefits waived and suspended during such period of leave, and any leave of absence so granted by the Board of Trustees, may likewise in the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be recalled, vacated, and cancelled.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3777 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3777. Compulsory retirement prohibited

RS 3777 - Compulsory retirement prohibited  No member of this organization shall ever be compelled by this organization to retire from active service in the department because of age, length of service, physical disability or infirmity; the acceptance of said pension benefits shall always be optional with the member.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §18 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3778 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3778. Member participation; service not interrupted by physical infirmity; military service; supplement to federal pension

RS 3778 - Member participation; service not interrupted by physical infirmity; military service; supplement to federal pension A. A member's service period shall not be considered as having been interrupted during the period that the member may not be employed by the department because of illness, injury, or other physical infirmity or disability; nor shall it be considered as interrupted during the period that a member may be in actual military service of his country or state in time of war, peril, insurrection, calamity, or other cause that may call the member from private life to military service, and the dues of such member while absent from the department during such military service shall be waived. Provided also that if a member of the department is called into the Armed Forces of the United States, and as a result of his service he acquires a total disability and receives a pension from the federal government, the pension fund herein will pay him an amount sufficient to equal the sum of one hundred forty dollars per month, or if he is killed and his widow or dependent children receive a pension from the federal government, the Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund shall pay his widow or dependent children an amount necessary to total the sum of eighty dollars per month. B. In the event eighty dollars per month, or more, is paid by the Federal Government alone, then, and in that event there shall be no obligation on the part of the Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund to pay out any amount to said widow or dependent children. In the event the Federal Government pays a greater amount than eighty dollars per month and at a later date decreases this amount to a sum less than eighty dollars per month, then and at that time, the Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund shall pay to the widow and/or dependents an amount necessary to bring the total pension to the sum of eighty dollars per month. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §19 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 § 11:3779 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3779. Computation of length of service

RS 3779 - Computation of length of service  The service of a member of this fund shall date from his first employment in the department provided such service has not been broken or interrupted for causes not excused and condoned by this Part. The service date of a member reemployed after having resigned from the department or reemployed after having been discharged without reinstatement shall date from the date of said reemployment. The service date of a member reinstated after dismissal (not reemployed) shall date from the date of his first employment.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §20 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3780 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3780. Transfer to other department

RS 3780 - Transfer to other department  If a member of this organization be transferred by a city official to service for the City of Monroe other than in the department, if the transfer shall exceed six months in duration, it shall operate as a complete termination of the member's membership and forfeiture of all rights, unless the member has a partial disability; but if the transfer does not exceed six months service, it shall not operate to terminate the member's membership herein, if the member returns to the department and works at least one full day in each calendar month during the period. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §21 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 § 11:3781 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3781. Physical examination prior to employment required

RS 3781 - Physical examination prior to employment required  After July 30, 1952, all new members employed are required to stand physical examination before a physician named by the Board of Trustees, and such physician must certify their abilities to perform the services of this Department. Members of said Department in good standing on July 30, 1952 are not required to stand such examinations. Any persons employed in the said Bus Drivers' Department subsequent to July 30, 1952, shall not be eligible for any benefits under the provisions of this Part if the said person has attained the age of thirty-five years as of the date of his employment.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §22 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3791 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3791. The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe; creation

RS 3791 - The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe; creation  A Pension and Retirement Fund is herein created and shall hereinafter be known and constituted as "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana"; and the fund is hereby dedicated to the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and retired members of the Electric Line Department, Electric Service Department, Street Lighting Department, Electric Inspection Department, the Commercial Manager, and the Electricians of the Water and Light Office of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, and their widows and orphans and for the relief and aid of members of the electric departments in the case of disability as hereinafter provided. Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §1 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 § 11:3792 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3792. Composition of the fund

RS 3792 - Composition of the fund  The fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by a Board of Trustees as hereinafter provided for.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3793 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3793. Control and management; board of trustees; composition

RS 3793 - Control and management; board of trustees; composition  A. The "Board of Trustees" of "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana", hereby created a body politic, and shall be composed of five active members of the Retirement System, to be elected at the time and in the manner specified for election of officers as hereinafter provided for.  B. The Secretary of said Board shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of said Board, and shall be elected at the time each new Board takes office.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3794 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3794. Members from electrical departments; officers of the board; vacancies

RS 3794 - Members from electrical departments; officers of the board; vacancies  A. All officers of "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana", except the Treasurer shall be employees of the said Electrical Departments. The Treasurer shall be the duly authorized and acting Secretary-Treasurer of the City of Monroe, and his bond shall be so written as to adequately cover the funds here involved as hereinafter provided. The Treasurer shall not receive any benefits hereunder.  B. In the event a vacancy should occur in the said Board of Trustees, a special election shall be called by the remaining members of said Board within thirty days after such vacancy shall occur.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3795 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3795. Elections; annual meetings

RS 3795 - Elections; annual meetings  A. The first officers and members of the Board of Trustees of "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana" shall be elected by the membership thereof on August 1, 1956 and they shall hold office until the Annual Meeting in 1957 when their successors shall be elected. Thereafter they shall hold office for one year and be elected at each Annual Meeting. They shall hold office until their successors have been duly elected and have accepted the office to which elected. They may succeed themselves in office.  B. The Annual Meeting of the members of this Fund for the election of officers and trustees and matters of business shall be held at 8:00 A.M. on the second Monday of each July without call or notice. Special or called meetings of the membership may be held upon call of the President or upon call signed by two-thirds of the members of the Board; said call to be in writing and posted in conspicuous places in all Departments, at least five days before said Meeting is to be held. A quorum of two-thirds of the membership must be present at any meeting, Annual or Special, in order to transact any business, and all matters shall be decided by a two-thirds vote of the membership present at any meeting except the election of officers and members of the Board of Trustees shall be a majority vote of the members present.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3796 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3796. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 3796 - Treasurer; duties; bond  The Treasurer so elected shall be custodian of all funds belonging to said Pension and Relief Fund; he shall deposit the funds in such depositories as may be designated by said Board and shall disburse funds belonging to said Pension and Relief Fund only upon warrants signed by himself and countersigned by the Vice President and the Secretary thereof. The said Treasurer shall give an annual surety bond of good and solvent surety by a recognized Bonding Company, duly licensed to do business in the state of Louisiana, in the sum equal to the amount in the said Pension and Relief Fund at the end of each year. The premium of said bond shall be paid out of the said fund.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3797 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3797. Board of directors; duties; meetings

RS 3797 - Board of directors; duties; meetings  A. The said Board of Trustees shall have exclusive control and management of said Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund and shall, upon the advice and consent of the members of the said Electrical Department, make all necessary and pertinent rules and regulations for the proper administration of said Fund not in conflict with the provisions of this Part, shall hear and decide all applications for benefits under this Part, and its decision on such applications shall not be subject to review or reversal except by said Board, or upon certiorari to the Courts, however, in the event payment or action is not taken within ten days by said Board, after due notices given, the beneficiary thereof may appeal to the said Electrical Departments as a whole. Provided that the benefits established by R.S. 11:3802 and 3805 may be reduced by said Board of Trustees until such time as reserve funds are, in its opinion, adequate for the payment of such benefits in full.  B. No debt, claim, pension, or benefit, of whatsoever nature or kind, shall ever be paid until the same has been duly approved by said Board of Trustees. All such payments, after having been approved by the said Board, shall be by voucher signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Vice President and Secretary.  C. The said Board shall meet upon call of the President, or upon call of any two members of the Board. "Call" as used herein, shall mean due and timely notice given in writing to all members of the said Board of the intention to convene.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3799 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3799. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 3799 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city  The said Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following: (1) Proceeds of the sale of all salvage material of the Electrical Departments of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, except when used as trade-in allowance on the purchase of new property, shall be put in the Pension and Relief Fund.  (2) All rewards, gifts, donations, gratuities, proceeds of carnivals, dances, exhibitions, benefits, shows, games, plays or otherwise whatsoever made to or earned by the Departments, and all rewards, gifts, donations and gratuities made individually to members of the various Electrical Departments and growing out of service performed in the Departments, shall at the option of the Board of Trustees be deposited in the said Pension and Relief Fund of this organization.  (3) Five percent of the salary of all employees in the various Electrical Departments shall be deducted from their salaries on each weekly payday of the City of Monroe, Louisiana.  (4) The said City of Monroe, Louisiana, is by this Part authorized and directed to appropriate and pay over monthly out of the revenues derived from fees collected from charges for temporary services, charges for reconnections, and all other special charges in connection with furnishing electricity to consumers of the City of Monroe municipally owned electrical distribution system. The City of Monroe shall fix and adjust its rates for the above mentioned services so as to provide a fund equal to five percent of the monthly payroll of the said Electric Line Department, Electric Service Department, Street Lighting Department, Electric Inspection Department, and the electricians and the Commercial Manager in the Water and Light Office of the City of Monroe, said sum to be paid over to the Treasurer of the fund and by him deposited to the account of said Pension and Relief Fund.  (5) One-half of all electrical inspection fees received by the City of Monroe, Louisiana.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3800 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3800. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 3800 - Exemption from seizure and attachment  Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Electrical Workers' 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 debt, damage, demand, claim, judgment, or decree, against any beneficiary of such fund, but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be sacredly kept, held, and distributed for the purposes named in this Part, and for no other purposes whatsoever. Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3801 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3801. Discrimination in payment of benefits prohibited

RS 3801 - Discrimination in payment of benefits prohibited  In the payment of benefits hereunder, there shall be no discrimination because of class or rank of employee in service now or otherwise whatsoever. The right of the members shall always remain equal with respect to enjoyment of the benefits of the Pension Fund.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §11 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.