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LA Rev Stat § 11:3508 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3508. Property for benefit of fund; minimum fund required before disbursements can be made

RS 3508 - Property for benefit of fund; minimum fund required before disbursements can be made  A. The board may receive property of any nature for the benefit of the fund.  B. If the municipality has a population of over fifty thousand, the sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be retained as a permanent fund. No pension shall be paid or money drawn from the fund until the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, over and above the fifty thousand dollars held as a permanent fund is to the fund's credit.  C. If the municipality has a population of over fifteen thousand, but not exceeding fifty thousand, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars shall be retained as a permanent fund. No pension shall be paid or money drawn from the fund until the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, above the fifteen thousand dollars held as a permanent fund, is to the fund's credit.  D. If the municipality has a population of fifteen thousand, or less, the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars shall be retained as a permanent fund. No pension shall be paid or money drawn from the fund until the sum of one thousand dollars, above the seventy-five hundred dollars held as a permanent fund, is to the fund's credit.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 247, §1; Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2228 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3509 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3509. Investment of fund

RS 3509 - Investment of fund  A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the board may invest the permanent fund or any portion thereof in the name of the "Board of Trustees of the Police Pension and Relief Fund" in interest-bearing bonds or securities issued or backed by the United States, the state of Louisiana, or the municipality in which the board is located or in certificates of deposit in banks of the United States or the state of Louisiana. All securities shall be deposited with the treasurer, subject to the orders of the board.  B. The board of trustees of the police pension and relief fund for the city of Bossier City may invest the permanent fund or any portion thereof in the name of the "Board of Trustees of the Police Pension and Relief Fund" as provided in R.S. 33:2955.  Amended by Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Acts 1985, No. 90, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2229 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2019, No. 22, §1, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3510 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3510. Money available for pensions

RS 3510 - Money available for pensions  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.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2230 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3511 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3511. Disbursement upon warrants

RS 3511 - Disbursement upon warrants  Money shall be paid by the treasurer from the fund only upon warrants signed by the president and counter-signed by the secretary. No warrant shall be drawn except by order of the board.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2231 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3512 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3512. Annual financial report

RS 3512 - Annual financial report  The condition of the fund shall be reported to the governing authority of the municipality by the board's secretary every January.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2232 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3513 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3513. Fund not subject to execution

RS 3513 - Fund not subject to execution  Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, the fund, or any portion thereof, before or after an order for its distribution is issued, shall be exempt from assignment or pledge by a beneficiary of the fund or from seizure by virtue of any judicial process issued against the beneficiary. Redesignated from R.S. 33:2233 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3514 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3514. Retirement for disability or length of service; benefit payments

RS 3514 - Retirement for disability or length of service; benefit payments  A. The board shall retire from service in the police department any member of the department found by a majority vote of the board to have acquired a permanent or temporary physical or mental disability while in the performance of his duties, as determined by the report of the department physician, and shall place the retired member on the pension or relief roll. B. Upon written request any member of the department who has performed twenty years of service in the department, without regard to the age at which the member may have initially been appointed to the police department, also shall be retired and placed under pension or relief roll. In addition, any member of the department who has performed at least eighteen consecutive years of service in the department and has reached sixty-five years of age, upon his application and request therefor, shall be eligible for retirement and be placed on the pension or relief roll. The amount of the pension or relief shall be two-thirds of the highest average monthly salary for any continuous twelve month period of time worked prior to retirement, but shall not be less than one hundred dollars per month. C. Pensions or relief provided for by this Section shall be paid in monthly installments to persons entitled thereto, except that in the case of any mentally incapacitated member, the pension or relief shall be paid monthly to his legal representative. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 245, §1; Acts 1954, No. 416, §1; Acts 1956, No. 137, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1966, No. 148, §1; Acts 1972, No. 495, §1; Acts 1974, No. 219, §2; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2234(A), (B), and (D) 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 § 11:3515 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3515. Examination of member with a disability; resumption of duty

RS 3515 - Examination of member with a disability; resumption of duty A. A member of the police department retired because of disability received while in the performance of his duty shall submit to examination by the department physician every six months. B. The department physician shall report his findings to the board, which shall remove the member from the disability list if the report of the physician shows that he no longer has a disability. When the report shows that the member no longer has a disability and can resume his duties as a police officer, the department head shall restore him to employment in the department with the rank and grade enjoyed at the time of his removal from service. Redesignated from R.S. 33:2235 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 § 11:3517 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3517. Rights of members employed before July 28, 1948

RS 3517 - Rights of members employed before July 28, 1948  R.S. 11:3514 and 3516 shall not affect the rights acquired by members of police departments employed prior to 12 o'clock noon, July 28, 1948, and shall not affect their right to retirement after twenty years of service, and employees of police departments of municipalities coming under this law by reason of population increases shall have the same benefits granted herein if such employees were employed prior to 12 o'clock noon, July 28, 1948.  Amended by Acts 1958, No. 50, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2237 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3518 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3518. Funeral expenses

RS 3518 - Funeral expenses  Whenever an active or retired officer dies, the board shall appropriate from the fund the sum of one hundred dollars toward funeral expenses.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2238 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3519 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3519. Filing names of persons entitled to death benefits

RS 3519 - Filing names of persons entitled to death benefits  Every member of the department shall file with the secretary of the board the name of any beneficiary to whom death benefits shall be paid and his relation to the member.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2239 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3520 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3520. Eligibility for appointment to department; physical examination

RS 3520 - Eligibility for appointment to department; physical examination  A. Persons eligible for first appointment to the police department shall be between the ages of twenty-one and forty years at the time of such original appointment, and shall be subject to reemployment 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. Persons eligible for first appointment to the police department shall be between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years at the time of such original appointment, and shall be subject to reemployment 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.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 248, §1; Acts 1968, No. 411, §1; Acts 1970, No. 638, §§1, 2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2240 and R.S. 33:2240.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3521 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3521. Credit for military service

RS 3521 - Credit for military service  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 § 11:3522 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3522. Penalty for violations

RS 3522 - Penalty for violations  Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Subpart shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not longer than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. The court of original and unlimited jurisdiction in civil suits shall have jurisdiction of offenses defined by this Subpart.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2242 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3541 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3541. Special tax; population between 10,000 and 70,000

RS 3541 - Special tax; population between 10,000 and 70,000  In municipalities having a population between 10,000 and 70,000 in addition to any other source of funds provided by law, the governing authorities are hereby authorized to levy a special tax on all property subject to state taxation within the corporate limits of such municipalities in an amount not to exceed one mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of said property in any one year; provided, however, that the rate, purpose and duration of said special tax herein provided for shall first have been submitted to the resident property taxpayers qualified to vote in such municipalities, and a majority vote of those voting, in both number and amount, shall have voted in favor thereof, as provided for by existing laws. Said tax shall be levied and collected with and in like manner as the general taxes of such municipalities, and the avails of the tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of providing additional revenues for the policemen's pension and relief fund of such municipalities. However, the authorization to levy the one-mill tax provided for in this Section shall be applicable only to those municipalities whose firemen's pension and relief funds are maintained on an actuarially computed basis. The provisions of this Section shall be self-operative.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 401, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2222.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3542 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3542. Morgan City; employer contributions to fund

RS 3542 - Morgan City; employer contributions to fund  On behalf of each member of the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Morgan City, the city of Morgan City shall contribute to said fund an amount equal to three percent of salary monthly.  Added by Acts 1976, No. 607, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2222.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3543 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3543. City of Alexandria; composition of board of trustees

RS 3543 - City of Alexandria; composition of board of trustees  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 § 11:3544 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3544. City of Houma; composition of board of trustees; secretary-treasurer; investments

RS 3544 - City of Houma; composition of board of trustees; secretary-treasurer; investments  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 § 11:3545 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3545. Morgan City: salary deduction

RS 3545 - Morgan City: salary deduction  With respect to the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Morgan City, each member of the police department shall be assessed eight percent of his salary monthly. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Acts 1981, No. 320, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2225(A)(2) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3546 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3546. City of Lake Charles; salary deduction

RS 3546 - City of Lake Charles; salary deduction  With respect to the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Lake Charles, each member of the fund shall be assessed seven percent of his salary monthly.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Acts 1981, No. 320, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2225(A)(3) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3547 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3547. City of Opelousas; Morgan City; increase in benefits for service in excess of twenty years

RS 3547 - City of Opelousas; Morgan City; increase in benefits for service in excess of twenty years  The amount of the pension for members of the police department of the city of Opelousas shall be increased by three and one-third percent for each year of service in the department over twenty years, but no such member shall receive a pension in excess of eighty-seven percent of the highest average monthly salary, for any continuous twelve-month period of time worked prior to retirement. The amount of the pension for members of the police department of the city of Morgan City shall be increased by two and one-half percent for each year of service in the department over twenty years, with such increases to cease upon the member attaining credit for thirty years of service.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 245, §1; Acts 1954, No. 416, §1; Acts 1956, No. 137, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1966, No. 148, §1; Acts 1972, No. 495, §1; Acts 1974, No. 219, §2; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2234(C) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3549 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3549. Cities of Opelousas and Ruston; cost-of-living adjustments

RS 3549 - Cities of Opelousas and Ruston; cost-of-living adjustments  The board of trustees of the cities of Opelousas and Ruston may make annual supplemental monthly cost-of-living adjustments to all retirees and beneficiaries, from interest earnings or from the general fund of the municipal treasury, in an amount not to exceed three percent of the base retirement or survivors' benefit. In addition, the boards may provide an additional annual supplemental monthly cost-of-living adjustment to retirees and beneficiaries who are sixty-five years of age or over, which shall not exceed two percent of the base retirement or survivors' benefit. These adjustments shall be effective on July first of each year, commencing July 1, 1981, and shall be applicable to retirees and beneficiaries on record on July first of the immediately preceding calendar year.  Added by Acts 1981, No. 634, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2234.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.