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LA Rev Stat § 11:3380 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3380. Involuntary termination

RS 3380 - Involuntary termination Any active member of the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund who suffers an involuntary termination of service by his employer in the New Orleans Fire Department and who subsequently commences receiving retirement benefits through the New Orleans Firefighter's Pension and Relief Fund but is ordered reinstated by the New Orleans Civil Service Commission or a court shall be entitled to resume participation as an active member in the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund without a break in service. However, the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund shall require reimbursement with respect to retirement benefits paid to the member during the period of separation. Such reimbursement shall be determined by the Fund's actuary. Acts 2008, No. 834, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3382 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3382. Cost-of-living increases

RS 3382 - Cost-of-living increases A.(1) The board of trustees may 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 increase in benefits for retired members and widows of retired members 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, from funds appropriated for this purpose by the city of New Orleans, or from other sources designated for this purpose, and if approved by two-thirds of the entire board. Payments shall be made in such manner and in such amount as the board of trustees determines, based on funds available. (2) In addition to the increase provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the board may, if approved by two-thirds of the entire board, provide an annual cost-of-living increase to retired members and widows of retired members who are sixty-five years of age and older, in an amount not to exceed two percent of the original benefit. B. The city of New Orleans shall annually appropriate an amount sufficient to pay the cost-of-living increases provided herein less any excess interest of the fund which may be available, and less any income produced under R.S. 22:343, 344, 345, 346, and 347 as provided herein. After January 1, 1978, all monies collected pursuant to R.S. 22:343, 344, 345, 346, and 347 shall be used to pay this cost-of-living increase for retired firefighters. Any surplus obtained from this two percent foreign insurance premium tax in excess of that used for the cost-of-living increase provided shall be placed in the general fund. Added by Acts 1960, No. 41, §1. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1971, No. 7, §1; Acts 1972, No. 49, §1; Acts 1977, No. 551, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1981, No. 729, §1, eff. upon approval by New Orleans City Council; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2117.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2013, No. 234, §1, eff. June 12, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3383 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3383. Minimum pension for firefighters on retired list

RS 3383 - Minimum pension for firefighters on retired list A. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, each firefighter on the retired list of the fire department and each surviving spouse of a member of the fire department shall receive a pension of not less than twelve hundred dollars per month. B. The contributions now required by law to be paid into the fund by firefighters on the active list shall not be increased by reason of any provision of this Section. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 68, §2; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1970, No. 168, §1; Acts 1979, No. 476, §1, eff. January 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2117.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 863, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 607, §1; Acts 2007, No. 305, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3385 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3385. Persons employed after December 31, 1967; options

RS 3385 - Persons employed after December 31, 1967; options  A. Any member employed after December 31, 1967, or any member employed before January 1, 1968, who elects to come under provisions of this Part which apply to members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent, at the date of retirement, 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 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; 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 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. B.(1) Any such member who is eligible for retirement at the time of his death, and who leaves a surviving spouse, shall be deemed to have exercised automatically option 2 benefits for the benefit of his surviving spouse, who shall be paid option 2 settlement benefits just as though the member had retired and elected option 2 prior to his death. (2) Should any member be killed in line of duty his widow shall be paid a benefit equal to the amount which would have been payable had he continued in service for the remainder of a period of twenty years from the date of his employment at the same rate of salary and elected to retire under option 2 hereof with no reduction for age at the date of retirement; such option 2 shall be based on his age and the age of his widow at the date of death. Added by Acts 1971, No. 6, §5; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2117.4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2007, No. 304, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3385.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3385.2. Initial lump sum benefit option

RS 3385.2 - Initial lump sum benefit option A. Upon application for retirement, a member may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of his retirement benefit as a reduced monthly benefit payable for life, plus an initial lump sum benefit. The amount of the initial lump sum benefit, as determined by the member, shall not exceed an amount equal to the member's normal retirement benefit times sixty. B. The member's monthly retirement will be actuarially reduced based on the lump sum amount withdrawn and the member's age at retirement. The initial benefit, together with the member's reduced normal retirement benefit must be actuarially equivalent to the member's normal retirement benefit as set forth in R.S. 11:3384. C. Cost-of-living adjustments granted by the board of trustees to retirees who elect to receive a reduced retirement benefit and an initial lump sum benefit shall be based only on the reduced retirement benefit and shall not be based on the initial lump sum benefit. Acts 1999, No. 1377, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1110, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3387 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3387. Record of retired firefighters

RS 3387 - Record of retired firefighters  There shall be kept in the office of the board of trustees by the secretary-treasurer, a book to be known as the "list of retired firefighters." This book shall give a full and complete history and record of the action of the board of trustees in retiring any person under this Part. The records shall give names, date of joining the department, date of retirement, and the reason thereof, if any, and all persons retired.  Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2118 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3388 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3388. Application for pension by dependents; proof required

RS 3388 - Application for pension by dependents; proof required  When the widow or children or widowed mother is entitled to a pension provided by this Part, the widow or children or widowed mother shall make application to the board of trustees through the secretary-treasurer of such board, on a form to be provided by the board of trustees. Accompanying such application shall be the proof of the marriage of the deceased to the widow claimant, such proof to be established by the marriage certificate or other competent evidence. Proof of births of the children shall be shown by the baptismal or the board of health certificates. The proof of widowhood of a mother shall be shown by the affidavit of the mother or disinterested persons. All applications and proof shall be retained in the custody of the board. The secretary-treasurer shall register notice of applications and the board's action thereon in his office and shall register all beneficiaries as pensioners of the fund.  Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2119 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3389 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3389. Exemption of pension and other rights from levy and other process

RS 3389 - Exemption of pension and other rights from levy and other process The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, or to the return of contributions; the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself; any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this Part; and the moneys in the various funds created by this Part are exempt from any state or municipal tax and all state income 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 otherwise specifically provided in this Part. The fund shall be sacredly held, kept, and secured and distributed for the purpose of pensioning the persons named in this Part and for the payment of death benefits and for no other purpose whatsoever. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1977, No. 640, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2120 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3390 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3390. Beneficiaries

RS 3390 - Beneficiaries  For the purposes of this Part, whenever reference is made to gender, the masculine shall include the feminine, the feminine shall include the masculine, and in particular with reference to Sections 3363, 3378, 3379, 3385, and 3388 without limiting the generality of the above, whenever reference is made to widows of members of the fire department, it shall also apply to widowers of said members.  Added by Acts 1978, No. 582, §1, eff. July 12, 1978; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2121 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3391 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3391. Purchase of service credit; conversion of sick and annual leave

RS 3391 - Purchase of service credit; conversion of sick and annual leave  A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any member of the fund who has credit in the fund for at least five years of service shall be eligible to purchase credit for up to five years of service credit provided that he shall apply to the fund for such credit on or before termination of employment, and pay to the fund the greater of the amount calculated in accordance with the actuarial cost provisions of R.S. 11:158 or the employee and employer contributions plus interest based on the member's current salary, which completely offsets the increase in accrued liability of the fund resulting from the receipt of the credit by the member. No service credit shall be given to the member until or unless such amount is paid in full. Any credit purchased pursuant to this Section shall be used solely for calculation of benefits and not for eligibility purposes.  B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, at retirement a member may convert to retirement credit any sick and annual leave remaining to his credit. Any member electing to exercise the option granted by this Subsection shall file a written notice of such election with the board of trustees at any time prior to retirement. Accumulated sick and annual leave shall convert to retirement credit through the sick and annual leave conversions provided by the New Orleans Civil Service Commission rules and the fund's pension regulations as provided in the Louisiana Administrative Code or statutes enabling the fund.  Acts 2008, No. 498, §1; Acts 2016, No. 653, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3401 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3401. Fireman's pension and relief fund of the parish of Ouachita; creation

RS 3401 - Fireman's pension and relief fund of the parish of Ouachita; creation  There is hereby created a fireman's pension and relief fund for Fire Protection District No. One of the parish of Ouachita, state of Louisiana and a public corporation to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Fireman's Pension and Relief Fund of the parish of Ouachita, Louisiana, 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 monies of the fund, to allow disability payments and pensions as hereinafter set forth, to employ necessary clerical and professional services and fix the compensation of same.  Designated from Acts 1968, No. 31, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3402 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3402. Composition of the fund

RS 3402 - Composition of the fund  From July 31, 1968, all funds, monies, proceeds and revenues hereafter provided for shall constitute and be "The Fireman's Pension and Relief Fund for Fire Protection District No. One of the Parish of Ouachita, State of Louisiana", for the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and/or retired employees of Fire Protection District No. One of the parish of Ouachita, state of Louisiana, and their widows and/or orphans, and for the relief and aid of any employee of said Fire Protection District No. One in case of temporary disability. Designated from Acts 1968, No. 31, §3 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 § 11:3403 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3403. Control and management

RS 3403 - Control and management  The fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by the board of trustees herein provided for.  Designated from Acts 1968, No. 31, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3404 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3404. Board of directors; composition

RS 3404 - Board of directors; composition The board of trustees shall be composed of eight members, as follows: (1) One member of the board of commissioners of Fire Protection District No. One to be chosen and appointed by the board of commissioners, who shall serve as president of the board of trustees. (2) The Fire Chief of Fire Protection District No. One, who shall serve as vice president of the board. (3) A person, who may be an individual not in the employ of Fire Protection District No. One, or a banking institution, who shall serve as treasurer of the board. (4) Four employees of Fire Protection District No. One, all of whom must be eligible for ultimate participation in the fund herein created, one member to be selected from each of the following ranks: private, operator, driver, and captain. (5) One member who is drawing benefits, who shall be elected by other members who are drawing benefits; however, if only one member is receiving benefits, he shall automatically serve as a board member but will not be counted in the quorum. (6) The treasurer and the four members of the board of trustees described in Paragraph (4) shall be elected by secret ballot for a one-year term at an election to first be held within fifteen days after July 31, 1968, and annually thereafter. Only active employees of Fire Protection District No. One eligible for ultimate participation in this plan shall be allowed to vote at such election. In case of a vacancy in this class of board members, a special election shall be held within thirty days thereof to fill such vacancy. (7) The president of the board shall vote in case of a tie. The board of trustees shall select one of its members to act in the capacity of secretary of the board. Designated from Acts 1977, No. 288, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3406 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3406. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 3406 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city  The fireman's pension and relief fund shall consist of the following:  (1) All rewards, gifts, gratuities, donations, proceeds of plays, carnivals, dances, exhibitions, benefits, shows, games, or other monies or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said Fire Protection District No. One, 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 sale of condemned property owned and used by the Fire Protection District No. One shall be paid into the pension and relief fund, except when used as trade-in on new equipment.  (3) A percentage of the gross wages of all employees of Fire Protection District No. One who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund shall be deducted from their respective wages monthly and paid into said fund. The amounts to be deducted and paid into the fund shall be an amount equal to eight and one-half percent of gross wages. The deductions provided for in this Paragraph shall be made not only from wages paid the employees by the fire protection district, but also from wages, longevity, and incentive pay made to the employee by the state of Louisiana.  (4) The parish of Ouachita is authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of the annual revenue of the ad valorem tax and state insurance rebate to the said parish of Ouachita into the fireman's pension and relief fund a sum equal to the monthly deductions from the firemen's salaries, said payment to be paid into such fund monthly.  (5) The parish of Ouachita shall pay out of the annual revenues of the surplus millage tax of Fire Protection District No. One into the fireman'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 receipts and revenues accruing for such year to the said fund under Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), of this Section, as against disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this fireman's pension and relief fund.  Designated from Acts 1968, No. 31, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3407 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3407. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 3407 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment  The board of trustees 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 and, having so determined, invest the same in the manner hereinafter authorized, and all proceedings of the board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing fund property, the board of trustees shall exercise such skill and care as a man of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence would exercise in the management of his own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of his funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of his capital. Within the limitations of the foregoing standard, the board of trustees is authorized to acquire and retain every kind of property and every kind of investment. All income from such investment shall be and become a part of said firemen's pension and relief fund. All such property shall be deposited with the treasurer of the board of trustees, and the receipt therefor filed in the record books.  Designated from Acts 1968, No. 31, §8 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3408 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3408. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 3408 - Exemption from seizure and attachment  Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the fireman's pension and relief fund, 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, shall 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 kept, held, and distributed solely for the purposes named in this Part and for no other purposes whatsoever. Designated from Acts 1968, No. 31, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.