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LA Rev Stat § 11:3196 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3196. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 3196 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city  Said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:  (1) All rewards, gifts, or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said fire department except when given to an individual member or given to endow a medal or other permanent award, shall be paid into said Pension and Relief Fund. (2) The proceeds of the sale of condemned property owned and used by the said Fire Department shall be paid into said Pension and Relief Fund. (3) The refund on all insurance premiums from insurance companies, under R.S. 22:343-349 now in the Firemen's Pension Fund and each year's refund or a like amount. (4) Five per cent of the salary of all employees of said Fire Department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into said fund. (5) The said City of Bossier City is by these presents authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of the said City of Bossier City into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum equal to the monthly deductions from the firemen's salaries, said payments to be paid into said fund monthly. (6) Said City of Bossier City shall pay out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of said City of Bossier City, Louisiana into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bossier City annually at the beginning of the fiscal year an amount or sum equivalent to the amount or sum of such deficit as may result, occur or appear in the operation of said fund for the preceding year at the close of such fiscal year, considering the receipt and revenues accruing for each year, to the said fund under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5), of this section, as against the disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3197 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3197. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 3197 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment  The board may at any time after considering the probable current demands upon such funds, determine what portion of said funds may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes, and having so determined, invest the same in the manner hereinafter authorized, and all proceedings of the board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. Such investments shall be only in interest-bearing bonds of the United States of America, the State of Louisiana, the City of Bossier City, or any other municipality of this state, any parish, any drainage or levee district, or any school board district, or the State Board of Highways, or may be deposited in savings accounts of banks, loan companies or associations or any other agencies whose deposits are insured by the United States Government. All income from such investments shall be and become a part of the said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. All such securities shall be deposited with the Secretary-Treasurer of the board of trustees, and the receipt therefor shall be filed in the record books.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §8 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3198 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3198. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 3198 - Exemption from seizure and attachment  Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the said 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, for 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 1952, No. 15, §9, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3199 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3199. Payments to be reduced when fund is insufficient

RS 3199 - Payments to be reduced when fund is insufficient  That if at any time there shall not be sufficient funds in such Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund subject to disbursements to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof, the full amount per month as herein provided, then such monthly payment or payments shall be made pro rata to each beneficiary until the said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to resume payment in full to each of said beneficiaries. Deficits to each beneficiary shall be paid when said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to make these back payments.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3201 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3201. Separation from service

RS 3201 - Separation from service  A. In the event a member of the said fire department shall be laid off, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any cause for a period not exceeding ninety days, he shall continue during said lay-off periods to be entitled to the benefits of this Part.  B. If any member or members of said fire department shall be discharged from service for reasons of economy or reduction in the force due to no fault of said member and later shall be re-employed by the said fire department his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date he was discharged without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service, provided, however, that time lost under these conditions shall not count as time served on said fire department.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3202. Military service credit

RS 3202 - Military service credit  A.(1) Time served in the service of the United States government during time of war shall constitute "service" in the said fire department as used in this Part.  (2) A member serving in the armed forces of the United States government, at his first opportunity to return to civilian life after the national emergency is over, must apply for re-employment with said fire department, and at the latest within 90 days after his release from military service.  (3) Voluntary enlistment and service in the armed forces of the United States during peace time shall not constitute service with said fire department.  B.(1) Time lost on account of sickness and fire department "service injury" shall constitute "service" in said fire department as used in this Part. (2) "Service" in said fire department as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall also include any activity while on or off duty with a view toward saving life or property.  (3) Time served prior to July 20, 1952 in the active service of said fire department shall be considered as "service" in the said fire department for the retirement provisions of this Part and for the purposes of the ten-year period of service provisions of R.S. 11:3200(1) and (2).  (4) Time served as Volunteer Fireman prior to June 20, 1952 in the active service of said fire department shall be considered as "1/2 service" in said fire department for the retirement provisions of this Part and for the purposes of the ten-year period of service provisions of R.S. 11:3200(1) and (2), said volunteer time to be computed by the board of trustees.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3203. Member participation

RS 3203 - Member participation  That members of the said fire department, as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Act, shall constitute every man actively in the employ of said Fire Department of the City of Bossier City, including the operators of the fire alarm system as specified by the State Fire Underwriters who are paid by the said fire department.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §13 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3204. Authority to alienate property

RS 3204 - Authority to alienate property  The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bossier City, shall have, and the same is hereby granted unto them, full power and authority to sell, mortgage, lease, let or otherwise alienate or dispose of any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which is now in the possession of or belongs to or shall become the property or come into the possession of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bossier City and/or of the Board of Trustees thereof.  Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3205 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3205. Bossier City; exemption from taxation and judicial action

RS 3205 - Bossier City; exemption from taxation and judicial action  The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, to the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself, and to any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person who is a member of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Bossier City, and the monies in the various funds of the pension and relief fund, are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, except as provided in R.S. 11:292, and shall be unassignable except as is specifically otherwise provided.  Acts 1993, No. 316, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3221 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3221. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Houma; creation

RS 3221 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Houma; creation  There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Houma, Louisiana, and a public corporation to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma, 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 said fund, to allot disability payments and pensions as hereinafter set forth, to employ necessary clerical and professional services and fix the compensation of same.  Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3222 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3222. Composition of the fund

RS 3222 - Composition of the fund  From July 2, 1973, all funds, monies, proceeds, and revenues hereafter provided for shall constitute and be "The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma, Louisiana", for the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and/or retired members of the fire department of the city of Houma, Louisiana, and their widows and/or orphans. Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §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 § 11:3223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3223. Control and management

RS 3223 - 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 1973, No. 139, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3224 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3224. Board of trustees; composition

RS 3224 - Board of trustees; composition  A. The board of trustees shall be composed of seven members, consisting of the president of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, or his appointee, who shall be chairman of the board, a representative of the parish accounting department, a representative of the parish council to be appointed by said council, and four active members of the department, who shall not be above the rank of district chief when elected or reelected and who shall be elected by the active fire department personnel by election conducted within the fire department, by secret ballot, with the first election to be on the first Monday in September, 1973. The elected members shall be elected for a two-year term. The board of trustees shall elect one of its members to serve as vice chairman and another member to serve as secretary-treasurer of the board. In the case of a vacancy on the board of trustees from among the members of the fire department on said board, said vacancy shall be filled by an election conducted as herein provided within sixty days of the creation of such vacancy.  B. At such times as the number of retirees outnumber the number of active members of the fire department, then the retirees shall be allowed to serve on the board of trustees and the retirees shall be allowed to vote in the board elections.  Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3225 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3225. Members from fire departments; qualification; physical examination

RS 3225 - Members from fire departments; qualification; physical examination Immediately after July 2, 1973 the board of trustees shall cause any member it so chooses of the fire department to be examined by a physician selected and paid for by the board. Only those firemen requested by the board to be examined and whom said physician certifies to the board as being both physically and mentally fully qualified to completely fulfill the duties of a fire fighter shall become members of the pension and relief fund. Such medical examination shall be of a full and complete nature and any fireman who fails to so qualify shall not be entitled to benefits hereunder but may remain a member of any other pension, retirement, or disability fund as to which he is presently a member. All such medical examinations shall be concluded within three months of July 2, 1973 and of those persons examined, both the names of those who qualify and those who do not qualify will be made a part of the permanent records of the board. All new employees of the fire department, before being entitled to benefits hereunder shall be likewise certified.  Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3226 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3226. Board of trustees; duties; meetings

RS 3226 - Board of trustees; duties; meetings  A. The board of trustees shall have exclusive control and management of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund and shall make all necessary and pertinent rules and regulations for the proper administration of said fund; shall hear and decide on all applications for benefits under this fund. All rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees shall, within thirty days after their adoption, be posted on the bulletin boards provided for that purpose in each of the fire houses located within the city limits of the city of Houma, Louisiana.  B. The board shall meet quarterly and a special meeting shall be called on forty-eight hours notice by the president at the request of any three members. Four members shall constitute a quorum.  C. The board of trustees shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:  (1) Make all rules and regulations necessary to the proper conduct of the business of the fund under the provisions of the law.  (2) Retain such legal, medical, clerical or other services as may be necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the fund, and make compensation for such services.  (3) Cause such amounts as may be set forth in the law to be deducted from the salaries of the active participants in the fund, and be paid into the treasury of the fund.  (4) Certify to the levying authority provided by law the amount of revenues required and provided for, and cause same to be collected through the proper local agency.  (5) Cause the examination of every disability pensioner or beneficiary as often as the board deems necessary, but at least once a year. (6) Keep all necessary records of its meetings and proceedings.  (7) Annually, at the close of the fiscal year, cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the fund; prepared by an independent certified public accountant, showing number of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received and present condition and manner of investment of said fund.  (8) Keep a book to be known as the List of Retired Firemen. This book shall give a full and complete record of the action of the board of trustees in retiring or pensioning all persons under this Part, showing the names, date of entering the service of said fire department, date or removal from active service, and the reason for such action.  Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §§6, 7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3227 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3227. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 3227 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following: (1) All rewards, gifts or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said fire department, except when given to an individual member or given to endow a medal or other permanent award, shall be paid into the pension and relief fund. (2) A sum equal to the amount which the city of Houma receives from the state treasurer as a tax on foreign fire insurers as presently provided for in R.S. 22:343-349, as same may be revised or otherwise provided for by the laws of Louisiana; said monies to be paid over by the city of Houma to the fund within thirty days after receipt thereof. The city of Houma shall take all action necessary to implement receipt of such funds. (3) Eight percent of the gross salary of all employees of said fire department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into said fund. (4) The city of Houma or the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, or both, are authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of their annual revenues to the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum equal to nine percent of the gross salary of all employees of said fire department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund, said payment to be paid into said fund monthly. (5) The city of Houma shall pay out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of the city of Houma into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma 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), (4), and (5) of this section as against disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. Designated from Acts 1990, No. 443, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3228 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3228. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 3228 - 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 for revenue purposes, 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. Investment shall be made with exercise of that judgment and care under circumstances then prevailing which men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation, but for investment, considering the probable safety of their capital, as well as the probable income to be derived. In no case shall more than twenty percent of the total investments of the system assets consist of any stock, including common or preferred, or corporate shares of any kind. All income from such investment shall be and become a part of said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. All such securities or instruments of investment shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees and the receipt therefor filed in the record books.  Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3229 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3229. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 3229 - Exemption from seizure and attachment  Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the board of trustees to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied upon, by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, injunction, writ, order, decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court of this state, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debts, damage, demand, claim, judgment or decree against any beneficiary of such fund, but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be kept, held, and distributed solely for the purposes named in this Part and for no other purposes whatsoever. Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.