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LA Rev Stat § 11:1766 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1766. Deferred survivor benefits

RS 1766 - Deferred survivor benefits Upon the death of any former member of this system who had credit for at least twenty years of service, who withdrew from active service prior to attaining the age required to be eligible for normal retirement benefits, and who had not withdrawn his accumulated contributions from the system, the surviving spouse of such former member shall be eligible for survivor benefits equal to the actuarial equivalent of the Option 2 benefits that would have become payable to the surviving spouse at the time the former member would have begun receiving deferred normal retirement benefits, had the member survived until that date, elected Option 2, and died at that time. Acts 1995, No. 687, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1768 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1768. Direct rollover of eligible rollover distributions

RS 1768 - Direct rollover of eligible rollover distributions A distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the board, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover, notwithstanding any other provision of this system to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Section. Acts 1999, No. 398, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1781 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1781. Eligibility for normal retirement

RS 1781 - Eligibility for normal retirement Any member of Plan A shall be eligible to retire if he has at least: (1) Twenty-five years of creditable service, regardless of age. (2) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty. Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7231 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 240, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1781.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1781.1. Early retirement eligibility; actuarially reduced benefits

RS 1781.1 - Early retirement eligibility; actuarially reduced benefits A. In addition to the provisions of R.S. 11:1781, any member of Plan A shall be eligible to retire with twenty years of service credit at any age, exclusive of military service and unused annual and sick leave. However, any member retiring under this Section shall have his benefit, inclusive of military service credit and allowable unused annual and sick leave, actuarially reduced from the earliest age that he would have normally become eligible for a regular retirement benefit under any provision of R.S. 11:1781, if he had continued in service to that age. B. Any member who retires under this Section is not eligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Acts 1999, No. 230, §1, eff. June 11, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1782 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1782. Computation of normal retirement allowances; return of accumulated contributions

RS 1782 - Computation of normal retirement allowances; return of accumulated contributions The monthly amount of the retirement allowance for any member of Plan A shall consist of an amount equal to three percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service, provided however, that: (1) Any member who has held an elective office in a municipality which is a participating employer shall be paid an additional annuity equal to one-half of one percent for each year of such elective service. (2) For any employee who was a member only of the supplemental plan prior to the revision date, the benefit earned for service credited prior to the revision date shall be determined on the basis of one percent of final compensation plus two dollars per month for each year of service credited prior to the revision date, and three percent of final compensation for each year of service credited after the revision date, and (3) Any city marshal or deputy city marshal, excluding those members serving as city marshals and deputy city marshals of Bossier City or Ruston on June 30, 2003, shall receive an additional regular retirement benefit computed as follows: the monthly average of the seventy-two highest consecutive or joined months of supplemental marshals' earnings on which contributions were paid to the retirement system multiplied by the number of years contributions were paid to the retirement system on supplemental marshals' earnings multiplied by three percent for all service as a city marshal or deputy city marshal, plus one-half of one percent for all elected service as a city marshal. Should the period for which contributions are paid to the retirement system for supplemental marshals' earnings be less than seventy-two months, then the actual period on which contributions were paid shall be used to determine average supplemental marshals' earnings used to compute this benefit. (4) Should a retired member die, without having received in retirement benefits an amount equal to his accumulated contributions standing to his credit at the date of his retirement, and leave no eligible survivors, any balance remaining to his credit shall be paid to his designated beneficiary or, if none, his estate. Acts 1978, No. 788, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 595, §1; Acts 1988, No. 716, §1; Acts 1991, No. 650, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7232 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 1027, §2; Acts 2003, No. 938, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1783 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1783. Eligibility for disability retirement

RS 1783 - Eligibility for disability retirement  A member shall be eligible to retire and receive a disability benefit if he has at least five years of creditable service, is not eligible for normal retirement, and suffers disability. Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7233 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1784 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1784. Computation of disability benefits

RS 1784 - Computation of disability benefits The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. The disability benefit shall be determined as follows: (1) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member of Plan A shall be paid a disability benefit equal to the lesser of: (a) An amount equal to three percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service, but not less than forty-five percent of his final compensation, or (b) An amount equal to what the member's normal retirement benefit would be based on the member's current final compensation, but assuming the member remained in continuous service until his earliest normal retirement age and using those retirement benefit computation factors which would be applicable to the member's normal retirement. (2) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member may select any of the optional modes of benefit payments provided by R.S. 11:1757. The computation of any optional benefit payment shall be based upon the option factors the system utilizes for normal retirement and the ages of the member and the option beneficiary, projected to the member's earliest normal retirement age assuming the member remained in continuous service until that time. Acts 1989, No. 68, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7234 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 § 11:1786 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1786. Employee contributions

RS 1786 - Employee contributions  Each member of Plan A shall contribute an amount equal to a percentage of his monthly earnings from each and every payment of earnings, which contributions shall be credited to annuity savings fund A, and which percentage shall be set by the board for each fiscal year within a range from nine and one-quarter percent to ten percent and shall become effective as of the next payroll period reportable on the employee's W-2 for that year. Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7236 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2012, No. 717, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1787 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1787. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 142, §2, eff. May 22, 2014.

RS 1787 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 142, §2, eff. May 22, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1788 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1788. Optional membership

RS 1788 - Optional membership  A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any municipality which has its employees covered under Social Security and enrolled in Plan B of this system, shall have the option of becoming members of Plan A. The municipality shall notify the system of its intention to be enrolled in Plan A in writing. The municipality shall not be entitled to transfer the service and contributions standing to their credit in Plan B to Plan A. After the effective date of such transfer, both the employee and employer shall make the current contributions required by each under Plan A.  B. The provisions of R.S. 11:142 relative to eligibility for retirement and benefit computation shall be applicable to any member who has credit in Plan A and Plan B as if the two plans are two distinct, separate, and independent public retirement systems. However, for benefit computation purposes, final compensation, as defined by R.S. 11:732(15), shall be based on all service in the system, regardless of in which plan, as if all credit were in the same plan. Acts 1983, No. 453, §1; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §1; Acts 1985, No. 83, §1; Acts 1990, No. 339, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7237.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1789 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1789. Creation; application

RS 1789 - Creation; application There is hereby created a subplan within Plan A of this system for persons who would otherwise be eligible for membership in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana Plan A but whose first employment making them eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013. Such subplan shall be known as the "MERS Plan A Tier 2". Any other provisions of this Chapter or any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the retirement of such persons shall be governed by the provisions of Plan A Tier 2; however, the provisions of this Chapter applicable to Plan A Tier 1 shall apply to members of Tier 2 for any matter on which this Subpart is silent. Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1789.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1789.1. Application; definitions

RS 1789.1 - Application; definitions Terms not specifically defined in this Section shall have the meanings provided in R.S. 11:1732 unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context. For purposes of Plan A Tier 2: (1) "Final compensation" shall mean the average monthly earnings during the highest sixty consecutive months, or joined months if service was interrupted. The earnings to be considered for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the first through the twelfth months. The earnings to be considered for the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth months. The earnings to be considered for the thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth months. The earnings to be considered for the final twelve months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings of the thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth months. (2) "Member" shall include persons who would be eligible for system membership pursuant to R.S. 11:1751 but whose first employment making them eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013. Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 142, §1, eff. May 22, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1789.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1789.2. Eligibility for membership

RS 1789.2 - Eligibility for membership Each person who would be eligible for membership pursuant to R.S. 11:1751 but whose first employment making him eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013, shall become a member of the MERS Plan A Tier 2 of the system as a condition of employment. Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1789.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1789.3. Eligibility for retirement

RS 1789.3 - Eligibility for retirement A member of MERS Plan A Tier 2 shall be eligible for retirement if he has: (1) Seven years or more of service, at age sixty-seven or thereafter. (2) Ten years or more of service, at age sixty-two or thereafter. (3) Thirty years or more of service, at age fifty-five or thereafter. (4) Twenty-five years of service credit at any age, exclusive of military service and unused annual and sick leave. However, any member retiring under this Paragraph shall have his benefit, inclusive of military service credit and allowable unused annual and sick leave, actuarially reduced from the earliest age at which he would be entitled to a vested deferred benefit under any provision of this Section, if he had continued in service to that age. A member who elects to retire under the provisions of this Paragraph is not eligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1789.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1789.4. Computation of normal retirement allowances; return of accumulated contributions

RS 1789.4 - Computation of normal retirement allowances; return of accumulated contributions The monthly amount of the retirement allowance for any member of MERS Plan A Tier 2 shall consist of an amount equal to three percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service. In addition: (1) Any city marshal or deputy city marshal shall receive an additional regular retirement benefit computed as follows: the monthly average of the seventy-two highest consecutive or joined months of supplemental marshals' earnings on which contributions were paid to the retirement system multiplied by the number of years contributions were paid to the retirement system on supplemental marshals' earnings multiplied by three percent for all service as a city marshal or deputy city marshal. Should the period for which contributions are paid to the retirement system for supplemental marshals' earnings be less than seventy-two months, then the actual period on which contributions were paid shall be used to determine average supplemental marshals' earnings used to compute this benefit. (2) Should a retired member die without having received in retirement benefits an amount equal to his accumulated contributions standing to his credit at the date of his retirement, and leave no eligible survivors, any balance remaining to his credit shall be paid to his designated beneficiary or, if none, his estate. Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 142, §1, eff. May 22, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1789.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1789.5. Employee contributions

RS 1789.5 - Employee contributions Each member of Plan A Tier 2 shall contribute a percentage of his earnings from each and every payment of earnings, which contributions shall be credited to Annuity Savings Fund A, and which percentage shall be set by the board for each fiscal year within a range from eight percent to ten percent and shall become effective as of the next payroll period reportable on the employee's W-2 for that fiscal year. Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1789.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1789.6. Vesting

RS 1789.6 - Vesting  A. A member of MERS Plan A Tier 2 who withdraws from active service prior to becoming eligible for retirement, who has at least seven years of creditable service, and who has received no refund of his accumulated contributions, shall receive a retirement allowance to commence on his earliest normal retirement date.  (1) Such deferred retirement allowance shall be computed according to the provisions of this Part based on final compensation and creditable service at date of withdrawal.  (2) During the period from the member's date of withdrawal from service to the member's earliest normal retirement date, he shall not be considered a member and therefore shall not be entitled to any benefits due a member. Upon retirement he may exercise all rights and privileges of a retired member.  B. Should a vested terminated member return to active employment, he shall become a member and shall contribute at the current contribution rate.  Acts 2018, No. 4, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1801 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1801. Eligibility for normal retirement

RS 1801 - Eligibility for normal retirement Any member of Plan B shall be eligible to retire if he has at least: (1) Thirty years of creditable service, regardless of age. (2) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty. Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7271 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 873, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1802 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1802. Computation of normal retirement allowance

RS 1802 - Computation of normal retirement allowance The monthly amount of the retirement allowance for any member of Plan B shall consist of an amount equal to two percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service, provided that: (1) Any member who has held an elective office in a municipality which is a participating employer shall be paid an additional annuity equal to one-half of one percent for each year of such elective service; and (2) Should a retired member die, without having received in retirement benefits an amount equal to his accumulated contributions standing to his credit at the date of his retirement, and leave no eligible survivors, any balance remaining to his credit shall be paid to his designated beneficiary or, if none, his estate. (3) Any city marshal or deputy city marshal, excluding those members serving as city marshals and deputy city marshals of Bossier City or Ruston on June 30, 2003, shall receive an additional regular retirement benefit computed as follows: the monthly average of the seventy-two highest consecutive or joined months of supplemental marshals' earnings on which contributions were paid to the retirement system multiplied by the number of years contributions were paid to the retirement system on supplemental marshals' earnings multiplied by two percent for all service as a city marshal or deputy city marshal, plus one-half of one percent for all elected service as a city marshal. Should the period over which contributions are paid to the retirement system on supplemental marshals' earnings be less than seventy-two months, then the actual period for which contributions were paid shall be used to determine average supplemental marshals' earnings used to compute this benefit. Acts 1978, No. 788, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 595, §1; Acts 1982, No. 577, §1; Acts 1986, No. 73, §1; Acts 1991, No. 650, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7272 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 791, §§1, 2, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 873, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 938, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1803 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1803. Eligibility for disability retirement

RS 1803 - Eligibility for disability retirement  A member shall be eligible to retire and receive a disability benefit if he has at least ten years of creditable service, is not eligible for normal retirement, and suffers disability. Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7273 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:1804 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§1804. Computation of disability benefits

RS 1804 - Computation of disability benefits The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. The disability benefit shall be determined as follows: (1) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member of Plan B shall be paid a disability benefit equal to the lesser of: (a) An amount equal to two percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service, but not less than thirty percent of his final compensation, or (b) An amount equal to what the member's normal retirement benefit would be, as based on the member's current final compensation, but assuming the member remained in continuous service until his earliest normal retirement age and using those retirement benefit computation factors which would be applicable to the member's normal retirement. (2) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member may select any of the optional modes of benefit payments provided by R.S. 11:1757. The computation of any optional benefit payment shall be based upon the option factors the system utilizes for normal retirement and the ages of the member and the option beneficiary, projected to the member's earliest normal retirement age assuming the member remained in continuous service until that time. Acts 1989, No. 68, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7274 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 791, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 873, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; 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)).