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LA Rev Stat § 11:422 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§422. State service for which credit has not been received

RS 422 - State service for which credit has not been received A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any member shall be entitled to receive credit for any full-time state service for which the member has not received credit, except for service specifically excluded in this Section. Credit shall not be allowable for employment when per diem allowances were paid in lieu of earned compensation, except for legislative service; for part-time service not authorized under R.S. 11:162(C) or contractual employment; employment as patient or inmate help in a state charitable, penal, or correctional institution; employment as a student, medical intern, or resident physician; employment as a teacher in an educational institution of this state; employment while a member of any other retirement system established by law; and employment with any state agency or governing body whose employees are not contributing members of this retirement system. B. The appointing authority or personnel officer of the agency wherein the service was performed must certify the inclusive dates of employment, the salary earned by the member during these inclusive dates, that this was full-time state service, and that this service was not performed under any category of employment where credit is prohibited in this Section, or the member shall submit such other evidence in lieu thereof as shall be requested by the board. C. Creditable full-time state service may be purchased, at the option of the member, by paying 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 that totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the receipt of the credit by the member. The amount payable shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time of the member's application for credit. No credit shall be given until and unless this amount is paid in full. Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 240, §1; Acts 1985, No. 774, §2; Acts 1986, No. 212, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 42:562 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 679, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2006, No. 770, §1, eff. June 30, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 11:423 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§423. State service for which credit has not been received due to administrative error

RS 423 - State service for which credit has not been received due to administrative error  A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, but in accordance with applicable laws relative to determining whether such state service is or was creditable, any person who was denied membership in the system for any state employment rendered in a position that should have made membership mandatory as a condition of employment, but was not so enrolled due to an administrative error on the part of the agency where so employed, shall be entitled to receive service credit for the period denied.  B. The appointing authority or personnel officer of the agency wherein the service was performed shall certify the inclusive dates of employment, the base pay and earned compensation of the employee during the period, whether the employment was full-time or part-time, whether the employment was performed on a job appointment, intermittent or emergency basis, and the reason the member was not enrolled in the system at the time of employment.  C. State service previously denied to the member and deemed as creditable by the board may be purchased, provided application is filed with the retirement system as outlined in Subsection B of this Section. In addition, the member shall pay into the system an amount equal to the current employee contributions based on the member's earned compensation at the time the service was performed, plus compound interest at the current board-approved actuarial valuation rate from date of service until paid, and the employing agency where such service was denied (or its successor agency) shall pay into the system an amount equal to the greater of actuarial cost to the system of any additional retirement benefits payable as a result of the receipt of service credit as authorized by this Section or the sum of the employer contributions which would have been due plus interest thereon at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate, minus the amount to be paid by the member. No service credit shall be allowed until both the employee and employer have paid in full and prior to retirement the amounts described above.  Acts 1985, No. 730, §1; Acts 1990, No. 423, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 42:562.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:425 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§425. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.

RS 425 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:426 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§426. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.

RS 426 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:427 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§427. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.

RS 427 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:428 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§428. Credit for certain federal service

RS 428 - Credit for certain federal service A. Any active, contributing member of the system who has credit in the system for at least one year of service shall be eligible to obtain credit in this system for all service rendered during any period of time in which the member was contributing to a retirement plan for federal employees, as further provided in this Section. B.(1) In order to receive such credit, the member shall make application to the system and shall furnish a statement of all service for which credit is to be purchased, including the dates of such service, in such form as the board requires. (2) The member shall pay to the system the amount calculated in accordance with the actuarial cost provisions of R.S. 11:158. (3) The amount to be paid shall be paid in one lump sum, whether by the member or through a direct rollover, and no service credit shall be given to the member unless the amount is paid in full. (4) No member shall receive service credit pursuant to this Section if he has service credit in a retirement plan for federal employees which duplicates the credit being purchased pursuant to this Section. C. Any service credit purchased pursuant to this Section shall be used for purposes of attaining eligibility for retirement as well as for calculation of benefits. Acts 2011, No. 355, §1, eff. July 1, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 11:430 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§430. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.

RS 430 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:431 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§431. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.

RS 431 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:432 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§432. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.

RS 432 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 340, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:442 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§442. Application for retirement; effective date; cancellation; suspension of benefits

RS 442 - Application for retirement; effective date; cancellation; suspension of benefits A. An application for retirement shall be considered officially filed with the board when received in the office of the director. B. Retirement benefits shall become effective as of the date the application for retirement is filed in the office of the director or the day after the member terminates from the state service, whichever is later. C. Any member may cancel his application for retirement prior to the effective date of said retirement. However, a member cannot cancel his application for retirement on or after the effective date of retirement. D.(1)(a) A retiree may request immediate suspension of his retirement benefit effective upon the date of his retirement or thereafter. In such case, membership in the system shall cease effective upon the date of retirement; however, the system shall pay the retiree no retirement benefit for the period of suspension of benefits. The retiree may request the termination of such a suspension of benefits and the system shall pay the retiree a retirement benefit effective beginning on the date of such termination of suspension of benefits. (b) In order for a suspension of benefits under this Paragraph to be effective, the system may require a spousal waiver of benefits which holds the system harmless for such suspension of benefits. (2) A retiree whose benefits have been suspended, upon termination of suspension of benefits as authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, may engage in employment which otherwise would render him eligible for membership in the system, subject to the provisions of R.S. 11:416. However, if such a retiree is reemployed under Option 2 as provided in R.S. 11:416, the retiree shall not be required to pay the system an amount equal to suspended benefits or any interest thereon. Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972; Redesignated from R.S. 42:573 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2007, No. 252, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
LA Rev Stat § 11:443 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§443. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 610, §3, eff. July 1, 1995.

RS 443 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 610, §3, eff. July 1, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 11:445 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§445. Payment of benefit; guaranteed return of accumulated contributions

RS 445 - Payment of benefit; guaranteed return of accumulated contributions  A. The retirement allowance, annuity or benefit shall be paid in equal monthly installments for life and shall not be increased, decreased, revoked, or repealed except for error or where otherwise specifically provided by law.  B. Each member or retiree shall be guaranteed the refund or return of an amount equal to his accumulated contributions either in a monthly benefit or a lump sum refund, or both, paid to his named beneficiary or estate.  Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972; Redesignated from R.S. 42:576 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:447 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§447. Deferred Retirement Option Plan

RS 447 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan A. In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a retirement allowance, any member of this system who is eligible for regular retirement may elect to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan subject to the provisions of R.S. 11:447 through 454. B. For purposes of participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, "regular retirement" shall not include retirement under any early retirement incentive plan. C. An election to participate in the plan under Subsection A of this Section may be made only once, for a specified period not to exceed three years. The three-year period begins within sixty calendar days after the member first becomes eligible for regular retirement under the retirement provisions applicable to the member. The participation period must end not more than three years and sixty calendar days from the date the member first becomes eligible for regular retirement, and in no case shall the actual participation in the plan exceed three years. Once specified, the period of participation shall not be extended. A member participating in the plan shall not terminate participation in this plan prior to the end of the selected duration without terminating employment. D. For purposes of this plan, sick and annual leave shall not be converted for purposes of establishing eligibility. E. A retiree who has been rehired under the provisions of R.S. 11:416(A)(3) shall not be eligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Acts 1990, No. 14, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 42:578.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 167, §1; Acts 1993, No. 229, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 82, §1; Acts 1995, No. 566, §1; Acts 1995, No. 610, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1110, §1, (Subsection A eff. June 30, 1995; Subsection C eff. Jan. 1, 1995); Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:448 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§448. Plan participation

RS 448 - Plan participation A. Upon the effective date of commencement of participation in the plan and during the period of participation in the plan, neither the employee nor the employer contributions shall be payable, and the participant in the plan shall be considered as a Deferred Retirement Option Plan participant, and except as provided in R.S. 11:447 through 454, the Deferred Retirement Option Plan participant shall be treated as a member of the system. B. For purposes of this Section, final average compensation and creditable service shall remain fixed as they existed on the date of commencement of participation in the plan. Creditable service shall not include conversion of sick and annual leave. (1) Any person who has completed participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan and continued employment such that he was employed by a member agency of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System on or after July 1, 2003, who makes application for retirement to the system and leaves service on or before December 31, 2003, and is still a contributing member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System on August 15, 2003, may upgrade all or a portion of service credit earned prior to entry into the Deferred Retirement Option Plan by purchase made pursuant to R.S. 11:158. The balance in the employee's Deferred Retirement Option Plan account and any contribution made to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan account shall be unaffected by the recalculation of the retirement benefit. (2) Final average compensation for service credit earned prior to entry into the Deferred Retirement Option Plan shall include the cash value of any emolument of office granted in lieu of salary, provided the member who makes application for retirement to the system and leaves service on or before December 31, 2003, pays, at the time of the application for service credit, the total actuarial cost as provided in R.S. 11:158, which cost shall completely offset the liability to the system for benefits attributed to the retirement credit for the emolument received. C. Retirement benefits based on final average compensation and creditable service as established under Subsection B of this Section and which otherwise would have been due the participant shall, during the period of participation in the plan, be credited to the participant's Deferred Retirement Option Plan subaccount. D. Individuals who participate in the plan shall not receive the benefit of any cost-of-living adjustments granted while employed and for a period of one year following termination of employment and then such cost-of-living adjustment shall only be granted in accordance with R.S. 11:542. Acts 1990, No. 14, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 42:578.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 308, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2003, No. 1234, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 11:449 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§449. Deferred Retirement Option Plan

RS 449 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan A. The system shall establish a Deferred Retirement Option Plan which shall be a part of the system fund. While participating in the plan, participants' contributions shall be credited to subaccounts as established in this Section. (1) The contributing period shall mean that time period when funds are being credited to the participant's subaccount maintained by the system. (2) After the contributing period ends, the balance of the subaccount shall then be transferred to the self-directed subaccount, which shall be known as the investment period. B. Both subaccounts shall be within the Deferred Retirement Option Plan established pursuant to this Section. Management of the funds shall be by the system during the contributing period. When the funds are transferred to the self-directed subaccount for the investment period, the system is authorized to hire a third-party provider who shall be an agent of the system for purposes of investing balances in the self-directed subaccounts of the participants. C. The system or the third party provider shall maintain the subaccounts within this plan reflecting the credits attributed to each participant in the plan during the contributing or investment period. All monies in the subaccounts, while the participant is employed, shall remain a part of the fund, regardless of in which subaccount the monies are maintained, until disbursed to a participant in accordance with the plan provisions upon termination of employment. D. Interest shall not be credited to a participant's subaccount during the contributing period. All amounts which remain credited to the individual's subaccount after termination of participation in the plan and employment shall be disbursed as provided in R.S. 11:450. E. Any retiree who received a qualified hurricane distribution prior to January 1, 2007, pursuant to the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 or the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, may contribute all or part of such qualified hurricane distribution within three years from the date on which such qualified hurricane distribution was received, but only to the extent that such qualified hurricane distribution was eligible for tax-free rollover treatment. Acts 1990, No. 14, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 42:578.3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2003, No. 962, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2007, No. 50, §1, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 714, §1, eff. July 1, 2009, or sixty days after a final judgment, whichever is later; Acts 2013, No. 220, §28, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §5. NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 962, §3, relative to applicability of provisions relative to LASERS and Acts 2003, No. 818, superceding conflicting provisions of Act No. 962. (Affects Subsection D as so designated in Act No. 818.)
LA Rev Stat § 11:450.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§450.1. Deferred Retirement Option Plan participation; termination due to hurricanes

RS 450.1 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan participation; termination due to hurricanes A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any member whose participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan has ended but who remained employed until such employment was interrupted or ceased upon his being terminated due to a reduction-in-force necessitated by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, or both, shall have the time period applicable to his employment after participation in the plan adjusted upon his reemployment and resumption of membership in the system as though his employment had not ceased. The time period applicable to his continued employment after termination of plan participation, for purposes of this Section, shall be calculated as provided in R.S. 11:450(D)(3) and (4). However, such adjustment shall not include the period during which the member was not employed. Such adjustment shall be for an uninterrupted span of employment from reemployment through July 9, 2007. In no case shall this Section be applicable to anyone who became reemployed more than one year after being furloughed or terminated, whichever occurred first, or to anyone reemployed on or after December 31, 2006. B. Any person seeking to avail himself of the provisions of this Section shall first repay all funds received from the system upon termination plus interest thereon charged at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate compounded annually from the date of payment of funds by the system to the date of repayment. C. This Section shall apply only to retirees who elected to return to employment pursuant to Option 3 as provided in R.S. 11:416(A)(3). Acts 2007, No. 326, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.
LA Rev Stat § 11:451 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§451. Irrevocability of election

RS 451 - Irrevocability of election Once participation in the plan commences, the election to participate is irrevocable and the term of participation may not be extended. Only one period of participation is permitted. Final average compensation and election of option, if any, are fixed upon commencement of participation and may not be changed after entering the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Acts 1990, No. 14, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 42:578.5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 1110, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 11:451.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§451.1. Self-direct Deferred Retirement Option Plan participants' subaccounts

RS 451.1 - Self-direct Deferred Retirement Option Plan participants' subaccounts A. Each participant who at his option continues employment after participation in the contribution portion of the Deferred Retirement Option Plan may have the balance of his subaccount as of the end of the contribution period transferred to a subaccount to be managed by a third-party provider selected in accordance with R.S. 11:451.2 in accordance with the agreement entered into by the system and the third-party provider. Each participant who terminates employment, as defined herein, after the contribution period may at his option participate in the self-directed plan under the same conditions. B. Each participant in the self-directed portion of this plan agrees that the benefits payable to participants are not the obligations of the state of Louisiana or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and that any returns and other rights of the plan are the sole liability and responsibility of the participant and the designated provider to which contributions have been made. Furthermore, each such participant, in accordance with this provision, shall expressly waive his rights set forth in Article X, Section 29(A) and (B) of the Louisiana Constitution as it relates to his subaccount in the self-directed portion of the plan. C. By participating in the self-directed portion of the plan, the participant agrees that he and the provider shall be responsible for complying with all applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and if any violation of that code occurs as a result of the participant's participation in this portion of the plan, it will be the responsibility and liability of the participant and the provider and not the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. D. There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, or its agents or employees, for any action taken by the participants for choices the participants make in relationship to the funds they chose to place in their subaccount balance. Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 714, §1.