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LA Rev Stat § 11:3462 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3462. Control and management

RS 3462 - Control and management  That said fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by a board of trustees as hereinafter provided for.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3463 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3463. Board of trustees; composition

RS 3463 - Board of trustees; composition  A. The said "Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana", shall be, and the same is, hereby created a corporate body politic and shall be composed of:  (1) The Mayor or Chief Executive of the said City, who shall ex-officio be President of said Board.  (2) The City Clerk of said City, who shall ex-officio be Treasurer thereof.  (3) One member of the Board of Aldermen of said City to be selected by the Mayor with Council approval.  (4) The Chief of the said Fire Department.  (5) Five active members of said Fire Department not above the rank of Station Captain, to be elected by the members of said Department as hereinafter provided for.  B. The City Clerk shall serve as Secretary of the board without pay and shall be liable on his official bond for his acts as custodian of the fund. Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3464 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3464. Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote

RS 3464 - Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote The five members to be selected from the Fire Department shall be elected biennially on the last Monday in June by secret ballot of the active members of the said Fire Department eligible for participation in the fund established under this Part. The first election shall be held within fifteen days July 27, 1966 and biennially thereafter, as above provided. In the event a vacancy should occur in the said board of trustees among the members of the said board from the ranks of the said Fire Department, a special election shall be called by the said board within sixty days after the occurrence of such vacancy.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §4, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3465 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3465. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 3465 - Treasurer; duties; bond  The said City Clerk shall be Treasurer of said board of trustees and custodian of all funds belonging to said Pension and Relief Fund; he shall deposit the funds in such depositories as may be designated by said board and shall disburse funds belonging to said Pension and Relief Fund only upon warrant of the Secretary of said board, countersigned by the President thereof.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3466 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3466. Board of trustees; duties; meetings

RS 3466 - Board of trustees; duties; meetings  A. The said board of trustees shall have exclusive control and management of said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund and shall make all necessary and pertinent rules and regulations for the proper administration of said fund not in conflict with the provisions of this Part; shall hear and decide all applications for benefits under this Part, and its decisions on such applications shall not be subject to review or reversal except by said board, or upon certiorari to the Courts.  B. The said 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.  C. The said 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 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 to cause same to be collected through the proper local agency.  (5) Cause the examination of every disability pensioner or beneficiary, 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 numbers of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received and present condition and manner of investment of the said fund.  (8) Keep a book to be known as the List of Retired Firemen. Such book shall give a full and complete record of the action of the said Board of Trustees in retiring or pensioning all persons under this Part showing the names, dates of entering the service of said Fire Department, date of removal from active service, and the reason for such action. The Board shall be a quasi-judicial body, and its action shall be reviewable only by writ of certiorari to the Courts.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §§6, 7(2) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3467 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3467. Secretary; duties; powers

RS 3467 - Secretary; duties; powers  The Secretary of the said board of trustees shall keep in books provided for the purpose a full and complete record of all proceedings of the board of trustees, particularly with reference to investing of funds belonging to the said Pension and Relief Fund as hereinafter provided for, which proceedings shall be spread upon the minutes in full. He shall file and keep all correspondence of the Board and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the said board of trustees, including the preparation of warrants for the various disbursements from the said fund and the keeping of an accurate record thereof.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §7(1) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3468 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3468. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 3468 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city  The said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:  (1) All monies, funds, properties, real and personal, and assets now belonging to or due the presently existing Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana to the credit of members of the West Monroe Fire Department, and to include the funds contributed by the State of Louisiana. (2) All and entire the annual proceeds of all license taxes imposed and collected by the City of West Monroe, from fire insurance companies and/or fire insurance agents doing business in the said City of West Monroe, for carrying on such business, as provided by Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1581, et seq. Said revenue shall be paid into said Fund by the collecting officer at the close of each fiscal year.  (3) The proceeds of the sale of unserviceable, movable property owned and used by the said Fire Department shall be paid into said Pension and Relief Fund, if sold for salvage.  (4) 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.  (5) Six percent of the salary of all employees of the 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 the said Fund.  (6) A sum equal to six percent of the salary of all employees of the said Fire Department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this Fund, said sum to be paid into the Fund by the City of West Monroe, the said City of West Monroe hereby being authorized and directed to appropriate and to pay over into said Fund monthly a sum in the identical amount as that total sum paid over into the Fund monthly from the pay roll deductions of all employees of the Fire Department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this Fund as is described in Paragraph (5).  (7) The said City of West Monroe is by these presents authorized and directed to appropriate and pay-over out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of the said City of West Monroe into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of West Monroe, 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 receipts and revenues accruing for such year to the said Fund under Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of this Section as well as all other income, including earnings, dividends and interest on investments, as against the disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Part.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §8 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3469 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3469. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 3469 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment  That the said 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 said board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. Such investment shall be only in interest bearing bonds of the United States of America, or the State of Louisiana, or of the said City of West Monroe, Louisiana; 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 fiscal agent of the City of West Monroe, and its receipt therefor filed with the Secretary.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3470 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3470. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 3470 - 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 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 1966, No. 56, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3471 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3471. Payment reduced when fund is insufficient

RS 3471 - Payment 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 disbursement 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.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §11 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3472 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3472. Transfer from other plan

RS 3472 - Transfer from other plan  That all municipal employees who are secured benefits under the provisions of this plan and who are also entitled to benefits from any other pension plan maintained by the City of West Monroe are hereby given the option of either remaining under the presently existing plan or being included under the provisions of this plan. Said option must be exercised by advising the fiscal officer of the City of West Monroe of the employee's election within three months of July 27, 1966. If an employee elects to be covered by the provisions of this Part, all funds and monies which have heretofore been paid into any other pension and relief and/or retirement fund or plan of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana by the employee electing this plan, shall immediately be transferred into this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund hereby created and the responsible fiscal officer for any such fund shall immediately take appropriate steps to transfer such funds or monies to this plan.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3474 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3474. Separation from service

RS 3474 - 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 the said Fire Department should be discharged from the service for reasons of economy or reduction in the force due to no fault of said member and later should be reemployed 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.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3475 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3475. Military service credit

RS 3475 - Military service credit  A. Time served in the service of the United States Government during time of a war declared as such by Congress and occurring during and not before the time a member has actually been employed as a fireman shall constitute "service" in the Department as used herein.  B. "Service" in said Fire Department as used in this Part shall also include any activity while on or off duty with view to saving life or property.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3476 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3476. Member participation

RS 3476 - Member participation  Members of the said Fire Department as used in this Act shall consist of every man actively in the employ of said Fire Department of the City of West Monroe, including the operators of fire alarm system as specified by the State Fire Underwriters who are paid by the said Fire Department.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3477 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3477. Authority to alienate property

RS 3477 - Authority to alienate property  The board of trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of West Monroe, shall have, and the same is hereby granted 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 of or come into the possession of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of West Monroe and/or the board of trustees thereof.  Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3502 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3502. Appropriation of fund

RS 3502 - Appropriation of fund  A. If the municipality has more than fifty thousand inhabitants, it shall set aside for the fund, twenty percent of all fines collected by its municipal courts for the infraction of municipal ordinances and ten percent of the money collected for licenses, privilege taxes, or permits for the sale of beverages containing alcohol. The municipality shall appropriate and pay out of its general alimony taxes, into the fund, annually at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equal to any deficit which occurs in the operation of the fund for the preceding year.  B. If the municipality has a population of fifty thousand or less, it shall set aside for the fund, twenty-five percent of the fines collected by its municipal courts for the infraction of municipal ordinances and twenty percent of the money collected for licenses, privilege taxes, or permits for the sale of beverages containing alcohol. The municipality shall appropriate and pay out of its general alimony taxes, into the fund, annually at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equal to any deficit which occurs in the operation of the fund for the preceding year.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 246, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2222 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3503 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3503. Fund not to be commingled

RS 3503 - Fund not to be commingled  All funds derived and held or invested under the provisions of this Subpart shall be administered as a sacred trust for the sole purposes stated in this Subpart and at no time commingled or combined with any other fund.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2223 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3504 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3504. Board of trustees; members

RS 3504 - Board of trustees; members  A.(1) If the municipality has more than fifty thousand inhabitants the mayor, commissioner of public safety, superintendent of the police department, city comptroller, and four members of the police department, elected by a majority vote of the members of the department, shall constitute a board of trustees for the fund. The mayor shall be president of the board.  (2) The city comptroller shall be treasurer. One of the members elected from the police department shall be elected secretary.  B. If the municipality has a population of fifty thousand or less, the commissioner of public safety, superintendent or chief of police or city marshal, city attorney, a member elected from membership of the police department by majority vote, and the city clerk shall constitute a board of trustees for the fund. The commissioner of safety shall be president of the board; the city clerk shall be secretary-treasurer of the board, and shall keep all records, etc., without additional compensation.  C. In those municipalities where the officers are not designated by the above titles, the board shall be composed of the officers occupying the positions corresponding to those titles.  Amended by Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2224 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3505 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3505. Management of fund; salary deductions; authority of board; meetings

RS 3505 - Management of fund; salary deductions; authority of board; meetings  A. The board shall have charge of the fund. The board shall assess each member of the police department an amount not to exceed six percent of his salary and shall be deducted monthly. This assessment is to be deposited by the treasurer of the fund in a depository chosen by the board and subject to the orders of the board.  B. The board shall make regulations for its government and hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions under this Subpart; its decision on applications shall be final and conclusive and not subject to review or reversal except by the board. The board shall keep a record of all its meetings and proceedings. The board shall meet at least once every three months and when called by the president or secretary.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Acts 1981, No. 320, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2225(A)(1) and (B) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3506 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3506. Duties of treasurer; salary; bond

RS 3506 - Duties of treasurer; salary; bond  A. The treasurer of the board shall be the custodian of the fund and keep his books and accounts in the manner prescribed by the board. The books and accounts shall be subject to the inspection of a member of the board at any time. The treasurer shall deposit all money in the bank selected by the board. Upon the expiration of the treasurer's term of office, he shall deliver to his successor all unexpended money and all property which has come into his keeping as treasurer.  B. The treasurer in a municipality of over fifty thousand shall receive a salary to be fixed by the board, not to exceed twenty dollars a month.  C. The treasurer shall, within ten days after his appointment, execute a bond to the board with good and sufficient sureties in the sum directed by the board for the faithful performance of his office. The bond shall be filed in the office of the board and in case of its breach, suit may be brought on the bond in the name of the board or any person injured by the breach. In a municipality having a population of fifty thousand or less, the premium for the bond shall be paid by authorization of the board.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2226 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3507 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3507. Deposit of money collected for fund

RS 3507 - Deposit of money collected for fund  Not later than fifteen days after the close of the fiscal year, if the municipality has a population of more than fifty thousand, or not later than thirty days after the close of the fiscal year, if the municipality has a population of fifty thousand or less, the treasurer of the board shall deposit to the credit of the fund, in the bank designated by the board, the amounts prescribed in R.S. 11:3502 and all money collected under this Subpart and turned into the municipal treasury during the preceding year.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:2227 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.