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LA Rev Stat § 11:3048 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3048. Records and accounts

RS 3048 - Records and accounts A. Proper and adequate records and accounts shall be established and maintained which will give full effect to the requirements of this Part. An annual audit of the books, accounts and records of the system shall be made by a certified public accountant selected by the board. B. An annual report shall be prepared as of the close of each fiscal year for submission to the City Commission Council, showing the assets and liabilities of the system at the end of such year and the income and expenditures for the year, including detailed schedules on purchases and sales of investments, a statement of securities owned by the system and other data pertinent to the operations of the system. A synopsis of such report shall be prepared for distribution among the members of the system. C. The Board shall from time to time establish rules and regulations implementing the provisions hereof, for the proper administration of the system and for the transaction of its business, consistent with the provisions of this Part. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §18, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3049 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3049. Management of funds

RS 3049 - Management of funds A. The board of trustees shall be the trustees of the fund created by this Chapter as provided in R.S. 11:3047 and of various accounts authorized by R.S. 11:3048(A) and shall have full power to invest and reinvest such funds in accordance with provisions of R.S. 11:263. The trustees shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the funds created herein have been invested as well as the proceeds of the investments and monies belonging to the funds. The expenses associated with the investment and administration of fund assets shall be charged against the various investment accounts and shall not be charged to the expense account. B. All expense vouchers and pension payrolls shall be certified by the secretary. The secretary shall furnish the board of trustees a surety bond with a company authorized to do business in Louisiana and in such an amount as shall be required by the board, the premium to be paid from the expense fund. C. For the purpose of meeting disbursement for pensions, annuities, and other payments, there may be kept available cash, not exceeding ten percent of the total amount in the several funds of the retirement system, on deposit in one or more banks or trust companies of the state of Louisiana organized under the laws of the state of Louisiana or of the United States, provided that the sum on deposit in any one bank or trust company shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the paid up capital and surplus of such bank or trust company. D. The board of trustees shall approve the fiscal agency bank or banks selected for the deposit of funds and securities of the retirement system, provided that no bank shall be selected unless the bank is a fiscal agent of the state. The funds and properties of the system held in any bank of the state shall be safeguarded by bonds or other securities acceptable for the protection of state deposits, the amount to be determined by the board of trustees. E. Except as otherwise herein provided, no trustee and no employee of the board of trustees shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investments made by the board of trustees, nor as such receive any pay or emolument for his service. No trustee or employee of the board shall in any manner use the same, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent, except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the board of trustees, nor shall any trustee or employee of the board of trustees become an endorser or surety or in any manner an obligor for monies loaned or borrowed from the board of trustees. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §19, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 1325, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3050 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3050. Cost-of-living adjustments

RS 3050 - Cost-of-living adjustments The retirement board may provide from interest income from investments in excess of normal requirements as determined by actuarial study, provided the retirement system is approaching actuarial soundness, annual cost-of-living adjustments to recipients of benefits which were in effect two years prior to the effective date of the cost-of-living adjustment, in an amount not to exceed two percent for each year from the effective date of the benefit. Such cost-of-living adjustments shall not become effective and paid unless such excess funds are available and until the manner and amount of payment is approved by the board of the retirement system and the city council. Acts 1982, No. 164, §1; Acts 1987, No. 609, §1; Designated from Acts 1990 No. 440, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3051 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3051. Assignment prohibited

RS 3051 - Assignment prohibited The right of a person to an annuity, a pension or any other benefit or refund, or any right accrued or accruing to any member or beneficiary under the provisions of this system, and the monies belonging to the system, shall be unassignable and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy, or the insolvency law or any other process of law except as specifically provided by the provisions of this system and in R.S. 11:292, and except that the city shall have the right to set off funds for any claim arising from embezzlement by or fraud of a member. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §20, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3052 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3052. Error

RS 3052 - Error Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the record been correct, or a mistake not made, the board shall correct such error and as far as practicable shall adjust the payment so that the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §22, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3053 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3053. Legislative intent

RS 3053 - Legislative intent It is the legislative intent and purpose of this Part to provide certain retirement, disability, death and other benefits to appointive officers and employees of the City in the amounts and under the terms and conditions herein set forth. It is the further legislative intent and purpose of this Part that when and if the Federal Social Security Act is amended so as to permit the inclusion of municipal employees therein, then and in that event an adjustment of the benefits and contributions herein provided may be made so that the system hereby created may become integrated with the benefits under the Federal Social Security Act. Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §21, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3101. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Alexandria; creation

RS 3101 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Alexandria; creation There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Alexandria, and a board of trustees, to administer and disburse the fund, in order to provide for the pensioning of members of the fire department with disabilities, and the widows or minor children of deceased members of the department, and to permit the retirement and pensioning of members of the fire department after the required length of service, all as is hereinafter provided. Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §1, 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 § 11:3102 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3102. Composition of the fund

RS 3102 - Composition of the fund  From July 31, 1940, the funds, proceeds, and revenues hereinafter provided for shall constitute the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Alexandria, to be used for the purposes set forth in R.S. 11:3101, and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3103 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3103. Control and management

RS 3103 - Control and management  A. Said fund shall be under the control and management of and shall be administered by, a Board of Trustees composed as hereinafter set forth. B.(1) The said Board of Trustees shall have control and management of said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund and shall make all 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 itself, or upon appeal to the courts.  (2) 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.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §§3, 7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3104 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3104. Board of Trustees; composition

RS 3104 - Board of Trustees; composition  A. The said Board of Trustees above mentioned shall be composed of seven members as follows:  (1) The Mayor, or Chief Executive of the City.  (2) The Secretary-Treasurer of the City, who shall be the Treasurer thereof.  (3) Five active members of the Fire Department of the City of Alexandria, not above the rank of Station Captain, who must have served at least two years in said Department before being eligible to said Board. The five members herein provided for shall be elected by the members of the Fire Department as hereinafter set forth.  B. The president and secretary of the Board shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of said Board, and shall be elected for a two year term.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3105 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3105. Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote

RS 3105 - Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote  The five members to be selected from the Fire Department shall be elected on the last Monday in June by secret ballot of the active members of the said Fire Department. No fireman shall be eligible to vote in said election unless he has served in said Fire Department for at least two years. The first election shall be held within fifteen days after July 31, 1940 and every two years thereafter on the last Monday in June. The officers of the Alexandria Fire Fighters Association shall call the election and provide for the manner in which it shall be conducted. In case of a vacancy on the Board of Trustees among the members who have been elected by the Fire Department, a special election shall be called to fill it, by the said officers of the Alexandria Fire Fighters Association, within sixty days after the vacancy occurs.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3106 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3106. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 3106 - Treasurer; duties; bond  The said Secretary-Treasurer of the City shall be the Treasurer of said Board of Trustees and custodian of all funds belonging to said Pension 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 Relief Fund only upon warrant of the Secretary of said Board, countersigned by the President thereof; the official bond of said Secretary-Treasurer shall stand as, and be security for the faithful performance, by said Secretary-Treasurer of the City, of his duties as Treasurer of the said Board of Trustees, or in lieu thereof, he may furnish a valid surety bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars. The premium for the bond shall be paid out of said Fund.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3107 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3107. Board of trustees; duties

RS 3107 - Board of trustees; duties 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 administration of said 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 connected with said Fund, and provide compensation for such service. (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 pensioner or beneficiary with a disability, at least once a year. (6) Keep all necessary records of its meeting and proceedings. (7) Cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the Fund, prepared by an independent Certified Public Accountant, showing the number of pensioners, the amount of disbursements, the 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 in the courts. Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §8(2) 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 § 11:3108 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3108. Secretary; duties; powers

RS 3108 - 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 investment of funds belonging to the said Pension and Relief Fund as hereinafter provided. 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. The said Board shall fix at their discretion a salary to be received by said Secretary as compensation for his services.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §8(1) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3110 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3110. Investments

RS 3110 - Investments  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. Such investment shall be only in interest bearing bonds of the United States of America, or of the State of Louisiana, or of the said City of Alexandria, Louisiana, or interest bearing saving certificates, shares of stock, or bonds of institutions where the investment therein or thereof is insured by the United States of America; 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 Alexandria, and its receipts therefor filed with the Secretary.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3111 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3111. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 3111 - 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, or levied upon, by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, or order or decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, claim, judgment, or decree against any beneficiary of such fund; but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be kept, held, and distributed for no purposes other than those provided for in this Part. Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §11 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3112 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3112. Pro rata payments; record of unpaid benefits

RS 3112 - Pro rata payments; record of unpaid benefits  If at any time there shall not be sufficient funds in said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund subject to disbursement to pay each person entitled to the benefits 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. A record, however, shall be kept of all unpaid benefits as a result of said insufficient fund, and if at a later date funds are available, all accrued unpaid benefits shall be paid pro rata from said fund until same shall have been liquidated in full.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3114 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3114. Initial contribution by city; accumulation of funds; how payments are made

RS 3114 - Initial contribution by city; accumulation of funds; how payments are made  (1) The first payment or contribution to be made by the city of Alexandria shall be paid as soon as the first board of trustees shall have been elected and has begun to function, the payment to be for the city's fiscal year ending April 30, 1941, provided that payments shall be collected from the members of the fire department beginning with the month of August, 1940.  (2) In order to permit the accumulation of money in the fund so that benefits herein provided may be paid, and to put the fund on a sound basis financially, no benefit herein provided shall be paid from said fund, nor shall any sum be withdrawn to pay any such claim or benefit until and unless there shall have been accumulated, either in cash or in investments thereof, the full sum of twenty thousand dollars. If and in the event claims against the said fund shall have accrued prior to the accumulation of the said amount, payment of said claims shall be held in abeyance and they shall thereafter be paid upon there being accumulated in said fund the said amount of twenty thousand dollars, as aforementioned.  (3) Payments to the Firemen's Fund shall be made by the City of Alexandria, Louisiana, within ten days after the end of each fiscal year from the Parking Meter Fund.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3115 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3115. Separation from service

RS 3115 - Separation from service  If any member of the said Fire Department should be discharged from the service for reasons of economy or reduction in 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 of original employment without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3116 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3116. Military service credit

RS 3116 - Military service credit  That 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. "Service" in said Fire Department as used in this Part shall also include any activity while on or off duty with view of saving life or property.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3117 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3117. Authority to alienate property

RS 3117 - Authority to alienate property  Said Board of Trustees shall have, and the same is hereby granted, full power and authority to sell, mortgage, lease, or let or otherwise alienate or dispose of any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which becomes the property of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Alexandria.  Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3118 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3118. Exemption of benefits

RS 3118 - Exemption of benefits  Any annuity, retirement allowance or benefits, or refund of contributions, or any optional benefit or any other benefit paid to any person under the provisions of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Alexandria is exempt from any state income tax.  Designated from Acts 1990, No. 972, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.