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LA Rev Stat § 11:3803 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3803. Special benefits; vote at special or annual meeting

RS 3803 - Special benefits; vote at special or annual meeting  The Board of Trustees shall have complete discretion and authority to secure information regarding worker's compensation and Social Security benefits. If the employee fails to furnish full and complete information regarding Social Security benefits after having been requested to do so by the Board of Trustees, the Board shall have authority to terminate the annual pension or disability allowance or survivor's benefit until such time as the Social Security information is furnished. In all such cases the decision of the Board of Trustees shall be final.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §13 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3804 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3804. Separation from service; disability; physical examination; leave of absence

RS 3804 - Separation from service; disability; physical examination; leave of absence  A. No member with a disability shall be paid pension benefits hereunder during the period of disability while receiving regular wages or salary from the City of Monroe. B. A member claiming pension benefits, or a member already receiving such benefits because of such disability as renders him unfit for service in the department shall subject himself to physical examination by a Medical Examiner designated by the Board of Trustees of this organization and if the findings of said Examiner be objectionable to the member, the member may require a further physical examination to be held jointly by the Medical Examiner of the Board, a Medical Examiner to be chosen by the member and a third Medical Examiner to be selected by the Examiner representing the Board and the member and the concurrence of either two of said examiners reduced to writing and signed by them, shall be considered as final by the Board of Trustees and by the member affected. The disability of said member shall not affect his seniority rights. C. Any member receiving a pension for disability, who refuses to return to duty in the Department upon recovering from said disability, shall forfeit all claims to further benefits hereunder, provided that an opening awaits said member in the department upon such recovery. D. Any member granted a leave of absence from the departments and not employed during such leave by the City of Monroe, may, in the sound discretion of the Board of Trustees, have both dues and benefits waived and suspended during such period of leave, and any leave of absence so granted by the Board of Trustees, may likewise in the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be recalled, vacated, and cancelled. No credit for service shall be granted for any leave without pay, except as provided in R.S. 11:3805. Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §§14, 15, 16, & 17 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 § 11:3805 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3805. Military service credit

RS 3805 - Military service credit  A member's service period shall not be considered as having been interrupted during the period that the member may not be employed by the various electrical departments because of illness, injury, or other physical infirmity or disability; nor shall it be considered as interrupted during the period that a member may be in actual military service of his country or state in time of war, peril, insurrection, calamity, or other cause that may call the member from private life to military service, and the dues of the member while absent from the various electrical departments during the military service shall be waived. Provided, also, that if a member of the various electrical departments is called into the Armed Forces of the United States, and as a result of his service he acquires a total disability and receives a pension from the federal government, the pension fund herein will pay him per month, an amount which when added to the government payment, is sufficient to equal two-thirds of his monthly salary but not to exceed the additional amount which he is permitted to receive by the provisions of the government pension act, averaged over a period of the best five years, or if he is killed and his widow or dependent children under eighteen years of age receive a pension from the federal government, the Pension and Relief Fund shall pay his widow if living or dependent children, if no widow, until they reach age eighteen, an amount not to exceed forty percent of his salary averaged over the best five years of employment in the various electrical departments, provided that the widow's pension shall cease if she remarries. Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §19 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 § 11:3806 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3806. Member participation; refund of contributions

RS 3806 - Member participation; refund of contributions  A. No member of this organization shall ever be compelled by this organization to retire from active service in the various Electrical Departments because of age, length of service, physical disability or infirmity; the acceptance of said pension benefits shall always be optional with the member.  B. Any member of this organization shall be reimbursed, without any interest, the total amount of wage deduction during the period that he has been a member of the Pension Fund, upon the severance of his employment with the City of Monroe, Louisiana, either voluntarily or involuntarily.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §18 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3807 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3807. Computation of length of service

RS 3807 - Computation of length of service  The service of a member of this Fund shall date from his first employment in the Department, provided such service has not been broken or interrupted for causes not excused and condoned by this Part. The service date of a member reemployed after having resigned from the various Electrical Departments, or reemployed after having been discharged without reinstatement shall date from the date of said reemployment. The service date of a member reinstated after dismissal (not reemployed) shall date from the date of his first employment.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §20 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3808 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3808. Transfer to another department

RS 3808 - Transfer to another department If a member of this organization is transferred by a city official to service for the City of Monroe, other than in the various electrical departments, if the transfer exceeds six months in duration, it shall operate as a complete termination of the member's membership and forfeiture of all rights, unless the member has a partial disability; but if the transfer does not exceed six months' service, it shall not operate to terminate the member's membership herein, if the member returns to the department and works at least one full day in each calendar month during the period. Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §21 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 § 11:3809 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3809. Physical examination before eligible for benefits; exceptions; minimum funding

RS 3809 - Physical examination before eligible for benefits; exceptions; minimum funding  A. After August 1, 1956, all new members employed are required to stand physical examination before a physician named by the Board of Trustees, and such physician must certify their abilities to perform the services of the various Electrical Departments. Members of said Electrical Departments in good standing on August 1, 1956 are not required to stand such examination. Any person employed in the said Electric Line Department, Electric Service Department, Street Lighting Department, Electric Inspection Department and the Electricians of the Water and Light Office of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, and the Commercial Manager, subsequent to August 1, 1956, shall not be eligible for any benefits under the provisions of this Part if the said person has attained the age of fifty-five years on the date of his employment.  B. No pensions will be payable under this Act until the Pension and Relief Fund has reached the sum of two hundred thousand dollars.  Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §22 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3822 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3822. Transfers between systems

RS 3822 - Transfers between systems  Transfers are hereby authorized between the Employees' Retirement System of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and the Employees' Retirement System of the city of New Orleans. Upon authorization by the board of trustees of both systems, transfer may be made from one system to the other whereby all the employee contributions and the reserves necessary to provide the benefits earned in the transferring system may be transferred to the other system, and upon such transfer the transferring employee shall be given credit in the new system for all years of creditable service he may have earned in the system from which he was transferred.  Added by Acts 1973, No. 63, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:4076.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3823 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3823. Exemption from execution

RS 3823 - Exemption from execution The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance or benefit, or to the return of contributions; the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself; any optional benefit; or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this Part or to any person with such rights in the Employees' Retirement System of the city of New Orleans is exempt from any state or municipal tax and, except as provided in R.S. 11:292, exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever. Added by Acts 1981, No. 424, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:4076.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3841 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3841. Authority to establish pension and retirement system in municipalities of over 90,000; appointive officers; employees

RS 3841 - Authority to establish pension and retirement system in municipalities of over 90,000; appointive officers; employees  Any municipality having a population in excess of ninety thousand may adopt ordinances establishing actuarially sound pension and retirement systems, in the benefits of which shall be included all appointive officers and employees of the municipality and all appointive officers and employees of the various parochial and judicial offices of the parish in which the municipality is located.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:1761 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3842 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3842. Authority to establish pension and retirement system in municipalities of 20,000 to 90,000; elective and appointive officers; employees

RS 3842 - Authority to establish pension and retirement system in municipalities of 20,000 to 90,000; elective and appointive officers; employees  Any municipality having a population in excess of twenty thousand but not exceeding ninety thousand may adopt ordinances establishing actuarially sound pension and retirement systems, in the benefits of which shall be included all elective and appointive officers and employees of the municipality.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:1762 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3843 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3843. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 561, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.

RS 3843 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 561, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3844 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3844. Exclusion of appointive officers and employees covered by federal retirement system

RS 3844 - Exclusion of appointive officers and employees covered by federal retirement system  There shall likewise be excluded from the benefits of the pension and retirement systems to be established as authorized in R.S. 11:3841 and 3842 any appointive officers and employees of any board or commission who are included in the benefits of any other pension or retirement systems established by federal law.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:1764 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3845 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3845. Effective date of retirement system

RS 3845 - Effective date of retirement system  When any actuarially sound pension and retirement system is established by ordinance, in any municipality included in the provisions of this Part, the provisions of the ordinance shall in all respects have the force and effect of law as of the date of the going into effect of the ordinance as provided in the charter of the municipality.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:1765 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3846 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3846. Liberal construction

RS 3846 - Liberal construction  This Part and any ordinance adopted in pursuance thereof shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the beneficent provisions of this Part and of such ordinance.  Redesignated from R.S. 33:1766 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3851 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3851. Authority to establish pension plans for officials and employees

RS 3851 - Authority to establish pension plans for officials and employees  Municipalities of the state, having a population of ten thousand or more, are authorized at their option to establish pension plans for officials and employees by ordinance of the governing body of said municipality under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.  Acts 1954, No. 511, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1781 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3852 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3852. Eligibility

RS 3852 - Eligibility  Such pension plans shall apply to any employee or official, elected or appointed, who has reached the minimum age of sixty years and has been an officer or employee of such municipality for at least twenty-four years. Acts 1954, No. 511, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1782 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3853 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3853. Maximum pension

RS 3853 - Maximum pension  The amount of said pension shall not exceed one-half of the salary received by the official or employee at the time of his retirement, but in no case shall it be in excess of one hundred fifty dollars a month.  Acts 1954, No. 511, §3; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1783 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3854 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3854. Coverage by other plans; effect

RS 3854 - Coverage by other plans; effect  In the event any such official or employee is protected or covered by any other pension plan or by Federal Social Security, then, and in that event, such official or employee shall be entitled to the difference between the payments made by such other plan or Social Security and the payments due under the municipal plan established by said ordinance.  Acts 1954, No. 511, §4; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1784 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3855 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3855. Subsequent employment or income from other sources; effect

RS 3855 - Subsequent employment or income from other sources; effect  Any pension granted under the provisions of this Part shall not be affected by earnings derived from subsequent employment or by income from other sources, but shall be paid regardless of the amount or source of any such future earnings or income.  Acts 1954, No. 511, §5; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1785 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3856 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3856. Existing plans unaffected

RS 3856 - Existing plans unaffected  This Part shall not affect, or in any way change, any of the provisions, conditions, rules, regulations or the administration of any pension plan or system which was adopted and is being administered by any municipality at the time this Part becomes effective, nor shall it affect or change any of the requirements as to age or length of service or maximum pension payments of any pension plan or system which was adopted and is being administered by any municipality at such time.  Acts 1954, No. 511, §6; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1786 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3861 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3861. Definitions

RS 3861 - Definitions  The following words and phrases as used in this Part, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Average compensation" shall mean the average salary received for the year ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the date of retirement;  (2) "City treasurer" shall mean that officer, whether elected or appointed, of a city who bears the responsibility of receiving and disbursing of funds belonging to the city.  (3) "Creditable service" shall mean service rendered as an elected official of any municipality covered by this Part, whether it be service prior or subsequent to this Part, and whether it be continuous or not;  (4) "Municipality" shall mean any municipality incorporated under the laws of the state of Louisiana having a population of twenty-five thousand or over according to the last official census published by the United States Bureau of the Census.  (5) "Official" shall mean any person serving in elective office of any city in the State of Louisiana covered by this Part;  (6) "Retirement" shall mean withdrawal from active service in municipal office;  (7) "Retirement Allowance" shall mean payments for life computed as provided in this Part and payable in monthly installments;  (8) "Retirement allowance fund" shall mean a fund maintained by the city as defined in this Part, in which all funds provided by the city for retirement allowances authorized by this Part shall be maintained and from which all retirement allowances are to be paid. Each city participating in the provisions of this Part shall maintain such a fund;  (9) "Retirement plan" shall mean the elective officials of municipalities of Louisiana Retirement Plan as defined in R.S. 11:3862.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1791 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3862 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3862. Date of establishment

RS 3862 - Date of establishment  In past consideration of the services of the officials of the municipalities covered herein, a retirement plan is hereby created. Responsibility for its operation in cities affected is hereby placed with the city treasurer for the purpose of maintaining the retirement fund and making monthly retirement payments to elective city officials who are authorized to receive retirement allowances under this Part. The retirement plan is to become effective on July 30, 1958.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §2. Redesignated from R.S. 33:1792 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3863 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3863. Eligibility; officials not compelled to retire; time for making application

RS 3863 - Eligibility; officials not compelled to retire; time for making application  A. To be eligible for retirement benefits as herein provided:  (1) The applicant shall not be then in the service of the municipality for which remuneration is paid;  (2) He shall have attained the age of sixty years;  (3) He shall have completed, for the minimum benefit, not less than twenty years of creditable service as herein defined;  (4) He shall make application therefor.  B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as compelling an official to retire on becoming eligible for retirement. Application for retirement benefits may be made any time subsequent to date of eligibility. Acts 1958, No. 65, §§3, 4. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 342, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1793 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.