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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1932. Mode of payment options

RS 11:1932 - Mode of payment options
A. Upon application for retirement any member may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout his life, or he may elect at that time to receive the actuarial equivalent of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable throughout life, with the provisions that:
(1) Option 2. Upon his death his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to the spouse to whom he was married at the time of his retirement.
(2) Option 3. Upon his death one-half of his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and be paid to the spouse to whom he was married at the time of his retirement.
(3) Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to the person or persons he nominated, provided the other benefit or benefits, together with the reduced retirement allowance shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value to his retirement allowance and shall be approved by the board.
B. A retiree cannot change the designation of beneficiary.
C. No changes in the option elected by the member, other than to correct administrative error, shall be permitted after sixty days from date of receipt of retirement application by the board.
D. A member may not elect a time or method of receipt of benefits which creates a death benefit which is more than incidental.
E. No distribution from the system shall be made in any year to the extent that such distribution would violate the requirements under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(9), including the minimum distribution incidental rules.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6128 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 261, §1; Acts 1999, No. 27, §1; Acts 2003, No. 819, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1933. Change of beneficiary upon judgment of divorce, judicial partition, or authentic act

RS 11:1933 - Change of beneficiary upon judgment of divorce, judicial partition, or authentic act
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, in the event any retiree of the system becomes divorced, and in the Judgment of Divorce, Judicial Partition of Community Property, or Community Property Settlement by authentic act properly executed and recorded in the office of the parish recorder or register of conveyances the retiree is awarded or receives all benefits based on his service in the system, he shall be entitled to change his beneficiary or beneficiaries, and any subsequent benefits payable will be computed as an actuarial equivalent, as defined in R.S. 11:1932(A).
Added by Acts 1983, No. 647, §1; Acts 1987, No. 91, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6128.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1935. Return of accumulated contributions

RS 11:1935 - Return of accumulated contributions
A. Subject to the restrictions contained herein, should a member not eligible to retire cease to be an employee under the provisions of this Chapter, he shall be paid the amount of his accumulated contributions upon demand.
B. Should a member die before retirement and not leave survivors eligible for benefits herein, the amount of his accumulated contributions shall be paid to his estate or to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation, duly executed and filed with the board.
C. Should the survivor of a member eligible for any benefit under this Chapter desire a refund of the member's contributions in lieu of such benefit, he shall receive such refund by notifying the board in writing, and executing a waiver of all benefits provided herein.
D. However, refunds of accumulated contributions shall not be required to be made to the member or to his estate until thirty days after the effective date of the member's termination or resignation or death, and until all contributions for said member have been submitted by the member's employer.
E. If a member receives a refund of contributions and is subsequently rehired on or after January 1, 2007, the provisions of this Chapter applicable to members initially hired on or after January 1, 2007, shall apply.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1; Acts 1983, No. 647, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6130 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1936. Vesting

RS 11:1936 - Vesting
A. A member who withdraws from active service on or after the revision date prior to becoming eligible for retirement, having at least seven years of creditable service, and having received no refund of his accumulated contributions, shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance to commence on his earliest normal retirement date.
(1) Such deferred retirement allowance shall be computed according to the provisions of Part III, Part IV, or Part IV-A whichever governed such member prior to his withdrawal from service, based on final compensation and creditable service at date of withdrawal.
(2) During the period from the member's date of withdrawal from service to the member's earliest normal retirement date, he shall not be considered to be a member and therefore shall not be entitled to any benefits due a member. Upon retirement he shall be entitled to exercise all rights and privileges of a retired member.
B. A member who withdrew from active service prior to the revision date, and having received no refund of his accumulated contributions, shall be entitled to receive a vested retirement allowance according to the statutes in effect at time of such withdrawal, provided he was eligible therefor.
C. Should a vested termination member return to active employment, he shall become a member and shall contribute at the current rate; but should such member return to employment after attaining the age of fifty, his benefit upon retirement shall not exceed the sum of the benefit for which he would have been eligible based on the previously credited service and the benefit for which he would be eligible based on the service since his latest employment, had he enrolled at that time as a new entrant.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6131 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1937. Cost-of-living adjustment

RS 11:1937 - Cost-of-living adjustment
The board may use investment earnings on Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C investments in excess of normal requirements as determined by actuarial valuation to provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment to recipients of benefits of the respective plan, aged sixty-two or over, who have been retired at least one year, in an amount not to exceed two and one-half percent for each year from the effective date of the benefit. Such cost-of-living adjustment shall be paid only when such excess funds are available and in such manner and amount as determined by the board. Any adjustments to benefits for cost-of-living changes made by formal action of the board of trustees as provided herein shall be considered amendments to the provisions of the retirement system, except that it shall not be considered an increase in benefits by reason of an amendment made after October 14, 1987, as described in R.S. 11:1930 and 1931. If made by formal action of the board of trustees, such changes must be disclosed to members of the retirement system.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1; Acts 1990, No. 450, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6133 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1941. Eligibility for normal retirement

RS 11:1941 - Eligibility for normal retirement
A. Any member of Plan A hired on or before December 31, 2006, shall be eligible to retire if he has at least:
(1) Thirty years of creditable service, regardless of age.
(2) Twenty-five years of creditable service, and is at least age fifty-five.
(3) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty.
(4) Seven years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty-five.
B. Any member of Plan A who is hired on or after January 1, 2007, shall be eligible to retire if he has at least:
(1) Thirty years of creditable service, and is at least age fifty-five.
(2) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty-two.
(3) Seven years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty-seven.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6151 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1942. Computation of normal retirement allowances; return of accumulated contributions

RS 11:1942 - Computation of normal retirement allowances; return of accumulated contributions
The monthly amount of the retirement allowance for any member of Plan A shall consist of an amount equal to three percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service, provided however, that:
(1) For any employee who was a member only of the supplemental plan prior to the revision date, the benefit earned for service credited prior to the revision date shall be determined on the basis of one percent of final compensation plus two dollars per month for each year of service credited prior to the revision date, and three percent of final compensation for each year of service credited after the revision date; and
(2) No benefits provided by this Section shall exceed one hundred percent of member's final salary or the final compensation whichever is the greater.
(3) Provided that no retired employee shall receive less in retirement payments than the amount of his accumulated contributions at the date of retirement. Any balance remaining to his credit upon the retiree's death shall be paid to his designated beneficiary or estate.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6152 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1943. Eligibility for disability retirement

RS 11:1943 - Eligibility for disability retirement
A. A member hired on or before December 31, 2006, shall be eligible to retire and receive a disability benefit if he has at least five years of creditable service, is not eligible for normal retirement, and suffers disability.
B. A member who is hired on or after January 1, 2007, shall be eligible to retire and receive a disability benefit if he has at least seven years of creditable service, is not eligible for normal retirement, and suffers a disability which renders him totally and permanently incapable of performing any gainful employment.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6153 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1944. Computation of disability benefits

RS 11:1944 - Computation of disability benefits
A. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. In no event shall any such benefit exceed one hundred percent of final compensation. The disability benefit shall be determined as provided in this Section:
(1) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member hired on or before December 31, 2006, shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he is eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive a disability benefit which shall consist of the lesser of:
(a) An amount equal to three percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service; however, for computation purposes, such number of years shall not be considered to be less than fifteen, or
(b) A retirement benefit which would be payable assuming continued service to the age of sixty years using other current computation factors.
(2) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member hired on or after January 1, 2007, shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he is eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive as a disability benefit the lesser of:
(a) An amount equal to three percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service; provided however, that for computation purposes such number of years shall not be considered to be less than fifteen, or
(b) A retirement benefit which would be payable assuming continued service to the age of sixty-two years.
B. Upon retirement caused by disability, a member may select any of the optional modes of benefit payments provided by R.S. 11:1932. The computation of any optional benefit payment shall be based upon the option factors the system utilizes for normal retirement and the ages of the member and the option beneficiary, projected to the member's earliest normal retirement age assuming the member remained in continuous service until that time.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6154 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 759, §1; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.
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)).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1946. Employee contributions

RS 11:1946 - Employee contributions
Each member of Plan A shall contribute an amount equal to a percentage of his earnings from each and every payment of earnings, which contributions shall be credited to annuity savings fund A. The percentage shall be set by the board for each calendar year within a range from eight percent to eleven percent and shall become effective as of the first payroll period reportable on the employee's W-2 for that year.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6156 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2010, No. 996, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1961. Eligibility for normal retirement

RS 11:1961 - Eligibility for normal retirement
A. Any member of Plan B hired on or before December 31, 2006, shall be eligible to retire if he has at least:
(1) Thirty years of creditable service, and is at least age fifty-five.
(2) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty.
(3) Seven years of creditable service and is at least age sixty-five.
B. Any member of Plan B who is hired on or after January 1, 2007, shall be eligible to retire if he has at least:
(1) Thirty years of creditable service, and is at least age fifty-five.
(2) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty-two.
(3) Seven years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty-seven.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6171 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1962. Computation of normal retirement allowance

RS 11:1962 - Computation of normal retirement allowance
The monthly amount of the retirement allowance for any member of Plan B shall consist of an amount equal to two percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service provided that no retired employee shall receive less in retirement payments than the amount of his accumulated contributions at the date of retirement. Any balance remaining to his credit upon the retiree's death shall be paid to his designated beneficiary or estate.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1983, No. 38, §1; Acts 1988, No. 137, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6172 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
SECTION 2 OF ACTS 1983, NO. 38, PROVIDES THAT THE "ACT SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO THOSE PERSONS WHO RETIRE ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, AND SHALL NOT BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY TO THOSE PERSONS WHO RETIRE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT."
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1963. Eligibility for disability retirement

RS 11:1963 - Eligibility for disability retirement
A. A member hired on or before December 31, 2006, shall be eligible to retire and receive a disability benefit if he has at least five years of creditable service, is not eligible for normal retirement, and suffers disability.
B. A member who is hired on or after January 1, 2007, shall be eligible to retire and receive a disability benefit if he has at least seven years of creditable service, is not eligible for normal retirement, and suffers a disability which renders him totally and permanently incapable of performing any gainful employment.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6173 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1964. Computation of disability benefits

RS 11:1964 - Computation of disability benefits
A. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. In no event shall such benefit exceed one hundred percent of final compensation. The disability benefit shall be determined as provided in this Section:
(1) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member of Plan B hired on or before December 31, 2006, shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he is eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive a disability benefit which shall consist of the lesser of:
(a) An amount equal to two percent of the member's final compensation, multiplied by his years of creditable service; however, for computation purposes, such number of years shall not be considered to be less than fifteen, or
(b) A retirement benefit which would be payable assuming continued service to the age of sixty years using other current computation factors.
(2) For those members hired on or after January 1, 2007, upon retirement caused by disability, a member shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he is eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive as a disability benefit the lesser of:
(a) An amount equal to two percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service; provided however, that for computation purposes such number of years shall not be considered to be less than fifteen, or
(b) A retirement benefit which would be payable assuming continued service to the age of sixty-two years.
B. Upon retirement caused by disability, a member may select any of the optional modes of benefit payments provided by R.S. 11:1932. The computation of any optional benefit payment shall be based upon the option factors the system utilizes for normal retirement and the ages of the member and the option beneficiary, projected to the member's earliest normal retirement age assuming the member remained in continuous service until that time.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6174 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 759, §1; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.
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)).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1965. Survivor benefits; eligibility

RS 11:1965 - Survivor benefits; eligibility
A. Any member of Plan B with ten or more years of creditable service and not eligible for normal retirement at the time of his death, who leaves a surviving spouse who is not eligible for social security survivorship or retirement benefits and who has been married to the member for not less than twelve months immediately preceding his death, shall be deemed to have exercised Option 2 benefits until he becomes eligible for social security survivorship or retirement benefits or until he remarries; provided, however, that no such benefits shall be paid until the surviving spouse attains the age of fifty. Any surviving spouse who meets the above qualifications, except for survivorship benefits due to minor children, shall become eligible for benefits under this Section when he ceases to receive social security benefits due to ineligibility. The method of calculating such retirement benefits shall be on the same basis as provided in this Part.
B. Any member who is eligible for normal retirement at the time of his death, and who leaves a surviving spouse shall be deemed to have exercised Option 2 benefits on behalf of his surviving spouse, who shall be paid such benefits just as though the member had retired and elected Option 2 benefits prior to his death.
C. In the case of a death of a member occurring on or after January 1, 2007, while performing qualified military service, as defined in Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code, eligibility for survivor benefits under this Section shall be determined as if the member had resumed employment and then terminated employment on account of death. The retirement system will credit the member's qualified military service for vesting purposes and for eligibility computation purposes as though the member, if eligible to, had met the definition of employee under the retirement system and had resumed employment under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (Chapter 43 of Title 38, United States Code) immediately prior to the member's death. The time spent by the member in qualified military service shall not count for benefit accrual purposes (creditable service) but will count only for eligibility purposes under this Section.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6175 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2011, No. 354, §1, eff. July 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1966. Employee contributions

RS 11:1966 - Employee contributions
Each member of Plan B shall contribute an amount equal to a percentage of his monthly earnings from each and every payment of earnings, which contributions shall be credited to annuity savings fund B. The percentage shall be set by the board for each calendar year in a range from three percent to five percent and shall become effective as of the first payroll period reportable on the employee's W-2 for that year.
Acts 1989, No. 557, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6176 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2010, No. 996, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1971. Eligibility for normal retirement

RS 11:1971 - Eligibility for normal retirement
Any member of Plan C shall be eligible to retire if he has at least:
(1) Thirty years of creditable service, and is at least age fifty-five.
(2) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty.
(3) Seven years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty-five.
Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1972. Computation of normal retirement allowance

RS 11:1972 - Computation of normal retirement allowance
The monthly amount of the retirement allowance for any member of Plan C shall consist of an amount equal to two percent of the member's final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service provided that no retired employee shall receive less in retirement payments than the amount of his accumulated contributions at the date of retirement. Any balance remaining to his credit upon the retiree's death shall be paid to his designated beneficiary or estate.
Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1973. Eligibility for disability retirement

RS 11:1973 - Eligibility for disability retirement
A member of Plan C shall be eligible to retire and receive a disability benefit if he has at least five years of creditable service, is not eligible for normal retirement, and suffers disability.
Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1974. Computation of disability benefits

RS 11:1974 - Computation of disability benefits
A. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board.
B. The disability benefit shall be determined as follows:
(1) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member of Plan C shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he is eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive a disability benefit which shall consist of (a) an amount equal to two percent of the member's final compensation, multiplied by his years of creditable service; however, for computation purposes, such number of years shall not be considered to be less than fifteen or (b) a retirement benefit which would be payable assuming continued service to the age of sixty years using other current computation factors, whichever of (a) or (b) is less. In no event shall the benefit exceed one hundred percent of final compensation.
(2) Upon retirement caused by disability, a member of Plan C may select any of the optional modes of benefit payments provided by R.S. 11:1932. The computation of any optional benefit payment shall be based upon the option factors the system utilizes for normal retirement and the ages of the member and the option beneficiary, projected to the member's earliest normal retirement age assuming the member remained in continuous service until that time.
Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; 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)).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1975. Survivor benefits; eligibility

RS 11:1975 - Survivor benefits; eligibility
A. Any member of Plan C with ten or more years of creditable service and not eligible for normal retirement at the time of his death, who leaves a surviving spouse who is not eligible for social security survivorship or retirement benefits and who has been married to the member for not less than twelve months immediately preceding his death, shall be deemed to have exercised Option 2 benefits until he becomes eligible for social security survivorship or retirement benefits or until he remarries; however, no such benefits shall be paid until the surviving spouse attains the age of fifty. Any surviving spouse who meets the above qualifications, except for survivorship benefits due to minor children, shall become eligible for benefits under this Section when he ceases to receive social security benefits due to ineligibility. The method of calculating such retirement benefits shall be on the same basis as provided in this Part.
B. Any member of Plan C who is eligible for normal retirement at the time of his death, and who leaves a surviving spouse shall be deemed to have exercised Option 2 benefits on behalf of his surviving spouse, who shall be paid such benefits just as though the member had retired and elected Option 2 benefits prior to his death.
C. In the case of a death of a member occurring on or after January 1, 2007, while performing qualified military service, as defined in Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code, eligibility for survivor benefits under this Section shall be determined as if the member had resumed employment and then terminated employment on account of death. The retirement system will credit the member's qualified military service as service for vesting purposes and for eligibility computation purposes as though the member, if eligible to, had met the definition of employee under the retirement system and had resumed employment under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (Chapter 43 of Title 38, United States Code) immediately prior to the member's death. The time spent by the member in unqualified military service shall not count for benefit accrual purposes (creditable service) but will count only for eligibility purposes under this Section.
Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2011, No. 354, §1, eff. July 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1976. Employee contributions

RS 11:1976 - Employee contributions
Each member of Plan C shall contribute an amount equal to five percent of his monthly earnings from each and every payment of earnings, which contributions shall be credited to annuity savings fund C.
Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 695, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, No. 819, §1, eff. June 1, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1977. Employer contributions

RS 11:1977 - Employer contributions
Each participating employer of Plan C shall contribute an amount of each and every member's earnings equal to 5% of each and every member's earnings, of which 4.8% shall be credited to Pension Accumulation Fund C and .20% shall be credited to the expense fund, until such time as the first actuarial evaluation is conducted by the actuary and thereafter, in an amount determined in accordance with R.S. 11:103.
Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2032. Name and date of establishment

RS 11:2032 - Name and date of establishment
A. A retirement system is hereby established and placed under the management of the board of trustees for the purpose of providing retirement allowance and other benefits under the provisions of this Chapter for registrars of voters, their deputies, and their permanent employees in each parish. The retirement system so created shall be established as of the first day of January nineteen hundred and fifty-five.
B. It shall have the power and the privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the "Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement System" and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested and all of its cash and securities and other property held.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1652 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2033. Exemption from execution

RS 11:2033 - Exemption from execution
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, 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 Chapter, and the moneys in the various funds created by this Chapter are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, except as provided in R.S. 11:292, and shall be unassignable except as in this Chapter specifically otherwise provided.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §9; Acts 1986, No. 767, §4; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1653 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2034. Protection against fraud

RS 11:2034 - Protection against fraud
Any persons who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the parish jail not exceeding twelve months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall correct such error, and as far as practicable, shall adjust the payment in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §10; Redesignated rom R.S. 18:1654 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2035. Limitation of membership

RS 11:2035 - Limitation of membership
No other provisions of law in any other status which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the state of Louisiana for pensions or retirement benefits for employees of the several parishes or any parish of the state of Louisiana, their widows, or other dependents, shall apply to members or beneficiaries of the retirement system established by this Chapter, their widows or other dependents.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §11; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1655 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2165.1. Creation; application

RS 11:2165.1 - Creation; application
There is hereby created a second tier of benefits within this system for persons whose first employment making them eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013. The provisions of this Part shall be known as "Tier 2" of the system. The provisions of this Chapter applicable to persons whose first employment making them eligible for system membership occurred before January 1, 2013, shall be known as "Tier 1". Any other provisions of this Chapter or any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the retirement of such persons shall be governed by the provisions of this Part; however, if provisions of this Chapter applicable to the original plan cover matters not specifically addressed by the provisions of this Part or if any of the provisions of this Chapter are made applicable in this Part, then those provisions shall apply to members governed by this Part.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2165.2. Definitions

RS 11:2165.2 - Definitions
A. As used in this Part, the following terms have the meanings ascribed below unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:
(1) "Average compensation" shall mean the average annual earned compensation of an employee for any period of sixty successive or joined months of service as an employee during which earned compensation was the highest. In case of interruption of employment, the sixty-month period shall be computed by joining employment periods immediately preceding and succeeding the interruption.
(2) "Member" shall include persons who would be eligible for system membership pursuant to R.S. 11:2051 but whose first employment making them eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013.
B. Terms not specifically defined in this Section shall have the meanings provided in R.S. 11:2031 unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2165.3. Eligibility for membership

RS 11:2165.3 - Eligibility for membership
Each person who would be eligible for Tier 1 membership but whose first employment making him eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013, shall become a member of the Tier 2 of the system as a condition of employment.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2165.4. Eligibility for retirement

RS 11:2165.4 - Eligibility for retirement
A. A member upon withdrawal from service shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance which shall begin as of the date specified by the member in his application for the allowance but in no event before withdrawal from service if he has:
(1) Attained the age of sixty-two years and completed at least ten years of creditable service.
(2) Attained the age of sixty years and completed at least twenty years of creditable service.
(3) Attained the age of fifty-five years and completed at least thirty years of creditable service.
B. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to his attaining the age of sixty-two years, who shall have completed more than ten years of creditable service and shall not have received a refund of his accumulated contributions shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance beginning upon his attaining the age of sixty-two years of the amount earned and accrued at the date of withdrawal from service; provided that such benefits shall begin at age sixty if he has twenty or more years of creditable service; provided further that such benefits shall begin at age fifty-five if he has thirty or more years of creditable service.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2165.5. Annual amount of retirement allowance

RS 11:2165.5 - Annual amount of retirement allowance
A.(1) The annual amount of the retirement allowance for any member who upon retirement has less than thirty years of creditable service in this system shall be three percent of the average final compensation for each year of creditable service earned in a position covered by this system.
(2) The annual amount of the retirement allowance for any member who upon retirement has at least thirty years of creditable service, with at least twenty years of creditable service earned in a position covered by this system, shall be three and one-third percent of the average final compensation for each year of creditable service earned in a position covered by this system.
(3) Creditable service transferred to this system pursuant to R.S. 11:143 shall be governed by the provisions of that Section.
B. The benefits provided in this Section shall not exceed one hundred percent of average compensation.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 614, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2165.6. Disability retirement

RS 11:2165.6 - Disability retirement
A. Eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and procedures governing the restoration to active service of an employee who formerly had a disability are specifically provided for in Subpart E of Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle I of this Title.
B. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. The disability benefit shall be determined as follows:
(1) Upon retirement for disability, a member shall receive a retirement allowance if eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive a disability benefit which shall be the product of the retirement accrual rate as determined pursuant to R.S. 11:2072 multiplied by the member's average compensation further multiplied by service as determined to be the lesser of:
(a) Creditable service earned by the date of the disability application, but totaling not less than fifteen years.
(b) Projected continued service to age sixty-two.
(2) In no case shall the disability benefit provided herein exceed two-thirds of earnable compensation.
(3) Any amount received as a compensable wage or a lump sum settlement under the provisions of the workers' compensation laws shall be applied as an offset against benefits received under the provisions of this Subsection, pursuant to rules prescribed by the board. The board shall have complete discretion and the authority to determine the extent and application of the provisions of this Subsection.
(4) A member who qualifies for disability retirement benefits may select an Option 2 or 3 as specified in R.S. 11:2076 with his spouse as beneficiary. Such option factors shall be the same as those utilized for regular retirement and shall be based on the age that the member and spouse would have attained had the member survived, continued in service, and then retired on the earliest normal retirement date.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012; 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)).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2165.7. Application

RS 11:2165.7 - Application
The provisions of the applicable Tier 1 plan shall apply to Tier 2 for any matter on which this Part is silent. In case of any conflict between the provisions of Tier 1 and Tier 2, Tier 2 shall prevail.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2171. Creation of sheriffs' pension and relief fund; board of trustees a public corporation; domicile

RS 11:2171 - Creation of sheriffs' pension and relief fund; board of trustees a public corporation; domicile
There is created a sheriffs' pension and relief fund for each parish, and for the civil and criminal sheriffs for the parish of Orleans, and for their deputies. A public corporation is created, to be known as "the Board of Trustees of the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund," for the sheriffs and deputies throughout the state, and the civil and criminal sheriffs for the parish of Orleans, and their deputies. The corporation shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where all suits against it must be instituted, and shall be vested with the power to administer the fund, to sue and be sued, to buy and sell securities for investments of the surplus monies of the fund, and to allot disability payments and pensions as hereinafter set forth.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 53, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1451 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2172. Amendment of plan

RS 11:2172 - Amendment of plan
A. The provisions of the pension and relief fund established by R.S. 11:2171 through 2184 may be amended by action of the legislature in the same manner as any other statute may be amended by the legislature. In addition, action of the board with respect to the payment of cost-of-living adjustments, with respect to the payment of employee contributions, and with respect to actuarial assumptions, shall be considered amendments to the provisions of the pension and relief fund.
B. No amendment to this pension and relief fund shall operate to deprive any member of a benefit to which he is already entitled. In the case of any merger or consolidation with, or transfer of assets or liabilities to, any other pension and relief fund or retirement system, each member in the pension and relief fund would, if the pension and relief fund is then terminated, receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation, or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation, or transfer, if the pension and relief fund had then terminated.
C. Upon the termination or partial termination of the pension and relief fund or upon the discontinuance of contributions by the employer without formal termination of the pension and relief fund, the board of trustees shall re-value and re-determine the benefit of each member; and the entire benefit of each member may be paid or commence to be paid and distributed to such member, or in the case of his death before such distribution, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such member, or may be held until payment otherwise due under the provisions of the pension and relief fund. A member's right to his benefit is not conditioned upon a sufficiency of plan assets in the event of termination.
Acts 1990, No. 62, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1451.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.