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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3201. Separation from service

RS 11:3201 - Separation from service
A. In the event a member of the said fire department shall be laid off, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any cause for a period not exceeding ninety days, he shall continue during said lay-off periods to be entitled to the benefits of this Part.
B. If any member or members of said fire department shall be discharged from service for reasons of economy or reduction in the force due to no fault of said member and later shall be re-employed by the said fire department his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date he was discharged without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service, provided, however, that time lost under these conditions shall not count as time served on said fire department.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3202. Military service credit

RS 11:3202 - Military service credit
A.(1) 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.
(2) A member serving in the armed forces of the United States government, at his first opportunity to return to civilian life after the national emergency is over, must apply for re-employment with said fire department, and at the latest within 90 days after his release from military service.
(3) Voluntary enlistment and service in the armed forces of the United States during peace time shall not constitute service with said fire department.
B.(1) Time lost on account of sickness and fire department "service injury" shall constitute "service" in said fire department as used in this Part.
(2) "Service" in said fire department as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall also include any activity while on or off duty with a view toward saving life or property.
(3) Time served prior to July 20, 1952 in the active service of said fire department shall be considered as "service" in the said fire department for the retirement provisions of this Part and for the purposes of the ten-year period of service provisions of R.S. 11:3200(1) and (2).
(4) Time served as Volunteer Fireman prior to June 20, 1952 in the active service of said fire department shall be considered as "1/2 service" in said fire department for the retirement provisions of this Part and for the purposes of the ten-year period of service provisions of R.S. 11:3200(1) and (2), said volunteer time to be computed by the board of trustees.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3203. Member participation

RS 11:3203 - Member participation
That members of the said fire department, as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Act, shall constitute every man actively in the employ of said Fire Department of the City of Bossier City, including the operators of the fire alarm system as specified by the State Fire Underwriters who are paid by the said fire department.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §13 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3204. Authority to alienate property

RS 11:3204 - Authority to alienate property
The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bossier City, shall have, and the same is hereby granted unto them, full power and authority to sell, mortgage, lease, let or otherwise alienate or dispose of any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which is now in the possession of or belongs to or shall become the property or come into the possession of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bossier City and/or of the Board of Trustees thereof.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3205. Bossier City; exemption from taxation and judicial action

RS 11:3205 - Bossier City; exemption from taxation and judicial action
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, to the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself, and to any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person who is a member of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Bossier City, and the monies in the various funds of the pension and relief fund, 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 is specifically otherwise provided.
Acts 1993, No. 316, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3221. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Houma; creation

RS 11:3221 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Houma; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Houma, Louisiana, and a public corporation to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma, Louisiana, which corporation shall be vested with the power to administer the fund herein provided for, to sue and be sued, to buy and sell securities for investment of the surplus monies of said fund, to allot disability payments and pensions as hereinafter set forth, to employ necessary clerical and professional services and fix the compensation of same.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3222. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3222 - Composition of the fund
From July 2, 1973, all funds, monies, proceeds, and revenues hereafter provided for shall constitute and be "The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma, Louisiana", for the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and/or retired members of the fire department of the city of Houma, Louisiana, and their widows and/or orphans.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §3 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)).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3223. Control and management

RS 11:3223 - Control and management
The fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by the board of trustees herein provided for.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3224. Board of trustees; composition

RS 11:3224 - Board of trustees; composition
A. The board of trustees shall be composed of seven members, consisting of the president of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, or his appointee, who shall be chairman of the board, a representative of the parish accounting department, a representative of the parish council to be appointed by said council, and four active members of the department, who shall not be above the rank of district chief when elected or reelected and who shall be elected by the active fire department personnel by election conducted within the fire department, by secret ballot, with the first election to be on the first Monday in September, 1973. The elected members shall be elected for a two-year term. The board of trustees shall elect one of its members to serve as vice chairman and another member to serve as secretary-treasurer of the board. In the case of a vacancy on the board of trustees from among the members of the fire department on said board, said vacancy shall be filled by an election conducted as herein provided within sixty days of the creation of such vacancy.
B. At such times as the number of retirees outnumber the number of active members of the fire department, then the retirees shall be allowed to serve on the board of trustees and the retirees shall be allowed to vote in the board elections.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3225. Members from fire departments; qualification; physical examination

RS 11:3225 - Members from fire departments; qualification; physical examination
Immediately after July 2, 1973 the board of trustees shall cause any member it so chooses of the fire department to be examined by a physician selected and paid for by the board. Only those firemen requested by the board to be examined and whom said physician certifies to the board as being both physically and mentally fully qualified to completely fulfill the duties of a fire fighter shall become members of the pension and relief fund. Such medical examination shall be of a full and complete nature and any fireman who fails to so qualify shall not be entitled to benefits hereunder but may remain a member of any other pension, retirement, or disability fund as to which he is presently a member. All such medical examinations shall be concluded within three months of July 2, 1973 and of those persons examined, both the names of those who qualify and those who do not qualify will be made a part of the permanent records of the board. All new employees of the fire department, before being entitled to benefits hereunder shall be likewise certified.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3226. Board of trustees; duties; meetings

RS 11:3226 - Board of trustees; duties; meetings
A. The board of trustees shall have exclusive control and management of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund and shall make all necessary and pertinent rules and regulations for the proper administration of said fund; shall hear and decide on all applications for benefits under this fund. All rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees shall, within thirty days after their adoption, be posted on the bulletin boards provided for that purpose in each of the fire houses located within the city limits of the city of Houma, Louisiana.
B. The 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. Four members shall constitute a quorum.
C. 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 conduct of the business of the fund under the provisions of the law.
(2) Retain such legal, medical, clerical or other services as may be necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the fund, and make compensation for such services.
(3) Cause such amounts as may be set forth in the law to be deducted from the salaries of the active participants in the fund, and be 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 cause same to be collected through the proper local agency.
(5) Cause the examination of every disability pensioner or beneficiary as often as the board deems necessary, but at least once a year.
(6) Keep all necessary records of its meetings and proceedings.
(7) Annually, at the close of the fiscal year, cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the fund; prepared by an independent certified public accountant, showing number of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received and present condition and manner of investment of said fund.
(8) Keep a book to be known as the List of Retired Firemen. This book shall give a full and complete record of the action of the board of trustees in retiring or pensioning all persons under this Part, showing the names, date of entering the service of said fire department, date or removal from active service, and the reason for such action.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §§6, 7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3227. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 11:3227 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:
(1) All rewards, gifts or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said fire department, except when given to an individual member or given to endow a medal or other permanent award, shall be paid into the pension and relief fund.
(2) A sum equal to the amount which the city of Houma receives from the state treasurer as a tax on foreign fire insurers as presently provided for in R.S. 22:343-349, as same may be revised or otherwise provided for by the laws of Louisiana; said monies to be paid over by the city of Houma to the fund within thirty days after receipt thereof. The city of Houma shall take all action necessary to implement receipt of such funds.
(3) Eight percent of the gross salary of all employees of said fire department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into said fund.
(4) The city of Houma or the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, or both, are authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of their annual revenues to the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum equal to nine percent of the gross salary of all employees of said fire department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund, said payment to be paid into said fund monthly.
(5) The city of Houma shall pay out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of the city of Houma into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma annually, at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equivalent to the amount of such deficit as may result, occur or appear in the operation of said fund for the preceding year at the close of such fiscal year, considering the receipts and revenues accruing for such year to the said fund under Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section as against disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund.
Designated from Acts 1990, No. 443, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3228. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 11:3228 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment
The board of trustees may at any time, after considering the probable current demands upon such fund, determine what portion of said fund may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes, and having so determined, invest the same in the manner hereinafter authorized, and all proceedings of the board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. Investment shall be made with exercise of that judgment and care under circumstances then prevailing which men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation, but for investment, considering the probable safety of their capital, as well as the probable income to be derived. In no case shall more than twenty percent of the total investments of the system assets consist of any stock, including common or preferred, or corporate shares of any kind. All income from such investment shall be and become a part of said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. All such securities or instruments of investment shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees and the receipt therefor filed in the record books.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3229. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3229 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the board of trustees to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied upon, by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, injunction, writ, order, decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court of this state, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debts, damage, demand, claim, judgment or decree against any beneficiary of such fund, but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be kept, held, and distributed solely for the purposes named in this Part and for no other purposes whatsoever.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3230. Payments to be reduced when fund is insufficient

RS 11:3230 - Payments to be reduced when fund is insufficient
If, at any time, there shall not be sufficient funds in such Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund subject to disbursements to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof the full amount per month as herein provided, then such monthly payment or payments shall be made pro rata to each beneficiary until the said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to resume payment in full to each of said beneficiaries. Deficits to each beneficiary shall be paid when said fund has been replenished sufficiently to make these back payments.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §11 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3231. Transfer from another plan

RS 11:3231 - Transfer from another plan
All employees who are secured benefits under the provisions of this plan shall, on July 2, 1973, thenceforth and immediately thereupon cease to be eligible for benefits under any other municipal pension and relief and/or retirement plan and, on July 2, 1973, all funds and monies which have heretofore been paid into any pension and relief and/or retirement fund or plan and particularly the Municipal and Parochial Employees Retirement Plan, by any employee who thereupon becomes subject to benefits under this plan shall immediately be transferred into this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund hereby created and the responsible fiscal officer for any such fund shall immediately take appropriate steps to transfer such funds or monies to this plan.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3233. Separation from service

RS 11:3233 - Separation from service
A. In the event a member of the fire department becomes separated from the service of said fire department before being eligible for benefits under this fund after September 7, 1990, his salary deductions shall be returned to him within ninety days of his request to return said salary deductions. A member of the fire department separated from service of the fire department before September 7, 1990, shall not have his salary deductions returned to him.
B. In the event a member of the fire department shall be laid off, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any cause for a period not exceeding ninety days, he shall continue during said layoff periods to be entitled to the benefits of this Part.
C. If any member or members of the fire department shall be discharged from the service for reasons of economy or reduction in the force due to no fault of said member and later shall be reemployed by the fire department, his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date he was discharged without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service, but time lost under these conditions shall not count as time served on said fire department.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3234. Military service credit

RS 11:3234 - Military service credit
A. Time served in the military service of the United States to fulfill military obligation shall be credited as "time served" for retirement benefits. Any voluntary reenlistment time shall not be credited and, upon such reenlistment, all rights hereunder shall be forfeited. Obligatory time served in military service must interrupt the members employment with the fire department in order to be credited.
B. "Active service in the fire department" shall also include any activity while off duty in an attempt toward saving life or property.
C. Time served in the active fire service of the city of Houma prior to July 2, 1973, shall be credited to a member who is presently in active service for purposes of benefits.
D. Certain members of the fire department in active service on July 2, 1972, will be unable to complete twenty years of service prior to the age of sixty-five. Notwithstanding such fact, such members who are in active service, and their beneficiaries on July 2, 1972, shall be entitled to benefits upon retirement at age sixty-five according to the following formula: The years of actual service upon retirement, rounded up to the next full year, shall be used as a numerator of a fraction with twenty as the denominator and this fraction shall be multiplied by the benefits which the member or his survivors would have otherwise been entitled to under this Part and the result shall constitute the benefits due the member or his survivors.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §16, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3235. Member participation

RS 11:3235 - Member participation
Members of the said fire department, as used in this Part shall constitute every man actively in the employ of said fire department of the City of Houma and who is qualified under the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service System of the City of Houma, Louisiana.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3236. Authority to alienate property

RS 11:3236 - Authority to alienate property
The board of trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma shall have, and the same is hereby granted unto them, full power and authority to sell, mortgage, lease, let or otherwise alienate or dispose of any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which is now in the possession of or belongs to or shall become the property or come into the possession of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Houma, Louisiana, and/or of the board of trustees thereof in furthering the requirements and purposes of this Part.
Designated from Acts 1973, No. 139, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3281. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Lafayette; creation

RS 11:3281 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Lafayette; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Lafayette, and a board of directors, to administer and disburse the fund, in order to provide for the pensioning of members with disabilities, the widows, minor children, and mothers and fathers of deceased members and to permit the retirement and pensioning of members after the required length of service, all as is hereinafter provided.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2130 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)).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3282. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3282 - Composition of the fund
From the date this Part becomes effective, the funds, proceeds, and revenues hereinafter provided for shall constitute the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Lafayette to be used for the purposes set forth in R.S. 11:3281 hereof and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2131 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3283. Control and management

RS 11:3283 - Control and management
The fund shall be under the control and management of and shall be administered by a board of directors composed as hereinafter set forth.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2132 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3284. Board of directors; composition

RS 11:3284 - Board of directors; composition
The said board of directors shall be composed of nine members, as follows:
(a) The mayor, or the chief executive of the city.
(b) The director of administration, or finance officer of said city, who shall be the treasurer thereof.
(c) Five active members of the fire department of the city of Lafayette, each of whom must be a member of the fund and who must have served at least one year in said department before he is eligible to serve on the board. The five members shall be elected by the fire department as hereinafter set forth, one of whom shall be designated as secretary of the board.
(d) Two members elected from the rank of the retired members of the fire department. Only those members of the board elected or appointed from the active rank of the department shall have the right to vote on any proposal to increase the assessment levied against the salary of each member of the fire force as provided by Section 9 of this Act.
(e) The president, vice 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.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2133 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3285. Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote

RS 11:3285 - Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote
A. The five members to be selected from the fire department to serve on the board of directors shall be elected by secret ballot of the active members of the fire department. No fireman shall be eligible to vote unless he is a member of the fire department, and is participating in the fund at the time of the election. The elections shall be held every two years, during the same month that the first election was held.
B. The vice president of the board of directors shall call the election and shall provide for the manner in which it shall be conducted. In case of a vacancy on the board of directors, a special election shall be called to fill such vacancy by the vice president of the board within a period of thirty days after the vacancy occurs.
C. All members of the board of directors shall serve until the end of the term for which they are elected, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2134 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3286. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 11:3286 - Treasurer; duties; bond
The director of administration of the city of Lafayette, shall be the treasurer of said board of directors and custodian of all funds belonging to the fund. He shall deposit the funds in such depositories as are designated by the board and shall disburse funds belonging to the fund only upon warrant of the secretary of the board, countersigned by the president thereof. The official bond of said director of administration shall be security for the faithful performance, by the director of administration, of his duties as treasurer of the board of directors, or in lieu thereof he may furnish a valid surety bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars. In that event, the premium for the bond shall be paid out of the fund.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2135 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3287. Board of directors; duties; meetings

RS 11:3287 - Board of directors; duties; meetings
A. The board of directors shall have control and management of the fund and shall make rules and regulations for the proper administration of said funds not in conflict with the provisions of this Part. The board of directors 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 the board itself, or upon appeal to the court.
B. The board shall meet at least quarterly and a special meeting shall be called on forty-eight hour notice by the president at the request of any three members. Any four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all business.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2136 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3289. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city of Lafayette

RS 11:3289 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city of Lafayette
The fund shall consist of the following:
(1) The percentage of the salary hereinafter set forth of the employees of the fire department, who have been employed by the fire department and who are participating in the fund, shall be paid into the fund. Until November 1, 1975, there shall be deducted from the respective salaries, including overtime and supplemental pay, of all employees of the fire department, the amount of six percent of salary. Effective November 1, 1975, the amount of ten percent of the said salaries, including overtime and supplemental pay shall be deducted. The deductions shall be paid semimonthly into the fund by the director of administration of the city of Lafayette. Any employee who joins the fire department and after attaining the age of thirty-four years shall not be eligible for participation in the fund.
(2) Until November 1, 1975, the city of Lafayette shall budget, appropriate and pay semimonthly to the fund an amount equal to six percent of the respective salaries, including overtime and supplemental pay, of all employees of the fire department. Effective November 1, 1975, the city of Lafayette shall budget, appropriate and pay semimonthly to the fund an amount equal to ten percent of the respective salaries, including overtime and supplemental pay of all employees of the fire department.
(3) In the event that benefits are due to firemen or their survivors under the provisions of this Part, and there are not sufficient funds to pay such benefits, the city of Lafayette shall budget, appropriate, and pay to the fund an amount equal to the total sum of benefits actually due the firemen or their survivors hereunder, said sums to be paid to the fund by the city semimonthly.
(4) The city of Lafayette shall pay to the fund all money received by it from the state of Louisiana as its part of the tax on fire insurance premiums of foreign insurance companies or from any other insurance contributions, or which is otherwise paid to the city by the state of Louisiana in connection with fire insurance. If the city, for any reason, does not pay such receipts to the fund, then the city of Lafayette shall appropriate and pay to the fund an amount equal to the fund received from the state as aforesaid. In such event, the city shall appropriate and pay to the fund annually an amount equal to the total of the last amount received by the city from the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2138 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3290. Salary deductions paid into the fund for certain members

RS 11:3290 - Salary deductions paid into the fund for certain members
A. Members of the fund employed by the Lafayette Fire Department before August 1, 1975, having served continuously and actively therein for a period of twenty-five years shall have ten percent of their salary deducted and contributed to the fund, with this percentage rate of deduction and contribution reduced by two percentage points a year for each year of active and continuous employment by the Lafayette Fire Department after twenty-five years until such time as the contribution percentage reaches zero. Once the contribution percentage has been reduced to zero it shall not thereafter be increased as long as the member or participant is employed by the Lafayette Fire Department.
B. Members of the fund employed by the Lafayette Fire Department on or after August 1, 1975, having served continuously and actively therein for a period of twenty-seven years shall have ten percent of their salary deducted and contributed to the fund, with this percentage rate of deduction and contribution reduced by three and one-third percentage points a year for each year of active and continuous employment by the Lafayette Fire Department after twenty-seven years until such time as the contribution percentage reaches zero. Once the contribution percentage has been reduced to zero it shall not thereafter be increased as long as the member or participant is employed by the Lafayette Fire Department.
C. The reduction in contributions to the fund by members of the fund as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section shall not result in the reduction of contributions by the city of Lafayette on behalf of such members whose contributions are reduced and the contributions by the city of Lafayette on behalf of such members shall be made and calculated without regard to this Section.
D. Members of the fund who are eligible for a reduction of contributions as of July 1, 1990, shall immediately upon adoption of this provision have their percentage of contributions to the fund reduced in accordance with the provision contained in Subsection A of this Section based on their service with the Lafayette Fire Department.
Acts 1990, No. 475, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2138.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
{{NOTE: ACTS 1990, NO. 475, §2 PROVIDES THAT THE ACT IS EFFECTIVE UPON APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3292. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3292 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
No portion of the fund shall before or after the order for distribution is issued by the board of directors to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, or levied upon, by virtue of 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 purpose other than those provided for in this Part. No present or future revision or amendments to the fund shall have the effect of reducing any benefit now in existence.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2140 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3292.1. Exemption from state income tax

RS 11:3292.1 - Exemption from state income tax
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 this Part shall be exempt from any state income tax.
Acts 1991, No. 218, §1. Redesignated from R.S. 33:2140.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3295. Separation from service

RS 11:3295 - Separation from service
A. If any member of the fund is discharged from service for reasons of economy or reduction in force due to no fault of said member and later reemployed by the fire department, his right 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 service with the limitation, however, such leave shall not exceed a period of four years. If the period of absence exceeds four years, all rights and privileges under this Part shall terminate.
B. If benefits are awarded to any member, widow, or minor children under the provisions of this Part, during a period of absence, the amount of benefits to be paid shall be determined by the board of directors. All members shall be entitled to all benefits in this Part even though becoming entitled thereto during a period of leave of absence, however, such leave of absence shall not exceed one year. A leave of absence of more than one year shall ipso facto terminate any rights to benefits under this Part during the period of such leave or relative to any circumstance or event occurring during that period of absence.
C. If any member of the fund is discharged from service for any reason or he voluntarily resigns, the member shall receive all funds which he has paid into the fund, upon request.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2142 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3297. Member participation

RS 11:3297 - Member participation
No fireman shall be eligible to participate in any of the benefits of this Part or to vote on any matter arising hereunder, unless he is participating or has satisfactorily completed participation in the fund herein referred to by making the contributions hereinabove set forth and provided for in this Part.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2144 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3298. Computation of length of service

RS 11:3298 - Computation of length of service
The length of service for retirement or disability benefits under this Part shall commence on the first day of employment by the fire department and shall terminate on the date of retirement, unless otherwise provided by this Part.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2145 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3299. Violations; penalties

RS 11:3299 - Violations; penalties
Whoever willfully violates any provision of this Act shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not longer than one year, or both.
Acts 1976, No. 615, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2146 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3300. Exemption from state income tax

RS 11:3300 - Exemption from state income tax
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 this Part shall be exempt from any state income tax.
Acts 1991, No. 218, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2140.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §5, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3311. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Lake Charles; creation

RS 11:3311 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Lake Charles; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Lake Charles, and a Board of Directors, to administer and disburse said fund, in order to provide for the pensioning of members of the Fire Department, the widows and minor children or the dependent mothers and fathers of the deceased members of said Fire Department, and to permit the retirement and pensioning of members of said Fire Department after the required length of service, all as is hereinafter provided.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3312. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3312 - Composition of the fund
That from July 26, 1944 the Funds, proceeds, and revenues hereinafter provided for shall constitute the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Lake Charles to be used for the purposes set forth in R.S. 11:3311 hereof, and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3313. Control and management

RS 11:3313 - Control and management
That said fund shall be under the control and management of and shall be administered by, a Board of Directors composed as hereinafter set forth.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3314. Board of directors; composition

RS 11:3314 - Board of directors; composition
A. The said board of directors above mentioned shall be composed of eight members as follows:
(1) The Mayor of the City of Lake Charles
(2) The Director of Finance of the City of Lake Charles
(3) The City Attorney of the City of Lake Charles
(4) Five members of the Fire Department of the City of Lake Charles, who must have served at least three years in said department before they shall be eligible to membership on said Board.
B. The five members from the fire department shall be selected by a secret ballot of its members. The term of the members elected from the fire department shall be two years. The first election shall be held within fifteen days after July 26, 1944 and an election shall be held every two years thereafter.
C. The officers of the Lake Charles Fire Fighters Association shall call each said election and shall prescribe any additional rules, not contrary to the provisions of this Part for the conduct of each said election. In case of a vacancy on the board of directors among the members who have been elected from the fire department, a special election shall be called by the officers of the Lake Charles Fire Fighters Association within sixty days after the vacancy occurs, to fill the said vacancy, by secret ballot of the members of the said fire department.
D. For the purpose of this Section "members" includes all members of the fire department who are active or on pension, either for retirement or disability.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3315. Election of officers; term

RS 11:3315 - Election of officers; term
The President and Secretary of the board of directors 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 1944, No. 186, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3316. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 11:3316 - Treasurer; duties; bond
The said Commissioner of Finance of the City of Lake Charles shall be the Treasurer of said board of directors 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 Commissioner of Finance shall be security for the faithful performance, by said Commissioner of Finance, of his duties as Treasurer of the said board of directors 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 1944, No. 186, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3318. Secretary; duties; powers

RS 11:3318 - Secretary; duties; powers
The secretary of the said board of directors shall keep in books provided for the purpose, a full and complete record of all proceedings of the board of directors, 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, keep minutes of all of its meetings, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the board of directors, 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 1944, No. 186, §8(1) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3320. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 11:3320 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment
The said board of directors 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 Lake Charles. 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 Lake Charles and its receipt therefor filed with the Secretary.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.