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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3471. Payment reduced when fund is insufficient

RS 11:3471 - Payment reduced when fund is insufficient
That if at any time there shall not be sufficient Funds in such Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund subject to disbursement to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof the full amount per month as herein provided, then such monthly payment or payments shall be made pro rata to each beneficiary until the said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to resume payment in full to each of said beneficiaries.
Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §11 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3472. Transfer from other plan

RS 11:3472 - Transfer from other plan
That all municipal employees who are secured benefits under the provisions of this plan and who are also entitled to benefits from any other pension plan maintained by the City of West Monroe are hereby given the option of either remaining under the presently existing plan or being included under the provisions of this plan. Said option must be exercised by advising the fiscal officer of the City of West Monroe of the employee's election within three months of July 27, 1966. If an employee elects to be covered by the provisions of this Part, all funds and monies which have heretofore been paid into any other pension and relief and/or retirement fund or plan of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana by the employee electing this plan, shall immediately be transferred into this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund hereby created and the responsible fiscal officer for any such fund shall immediately take appropriate steps to transfer such funds or monies to this plan.
Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3474. Separation from service

RS 11:3474 - Separation from service
A. In the event a member of the said Fire Department shall be laid off, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any cause for a period not exceeding ninety days, he shall continue during said lay-off periods to be entitled to the benefits of this Part.
B. If any member or members of the said Fire Department should be discharged from the service for reasons of economy or reduction in the force due to no fault of said member and later should be reemployed by the said Fire Department, his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date he was discharged, without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service.
Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3475. Military service credit

RS 11:3475 - Military service credit
A. Time served in the service of the United States Government during time of a war declared as such by Congress and occurring during and not before the time a member has actually been employed as a fireman shall constitute "service" in the Department as used herein.
B. "Service" in said Fire Department as used in this Part shall also include any activity while on or off duty with view to saving life or property.
Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3476. Member participation

RS 11:3476 - Member participation
Members of the said Fire Department as used in this Act shall consist of every man actively in the employ of said Fire Department of the City of West Monroe, including the operators of fire alarm system as specified by the State Fire Underwriters who are paid by the said Fire Department.
Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3477. Authority to alienate property

RS 11:3477 - Authority to alienate property
The board of trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of West Monroe, shall have, and the same is hereby granted full power and authority to sell, mortgage, lease, let or otherwise alienate or dispose of any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which is now in the possession of or belongs to or shall become the property of or come into the possession of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of West Monroe and/or the board of trustees thereof.
Designated from Acts 1966, No. 56, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3502. Appropriation of fund

RS 11:3502 - Appropriation of fund
A. If the municipality has more than fifty thousand inhabitants, it shall set aside for the fund, twenty percent of all fines collected by its municipal courts for the infraction of municipal ordinances and ten percent of the money collected for licenses, privilege taxes, or permits for the sale of beverages containing alcohol. The municipality shall appropriate and pay out of its general alimony taxes, into the fund, annually at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equal to any deficit which occurs in the operation of the fund for the preceding year.
B. If the municipality has a population of fifty thousand or less, it shall set aside for the fund, twenty-five percent of the fines collected by its municipal courts for the infraction of municipal ordinances and twenty percent of the money collected for licenses, privilege taxes, or permits for the sale of beverages containing alcohol. The municipality shall appropriate and pay out of its general alimony taxes, into the fund, annually at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equal to any deficit which occurs in the operation of the fund for the preceding year.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 246, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2222 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3503. Fund not to be commingled

RS 11:3503 - Fund not to be commingled
All funds derived and held or invested under the provisions of this Subpart shall be administered as a sacred trust for the sole purposes stated in this Subpart and at no time commingled or combined with any other fund.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2223 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3504. Board of trustees; members

RS 11:3504 - Board of trustees; members
A.(1) If the municipality has more than fifty thousand inhabitants the mayor, commissioner of public safety, superintendent of the police department, city comptroller, and four members of the police department, elected by a majority vote of the members of the department, shall constitute a board of trustees for the fund. The mayor shall be president of the board.
(2) The city comptroller shall be treasurer. One of the members elected from the police department shall be elected secretary.
B. If the municipality has a population of fifty thousand or less, the commissioner of public safety, superintendent or chief of police or city marshal, city attorney, a member elected from membership of the police department by majority vote, and the city clerk shall constitute a board of trustees for the fund. The commissioner of safety shall be president of the board; the city clerk shall be secretary-treasurer of the board, and shall keep all records, etc., without additional compensation.
C. In those municipalities where the officers are not designated by the above titles, the board shall be composed of the officers occupying the positions corresponding to those titles.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2224 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3505. Management of fund; salary deductions; authority of board; meetings

RS 11:3505 - Management of fund; salary deductions; authority of board; meetings
A. The board shall have charge of the fund. The board shall assess each member of the police department an amount not to exceed six percent of his salary and shall be deducted monthly. This assessment is to be deposited by the treasurer of the fund in a depository chosen by the board and subject to the orders of the board.
B. The board shall make regulations for its government and hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions under this Subpart; its decision on applications shall be final and conclusive and not subject to review or reversal except by the board. The board shall keep a record of all its meetings and proceedings. The board shall meet at least once every three months and when called by the president or secretary.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Acts 1981, No. 320, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2225(A)(1) and (B) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3506. Duties of treasurer; salary; bond

RS 11:3506 - Duties of treasurer; salary; bond
A. The treasurer of the board shall be the custodian of the fund and keep his books and accounts in the manner prescribed by the board. The books and accounts shall be subject to the inspection of a member of the board at any time. The treasurer shall deposit all money in the bank selected by the board. Upon the expiration of the treasurer's term of office, he shall deliver to his successor all unexpended money and all property which has come into his keeping as treasurer.
B. The treasurer in a municipality of over fifty thousand shall receive a salary to be fixed by the board, not to exceed twenty dollars a month.
C. The treasurer shall, within ten days after his appointment, execute a bond to the board with good and sufficient sureties in the sum directed by the board for the faithful performance of his office. The bond shall be filed in the office of the board and in case of its breach, suit may be brought on the bond in the name of the board or any person injured by the breach. In a municipality having a population of fifty thousand or less, the premium for the bond shall be paid by authorization of the board.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2226 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3507. Deposit of money collected for fund

RS 11:3507 - Deposit of money collected for fund
Not later than fifteen days after the close of the fiscal year, if the municipality has a population of more than fifty thousand, or not later than thirty days after the close of the fiscal year, if the municipality has a population of fifty thousand or less, the treasurer of the board shall deposit to the credit of the fund, in the bank designated by the board, the amounts prescribed in R.S. 11:3502 and all money collected under this Subpart and turned into the municipal treasury during the preceding year.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2227 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3508. Property for benefit of fund; minimum fund required before disbursements can be made

RS 11:3508 - Property for benefit of fund; minimum fund required before disbursements can be made
A. The board may receive property of any nature for the benefit of the fund.
B. If the municipality has a population of over fifty thousand, the sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be retained as a permanent fund. No pension shall be paid or money drawn from the fund until the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, over and above the fifty thousand dollars held as a permanent fund is to the fund's credit.
C. If the municipality has a population of over fifteen thousand, but not exceeding fifty thousand, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars shall be retained as a permanent fund. No pension shall be paid or money drawn from the fund until the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, above the fifteen thousand dollars held as a permanent fund, is to the fund's credit.
D. If the municipality has a population of fifteen thousand, or less, the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars shall be retained as a permanent fund. No pension shall be paid or money drawn from the fund until the sum of one thousand dollars, above the seventy-five hundred dollars held as a permanent fund, is to the fund's credit.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 247, §1; Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2228 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3509. Investment of fund

RS 11:3509 - Investment of fund
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the board may invest the permanent fund or any portion thereof in the name of the "Board of Trustees of the Police Pension and Relief Fund" in interest-bearing bonds or securities issued or backed by the United States, the state of Louisiana, or the municipality in which the board is located or in certificates of deposit in banks of the United States or the state of Louisiana. All securities shall be deposited with the treasurer, subject to the orders of the board.
B. The board of trustees of the police pension and relief fund for the city of Bossier City may invest the permanent fund or any portion thereof in the name of the "Board of Trustees of the Police Pension and Relief Fund" as provided in R.S. 33:2955.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Acts 1985, No. 90, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2229 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2019, No. 22, §1, eff. June 30, 2019.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3510. Money available for pensions

RS 11:3510 - Money available for pensions
The interest received from the investments after the fund has reached fifty thousand dollars or fifteen thousand dollars, as the case may be, and all money received from any source, shall be applicable to the payment of pensions and relief under this Subpart.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2230 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3511. Disbursement upon warrants

RS 11:3511 - Disbursement upon warrants
Money shall be paid by the treasurer from the fund only upon warrants signed by the president and counter-signed by the secretary. No warrant shall be drawn except by order of the board.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2231 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3512. Annual financial report

RS 11:3512 - Annual financial report
The condition of the fund shall be reported to the governing authority of the municipality by the board's secretary every January.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2232 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3513. Fund not subject to execution

RS 11:3513 - Fund not subject to execution
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, the fund, or any portion thereof, before or after an order for its distribution is issued, shall be exempt from assignment or pledge by a beneficiary of the fund or from seizure by virtue of any judicial process issued against the beneficiary.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2233 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 › §11:3514. Retirement for disability or length of service; benefit payments

RS 11:3514 - Retirement for disability or length of service; benefit payments
A. The board shall retire from service in the police department any member of the department found by a majority vote of the board to have acquired a permanent or temporary physical or mental disability while in the performance of his duties, as determined by the report of the department physician, and shall place the retired member on the pension or relief roll.
B. Upon written request any member of the department who has performed twenty years of service in the department, without regard to the age at which the member may have initially been appointed to the police department, also shall be retired and placed under pension or relief roll. In addition, any member of the department who has performed at least eighteen consecutive years of service in the department and has reached sixty-five years of age, upon his application and request therefor, shall be eligible for retirement and be placed on the pension or relief roll. The amount of the pension or relief shall be two-thirds of the highest average monthly salary for any continuous twelve month period of time worked prior to retirement, but shall not be less than one hundred dollars per month.
C. Pensions or relief provided for by this Section shall be paid in monthly installments to persons entitled thereto, except that in the case of any mentally incapacitated member, the pension or relief shall be paid monthly to his legal representative.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 245, §1; Acts 1954, No. 416, §1; Acts 1956, No. 137, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1966, No. 148, §1; Acts 1972, No. 495, §1; Acts 1974, No. 219, §2; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2234(A), (B), and (D) 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 › §11:3515. Examination of member with a disability; resumption of duty

RS 11:3515 - Examination of member with a disability; resumption of duty
A. A member of the police department retired because of disability received while in the performance of his duty shall submit to examination by the department physician every six months.
B. The department physician shall report his findings to the board, which shall remove the member from the disability list if the report of the physician shows that he no longer has a disability. When the report shows that the member no longer has a disability and can resume his duties as a police officer, the department head shall restore him to employment in the department with the rank and grade enjoyed at the time of his removal from service.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2235 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 › §11:3517. Rights of members employed before July 28, 1948

RS 11:3517 - Rights of members employed before July 28, 1948
R.S. 11:3514 and 3516 shall not affect the rights acquired by members of police departments employed prior to 12 o'clock noon, July 28, 1948, and shall not affect their right to retirement after twenty years of service, and employees of police departments of municipalities coming under this law by reason of population increases shall have the same benefits granted herein if such employees were employed prior to 12 o'clock noon, July 28, 1948.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 50, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2237 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3518. Funeral expenses

RS 11:3518 - Funeral expenses
Whenever an active or retired officer dies, the board shall appropriate from the fund the sum of one hundred dollars toward funeral expenses.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2238 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3519. Filing names of persons entitled to death benefits

RS 11:3519 - Filing names of persons entitled to death benefits
Every member of the department shall file with the secretary of the board the name of any beneficiary to whom death benefits shall be paid and his relation to the member.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2239 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3520. Eligibility for appointment to department; physical examination

RS 11:3520 - Eligibility for appointment to department; physical examination
A. Persons eligible for first appointment to the police department shall be between the ages of twenty-one and forty years at the time of such original appointment, and shall be subject to reemployment after the age of thirty-five years. No person shall be employed in the department without first submitting to a physical examination by the municipal physician. If not pronounced physically fit by the physician the applicant shall not under any conditions be eligible for benefits from the fund. The physician shall make a written report of each applicant examined to the commissioner of public safety and to the board immediately upon examination.
B. Persons eligible for first appointment to the police department shall be between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years at the time of such original appointment, and shall be subject to reemployment after the age of thirty-five years. No person shall be employed in the department without first submitting to a physical examination by the municipal physician. If not pronounced physically fit by the physician the applicant shall not under any conditions be eligible for benefits from the fund. The physician shall make a written report of each applicant examined to the commissioner of public safety and to the board immediately upon examination.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 248, §1; Acts 1968, No. 411, §1; Acts 1970, No. 638, §§1, 2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2240 and R.S. 33:2240.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3521. Credit for military service

RS 11:3521 - Credit for military service
All wartime military service for the United States government during World War II, not to exceed three years, whether rendered prior to or after the commencement of employment in the police department, shall be deemed to constitute and shall be credited as service as used in this Subpart. Provided, however, that with respect to the cities of Minden, Monroe, Natchitoches, Rayne, Shreveport, and Springhill and the pertinent municipalities within Jefferson Parish, only such wartime service as shall be rendered after the commencement of employment in the police department shall be deemed to constitute and be credited as service as used in this Subpart. Provided further, that with respect to the cities of Ruston, Franklin, Lafayette and Opelousas, any military service for the United States government, whether or not such service was during wartime, not to exceed three years, whether rendered prior to or after the commencement of employment in the police department, shall be deemed to constitute and shall be credited as service as used in this Subpart. Provided further, that in order to obtain such credit the member shall pay to the system both the present employee and employer contributions based on the member's present salary plus five percent interest compounded annually, from the date of service until paid, but in no event shall the employee and employer contribution be less than a total of fourteen percent of the member's present salary.
Amended by Acts 1967, No. 45, §1; Acts 1968, No. 312, §1; Acts 1968, No. 347, §1; Acts 1970, No. 359, §1; Acts 1970, No. 418, §1; Acts 1971, No. 66, §1; Acts 1971, No. 67, §1; Acts 1974, No. 219, §1; Acts 1977, No. 559, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2241 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3522. Penalty for violations

RS 11:3522 - Penalty for violations
Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Subpart shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not longer than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. The court of original and unlimited jurisdiction in civil suits shall have jurisdiction of offenses defined by this Subpart.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2242 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3541. Special tax; population between 10,000 and 70,000

RS 11:3541 - Special tax; population between 10,000 and 70,000
In municipalities having a population between 10,000 and 70,000 in addition to any other source of funds provided by law, the governing authorities are hereby authorized to levy a special tax on all property subject to state taxation within the corporate limits of such municipalities in an amount not to exceed one mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of said property in any one year; provided, however, that the rate, purpose and duration of said special tax herein provided for shall first have been submitted to the resident property taxpayers qualified to vote in such municipalities, and a majority vote of those voting, in both number and amount, shall have voted in favor thereof, as provided for by existing laws. Said tax shall be levied and collected with and in like manner as the general taxes of such municipalities, and the avails of the tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of providing additional revenues for the policemen's pension and relief fund of such municipalities. However, the authorization to levy the one-mill tax provided for in this Section shall be applicable only to those municipalities whose firemen's pension and relief funds are maintained on an actuarially computed basis. The provisions of this Section shall be self-operative.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 401, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 638, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2222.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3542. Morgan City; employer contributions to fund

RS 11:3542 - Morgan City; employer contributions to fund
On behalf of each member of the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Morgan City, the city of Morgan City shall contribute to said fund an amount equal to three percent of salary monthly.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 607, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2222.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3543. City of Alexandria; composition of board of trustees

RS 11:3543 - City of Alexandria; composition of board of trustees
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor, president of the city council, superintendent of the police department, and four members of the police department, elected by a majority vote of the members of the department, shall constitute a board of trustees for the fund in the city of Alexandria. The mayor shall be president of the board.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 539, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2224.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3544. City of Houma; composition of board of trustees; secretary-treasurer; investments

RS 11:3544 - City of Houma; composition of board of trustees; secretary-treasurer; investments
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the board of trustees of the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Houma shall consist of the director of finance for the parish of Terrebonne, the chief of police for the city of Houma, and one member to be elected from the police department for the city of Houma by majority vote.
B. The director of finance shall be the secretary-treasurer of the board and shall have the authority to invest assets of the fund. Any investment by the secretary-treasurer may be set aside by majority vote of the board.
Acts 1986, No. 542, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2224.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3545. Morgan City: salary deduction

RS 11:3545 - Morgan City: salary deduction
With respect to the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Morgan City, each member of the police department shall be assessed eight percent of his salary monthly.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Acts 1981, No. 320, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2225(A)(2) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3546. City of Lake Charles; salary deduction

RS 11:3546 - City of Lake Charles; salary deduction
With respect to the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Lake Charles, each member of the fund shall be assessed seven percent of his salary monthly.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Acts 1981, No. 320, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2225(A)(3) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3547. City of Opelousas; Morgan City; increase in benefits for service in excess of twenty years

RS 11:3547 - City of Opelousas; Morgan City; increase in benefits for service in excess of twenty years
The amount of the pension for members of the police department of the city of Opelousas shall be increased by three and one-third percent for each year of service in the department over twenty years, but no such member shall receive a pension in excess of eighty-seven percent of the highest average monthly salary, for any continuous twelve-month period of time worked prior to retirement. The amount of the pension for members of the police department of the city of Morgan City shall be increased by two and one-half percent for each year of service in the department over twenty years, with such increases to cease upon the member attaining credit for thirty years of service.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 245, §1; Acts 1954, No. 416, §1; Acts 1956, No. 137, §1; Acts 1962, No. 236, §1; Acts 1966, No. 148, §1; Acts 1972, No. 495, §1; Acts 1974, No. 219, §2; Acts 1976, No. 607, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2234(C) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3549. Cities of Opelousas and Ruston; cost-of-living adjustments

RS 11:3549 - Cities of Opelousas and Ruston; cost-of-living adjustments
The board of trustees of the cities of Opelousas and Ruston may make annual supplemental monthly cost-of-living adjustments to all retirees and beneficiaries, from interest earnings or from the general fund of the municipal treasury, in an amount not to exceed three percent of the base retirement or survivors' benefit. In addition, the boards may provide an additional annual supplemental monthly cost-of-living adjustment to retirees and beneficiaries who are sixty-five years of age or over, which shall not exceed two percent of the base retirement or survivors' benefit. These adjustments shall be effective on July first of each year, commencing July 1, 1981, and shall be applicable to retirees and beneficiaries on record on July first of the immediately preceding calendar year.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 634, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2234.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3552. City of Bogalusa; death benefits

RS 11:3552 - City of Bogalusa; death benefits
A. With respect to the police pension and relief fund for the city of Bogalusa, "child" or "children" as referred to in this Section shall include, regardless of age, any child who has a physical and/or mental disability and the child shall receive benefits throughout life if medical and/or psychological information indicates the child has a total and permanent disability.
B. If, however, medical or psychological information indicates that the child with a disability can benefit from specialized training in order to be rendered self supporting, then the child will receive benefits so long as he is actively enrolled in a specialized school or training program until such time as the child is certified as being qualified to engage in gainful employment.
C. The board of trustees may demand at reasonable intervals that such child submit to a medical and/or pyschological examination for current evaluation, subject to the penalty of all monthly payments being suspended until submission to examination within fifteen days after request.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §2; Acts 1970, No. 489, §1; Acts 1972, No. 495, §2; Acts 1981, No. 577, §1; Acts 1984, No. 860, §1, eff. upon approval of the City Council of Bogalusa (approved Jan. 10, 1984); Redesignated from R.S. 33:2236(C) 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 › §11:3553. Death benefits; optional allowances; Bossier City

RS 11:3553 - Death benefits; optional allowances; Bossier City
A. If, prior to January 1, 1985, a member of the Bossier City police department died while in police service, while on or off official duty, or while receiving a pension, and left a child or children under eighteen years of age, or a widow, or a dependent mother, these survivors shall be paid as follows: dependent mother, one hundred dollars per month; widow, one thousand dollars per month for as long as she remains unmarried; each child under eighteen years of age, one hundred fifty dollars per month regardless of the number of children.
B. If, on or after January 1, 1985, a retired member of the Bossier City police department dies who is receiving a pension, or a member dies, or died, while in police service, while on or off official duty, and leaves, or left, a child or children under eighteen years of age, or a widow, or dependent mother, these survivors shall be paid as follows:
(1) The surviving spouse shall be entitled to receive a maximum survivor's benefit which shall be equal to three and one-third percent for each year of police service multiplied by the member's final average compensation, but not less than forty percent nor more than sixty percent of the member's average final compensation, for as long as the surviving spouse remains unmarried.
(2) Each child under eighteen years of age, shall be paid monthly benefits equal to one hundred fifty dollars per month, however, as each surviving child reaches the age of eighteen his benefits shall cease, unless the child has an intellectual disability and is not able to earn his own living; further, any surviving child who graduates from high school and goes directly to a board approved or accredited school or college, shall be paid a monthly benefit equal to one hundred fifty dollars per month for the time he remains in a board approved or accredited school or college, not to exceed four years.
(3) A dependent mother will receive one hundred dollars per month.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 419, §1. Acts 1985, No. 365, §1; Acts 1987, No. 943, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2236.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 612, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 365, §2.}}
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 943, §2.}}
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 › §11:3554. Cities of Opelousas and Ruston; death benefits

RS 11:3554 - Cities of Opelousas and Ruston; death benefits
A. On and after September 12, 1980, if a member of the police departments of the cities of Opelousas and Ruston dies while in police service, while on or off official duty, or while receiving a pension, and leaves a child or children under eighteen years of age, or a child or children who are under twenty-two years of age and who are full-time students at an accredited institution of higher learning or at an accredited trade or vocational school, or a widow, or a dependent mother, these survivors shall be paid as follows:
(1) Each child who is under eighteen years of age or who is under twenty-two years of age and enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited institution of higher learning or trade or vocational school: one hundred fifty dollars per month.
(2) A widow: four hundred dollars per month for as long as she remains unmarried.
(3) A dependent mother: one hundred dollars per month.
B. The benefits provided for in this Section shall be paid to all beneficiaries, including those whose rights to receive these benefits accrued prior to September 12, 1980, but otherwise without any retroactive effect.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 365, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2236.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3555. City of Lafayette; eligibility to participate in fund

RS 11:3555 - City of Lafayette; eligibility to participate in fund
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary and particularly the provisions of R.S. 11:3520, any person employed as a police officer by the city of Lafayette after attaining the age of thirty-five years shall be eligible for membership in the police pension and relief fund of the city of Lafayette in the same manner and to the same extent as if such person or persons had not attained the age of thirty-five years at the time of employment. Such memberships shall be conditioned upon the filing of an application therefor with the board of trustees of the fund on or before August 1, 1970, together with such information as the board shall require. Any such person who shall be eligible to receive credit in the system for all service rendered as an employee of the police department of the city of Lafayette prior to the date on which he becomes a member in accordance with the provisions of this Section. In order to obtain such credit the member shall make application therefor and shall pay into the fund employee contributions at the current rate on all compensation earned during the period for which credit is claimed, plus two percent per annum interest thereon, provided that said contributions may be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as shall be agreed upon between the board of trustees and the applicant for membership, provided that all of such installments shall be paid on or before the date on which application for retirement is made.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 145, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2240.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3556. Morgan City; eligibility to participate in fund

RS 11:3556 - Morgan City; eligibility to participate in fund
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary and particularly the provisions of R.S. 11:3520, any person presently employed as a police officer by the city of Morgan City shall be eligible for membership in the police pension and relief fund if such person had been between twenty-one and forty-five years of age at the time of his appointment. Such memberships shall be conditioned upon the filing of an application therefor with the board of trustees of the fund on or before December 31, 1970, together with such information as the board shall require. Any such person also shall be eligible to receive credit in the system for all service rendered as an employee of the police department of Morgan City prior to the date on which he becomes a member in accordance with the provisions of this Section. To obtain such credit the member shall make application therefor and shall pay into the fund employee contributions at the current rate on all contributions earned during the period for which credit is claimed, plus two percent per annum interest thereon, provided that said contributions may be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as shall be agreed upon between the board of trustees and the applicant for membership, provided that all of such installments shall be paid on or before the date on which application for retirement is made.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary and particularly the provisions of R.S. 11:3520, any person between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five who is hereafter employed by the police department of the city of Morgan City shall be eligible for membership in the police pension and relief fund thereof.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 143, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2240.3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3557. City of Lafayette; record clerk and matron; eligibility to participate; credit

RS 11:3557 - City of Lafayette; record clerk and matron; eligibility to participate; credit
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person employed as the records clerk and matron for the police department of the city of Lafayette shall be eligible for membership in the police pension and relief fund of the city of Lafayette, whether or not such person has been commissioned a police officer. Such membership shall be conditioned upon the filing of an application therefor with the board of trustees of the fund, together with such information as the board shall require. Any such person also shall be eligible to receive credit in the system for all service rendered as an employee of the police department of the city of Lafayette prior to the date on which membership is obtained, in accordance with the provisions of this Section. In order to obtain such credit the member shall make application therefor and shall pay into the fund employee contributions at the current rate on all compensation earned during the period for which credit is claimed plus two percent per annum interest thereon. Said contributions and the interest thereon may be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as shall be agreed upon between the board of trustees and the applicant for membership, provided that all of such installments shall be paid on or before the date on which application for retirement is made.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 114, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2240.4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3558. Morgan City; credit for military service

RS 11:3558 - Morgan City; credit for military service
A. In addition to the provisions of any other law, particularly R.S. 11:3521, any person who is a member of the Morgan City police pension and relief fund shall be entitled to service credit for such pension and relief fund for service in the military of the United States since World War II.
B. Application for credit for such service shall be made and evidence thereof shall be furnished to the board of trustees of the police pension and relief fund at any time prior to application for retirement. In addition, each person claiming such credit shall pay into the fund an amount equal to the employer and employee contributions, at the current rate, together with compound interest thereon at the rate of two per centum per annum on the compensation which the member would have received during the period of military service for which credit is claimed had he at that time been a member of his respective retirement system. For purposes of computation, the following compensation of the person claiming credit will be considered: if the person was employed as a police officer prior to service in the military, the compensation received immediately prior to entry into military service; if the person enters the police force after service in the military, the compensation which he would have received in each of the years for which credit for military service is claimed had he been employed in his beginning classification for police service in the first year for which credit is claimed. Such contribution shall be paid in one lump sum at any time prior to the member's application for retirement.
C. The board of trustees of the police pension and relief fund shall notify the members of the Morgan City police force of the privilege granted by this Section, together with necessary information for obtaining such credit, as soon as practicable.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 144, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2241.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.