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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3321. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3321 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
A. Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after any order for distribution is issued by the said 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 attachment, garnishment, execution, or order or decree, or any other process whatsoever issued out of or by any court, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, claim, judgment, or decree against any beneficiary of said 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.
B. No employee of the Lake Charles Fire Department who at any time becomes eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund shall lose or forfeit any earned eligibility for any cause or reason whatsoever, except as hereinafter provided.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §11 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 › §11:3323. Separation from service

RS 11:3323 - Separation from service
A. If any member of the said fire department should be discharged from the service for reasons of economy or reduction in force due to no fault of said member, and later should be reemployed by the said fire department, his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date of original employment without any loss to rights and privileges due to such period of absence from services; provided, however, that such period of absence from service does not exceed four years. In the event the period of absence exceeds said period of four years, all rights and privileges under this Part shall terminate.
B. In the event benefits are awarded to any members, their widows or minor children, or their dependent fathers and/or mothers, under the provisions of this Part, and 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 provided in this Part even though they become entitled thereto during a period of absence or leave, provided, however, such leave of absence shall not exceed six months in one calendar year. A leave of absence of more than six months in any one calendar year shall ipso facto terminate any right to benefits under this Part during the period of such leave, or relative to any circumstances or event occurring during the period of absence.
C. If any permanent employee of the fire department, one having served for at least three years, is discharged subsequent to January 1, 1985, for reasons of economy or reduction in force and not due to any fault of the employee, the employee shall be refunded all employee contributions that the employee made to the fund during the employee's period of employment.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3324. Military service credit

RS 11:3324 - Military service credit
A. 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.
B. Credit for retirement benefits shall be granted for time served in U.S. Military Service during a time of war prior to the time the employee was employed by the Lake Charles Fire Department; provided that the maximum credit allowed toward retirement shall not exceed a period of three years, which credit may be applied only after completing twenty years of active service in the fire department.
C. No employee of the Lake Charles Fire Department shall be entitled to any of the retirement benefits provided for in this Part if he is drawing a salary for employment in the Lake Charles Fire Department. Provided further if any employee is on retirement and drawing a pension from the Lake Charles Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund, said employee shall forfeit all pension benefits received from said fund if he should accept reemployment in the Lake Charles Fire Department for any reason.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3325. Member participation

RS 11:3325 - Member participation
The first payment to be made by the City of Lake Charles shall be paid into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund during December of 1968, and all future payments shall be deposited in the Lake Charles Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund during the month of December of each year thereafter; provided that deductions and payments shall have been started from the salaries of the employees of the Lake Charles Fire Department.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3326. Computation of length of service

RS 11:3326 - Computation of length of service
The methods of computing the periods of service and seniority under this Part shall be determined by the board of directors and rules shall be passed by it relative thereto.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §18 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3327. Authority to alienate property

RS 11:3327 - Authority to alienate property
That said board of directors shall have full power and authority to sell, mortgage, lease or let, or otherwise alienate or dispose of any and all property real or personal, tangible or intangible, which becomes the property of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Lake Charles.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 186, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3341. Monroe Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund; continuation

RS 11:3341 - Monroe Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund; continuation
A. The Monroe Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund created and provided for by Act No. 39 of 1964, as amended, is hereby continued for the pensioning of retired members, members who are superannuated, and members with disabilities of the fire department and alarm system and the widows and orphans of the same.
B. Except as provided by this Part, the assets, funds, monies, and properties constituting the fund under Authority of Act No. 39 of 1964 are hereby continued.
C. The fund, as above constituted and established, shall be controlled, managed, and administered by a board of trustees as hereinafter provided.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 764, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2171 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 › §11:3342. Board of trustees; officers

RS 11:3342 - Board of trustees; officers
A. The board of trustees of the Monroe Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall be hereby created a body politic, and shall be composed of the mayor, the director of administration, the chief of the fire department, one retired fireman, and one active fireman. The board may elect a president and a secretary-treasurer.
B. The retired member shall be elected by a majority of votes cast by the retired members of the fund and the active member shall be elected by a majority of votes cast by the active firefighters in an election called by and in accordance with the rules adopted by the board of trustees. They shall hold office for a period of three years.
C. The present officers and members of the board of trustees shall hold office until September 11, 1982, at which time their term of office shall cease. The regular annual meeting may be held in conjunction with the regular June union meeting of the Monroe Firefighters' Local 629 each year. Special or called meetings may be held upon the call of the president.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 764, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2172 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3344. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3344 - Composition of the fund
The Monroe Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:
(1) All monies, funds, properties, real and personal, and assets now belonging to or due The Firemen's Pension Fund of Monroe, Louisiana and/or the presently existing Monroe Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund, except that amount of monies and assets transferred to the Firefighters' Retirement System agreed upon in the contract signed by officials of the Firefighters' Retirement System and the officials of the City of Monroe.
(2) All proceeds of the sale of condemned property owned and used by the fire department, except when used as trade-in on new equipment, shall be paid into the pension fund, until such time as the fund is actuarially sound, and at which time such proceeds shall revert to the fire department two percent insurance fund.
(3) The city of Monroe, Louisiana, is hereby authorized and directed to maintain the pension fund at a sum not less than one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars. To that end, the city of Monroe is by these presents authorized and directed to appropriate and pay over, out of the general fund of the city of Monroe monthly, an amount or sum equivalent to any deficit that may result, occur, or appear in the operation of the fund for the preceding month, at the close of each such month, considering the receipts and disbursements for such month to the said fund, as against the disbursements for such month made under the provisions of this Part. It is the intention of this Paragraph that the city of Monroe shall maintain the pension fund at the sum of one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars at all times.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 764, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2174 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3345. Exemption from seizure

RS 11:3345 - Exemption from seizure
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the pension 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, writ, order, injunction, decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court of the state of Louisiana, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, claim, damage, demand, judgment, or any other decree against any beneficiary of this fund, but shall be exempt therefrom.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 764, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2175 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 › §11:3361. Creation of Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund; contributions by city

RS 11:3361 - Creation of Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund; contributions by city
A pension and relief fund for firefighters in the city of New Orleans is created. For the purpose of augmenting the fund, the city shall pay into the fund annually one percent of the revenues derived from all licenses issued by the city, except the drivers and chauffeurs licenses, and an annual appropriation in the budget of the city of a sum equal to not less than five percent of the money annually appropriated by the city for the operation and maintenance of the fire department of the city. The latter appropriation, within the limits prescribed, shall be determined by the council each year in making up its annual budget. The appropriation and donations by the city aforesaid shall be set apart by the treasurer of the city and paid over to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund as the annual contribution of the city to the fund. The word "firefighter" as designated in this Part is defined as any individual employed by the fire department of the city of New Orleans who is actively engaged in the extinguishing of fires. Notwithstanding any provision of this Part to the contrary, any uniformed member of the fire suppression division of the fire department of the city of New Orleans, who occupied the position of firefighter in the classified civil service of the city of New Orleans for at least ten years, and who, because of physical disability, selects to transfer from the fire suppression division to the fire administration division of the fire department of the city of New Orleans, may continue to participate in the pension and relief fund for firefighters in the city of New Orleans, unless the board determines that such continued employment is detrimental to the health and safety of other employees.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1980, No. 228, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2101 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 498, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3362. Board of trustees of fund; officers; vacancies

RS 11:3362 - Board of trustees of fund; officers; vacancies
A. There is hereby created a Board of Trustees for administration of this fund. This board shall be composed of the following members:
(1) The superintendent of the fire department.
(2) The director of finance of the city of New Orleans.
(3) Two members elected from the active ranks of the department.
(4) Two members elected from the ranks of retired members of the department.
(5) One member who is domiciled in and an elector of the city of New Orleans and who is appointed by the mayor subject to confirmation by the New Orleans City Council. A vacancy in this position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
B.(1) The terms of members shall be two years and shall begin on the fourth Wednesday in August.
(2)(a) The election of the elected members to the board shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in August. Members so elected shall take office at noon on the day following such election. Special elections may be called by the board as then constituted when vacancies occur on the board by death, resignation, or otherwise. Special elections or appointments shall be completed within thirty days after a vacancy occurs on the board.
(b) All elections of the members of the board shall be held between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. at the department of fire headquarters or such place or places that the board may designate at its regular meeting held during the month of July, immediately preceding the holding of its biannual election. All persons entitled to vote at any such election shall be notified of the place or places at which the election will be held at least ten days prior to the date thereof.
C. The board shall elect a president from the membership of the board. It shall also elect a secretary-treasurer. Should a vacancy among the members of the board occur six months or more prior to any election, the board shall call a special election to fill such vacancy; if no candidate qualifies within fifteen days after vacancy occurs, the board shall fill such vacancy by appointment. If a vacancy occurs less than six months prior to any election, the board shall fill such vacancy by appointment. Any person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the membership of the board, as hereinabove set forth, shall be elected or appointed by nomination from the group, active or retired, that suffered loss of representation on the board by reason of such vacancy, but all members of the board shall vote on appointments and all members active or retired shall vote on all candidates for election.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1970, No. 168, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2102 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2013, No. 234, §1, eff. June 12, 2013.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 234, §2, regarding term of board members in office on effective date of Act and the calling of a special election.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3364. Emergency and supernumerary firefighters

RS 11:3364 - Emergency and supernumerary firefighters
A. Any emergency or supernumerary firefighters of the New Orleans Fire Department may elect to become eligible for full pension benefits as provided by this Part upon making payment of the contributions to the fund for all service previously rendered in the employ of the New Orleans Fire Department. The amount of the contributions to be so made shall be determined by the board of trustees of said fund on the basis of the years of such service by each firefighter electing to receive benefits under the provisions of this section and the compensation received during such service, and shall be in accordance with the assessments against members under existing laws.
B. The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations the amount of service in any year which will be equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in any one calendar year.
C. The contributions may be made in installments, in such manner as may be mutually agreed by each firefighter and the board of trustees; provided, however, that all such installments shall be paid within four years from the date of the agreement.
D. Upon making such payment the firefighter shall be entitled to all of the benefits provided by this Part to the full extent provided for any other member of said fund.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 280, §1. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2103.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3365. Salary deductions paid into the fund by persons employed after December 31, 1967

RS 11:3365 - Salary deductions paid into the fund by persons employed after December 31, 1967
A. Five percent of the salaries of all members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, or of members employed before that date who elect to come under R.S. 11:3381 as set forth in R.S. 11:3384 thereof, shall be credited to an annuity savings account and invested by the board. Beginning July 1, 1973, six percent of the salaries of all members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, or of members employed before that date who elect to come under R.S. 11:3381 as set forth in R.S. 11:3384 thereof, shall be credited to an annuity savings account and invested by the board. Also beginning July 1, 1973, any member who becomes eligible for his normal minimum retirement benefits shall no longer have the above salary deductions collected monthly out of his salary nor shall he be liable therefor. This amount shall be deducted and collected monthly out of the salaries; provided that monies received as overtime pay, part time pay and holiday pay shall not be considered as salary for pension fund purposes; and further provided that the amount contributed by each such employee shall be held for his personal account and shall annually be credited with interest at a rate to be determined by the board.
B. Upon retirement the accumulated amount in this fund, together with an amount taken from the pension accumulation account sufficient when combined to provide the present value of the pension to be paid as determined as an actuarial basis, shall be transferred to an annuity reserve account for said purpose.
C. Should the employee leave the employment of the city fire department at any time, all of his accumulated contributions paid in after December 31, 1967, together with interest credited thereto, shall be paid to him in a lump sum if living, otherwise to his named beneficiary unless he is entitled to receive retirement benefits; and upon such withdrawal he shall forfeit all credit for service in this system. Should the employee later return to employment of the city fire department and remain in such employment for a period of four years, he may repay the amount he withdrew plus three and one-half percent compound interest and again be given credit for the service he forfeited when he withdrew.
Added by Acts 1967, No. 68, §4 as R.S. 33:2117.3. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1972, No. 127, §1: Redesignated from R.S. 33:2103.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3366. Credit for military service

RS 11:3366 - Credit for military service
A. Time served as a member of the active armed forces of the United States up to five years by any member of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans employed on or before December 31, 1967, who has been an officer, member, or employee of the New Orleans Fire Department for at least twenty-five years, whether such military service occurred before or after becoming an officer, member, or employee of the fire department or both, shall constitute service in the New Orleans Fire Department as used in this Part.
B. Time served as a member of the active armed forces of the United States up to five years by any member of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans who was employed on or after January 1, 1968, or who was employed prior thereto but who has elected to come under the new firefighters pension system, who has been an officer, member, or employee of the New Orleans Fire Department, if service occurred before becoming an officer, member, or employee of the fire department, shall constitute service in the fire department as used in this Part.
C. Time served as a member of the active duty armed forces of the United States, up to a maximum of five years during employment with the New Orleans Fire Department by any member of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans who was employed on or after January 1, 1968, or who was employed prior thereto but has elected to become a member of the new firefighters' pension system shall constitute service in the fire department as used in this Part.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 127, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2103.3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2007, No. 304, §1; Acts 2007, No. 305, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3367. Fines paid into fund

RS 11:3367 - Fines paid into fund
All forfeitures and fines imposed by the superintendent of the fire department upon any member of the fire department by way of discipline, shall be paid into the fund. All fines imposed by the courts for infractions of city ordinances relative to fire escapes, fire wells, hydrants, open hatches, oils, gun powder, right-of-way of the fire apparatus through the streets, and all other laws relative to the fire department, shall be paid over by the city treasurer to the fund.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2104 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3368. Proceeds of sales of condemned apparatus paid into fund

RS 11:3368 - Proceeds of sales of condemned apparatus paid into fund
All proceeds of sales of condemned apparatus and other personal property in use by the said department, shall be paid into the pension and relief fund.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2105 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3369. Gifts and rewards to be paid into fund; permanent fund

RS 11:3369 - Gifts and rewards to be paid into fund; permanent fund
All rewards in money, fees, gifts, and emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of, extraordinary service or other services by the fire department, or any member thereof (except when allowed to be retained by the member, or given to endow a medal or other permanent or competitive award), shall be paid into the fund. The board of trustees may take by donation any money, real estate, personal property, right of property or other valuable thing. The board shall allocate monies received from this Section and hold it in a fund for the payment of professional fees, supplies and equipment, clerical fees, operational expenses and any other fees or expenses to be paid as ordered by the board.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2106 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3370. Investment of fund; permanent fund

RS 11:3370 - Investment of fund; permanent fund
A. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars when accumulated shall be retained as a permanent fund, and thereafter the annual income only may be made available for the use and purposes of the pension and relief fund. Fifty percent of any earnings or gains in excess of the actuarially assumed rate of return of the system shall be dedicated on an annual basis for increasing benefits to members of the fund.
B. The board of trustees shall invest funds regularly except an amount to meet the current disbursements of the board. Investments shall be governed by the provisions of this Part. All such securities shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the board and shall be held subject to the orders of the board.
C. The prudent man rule shall be applied to this pension and relief fund.
D. The prudent man rule as used herein means that in investing fund assets, the board of trustees shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that an institutional investor of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercises in the management of large investments entrusted to it not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of funds considering probable safety of capital as well as probable income.
E. The prudent man rule shall require each fiduciary of this pension and relief fund and the board of trustees acting collectively on behalf of this fund to act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances prevailing that a prudent institutional investor acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.
F. This standard requires the exercise of reasonable care, skill, and caution, and is to be applied to investments not in isolation, but in the context of the trust portfolio, and as part of an overall investment strategy, which shall include an asset allocation study and plan for implementation thereof, incorporating risk and return objectives reasonably suitable to that trust.
G. Notwithstanding the prudent man rule, the board of trustees shall not invest more than sixty-five percent of the total portfolio in equities.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2107 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 449, §1, eff. June 9, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 505, §1, eff. July 3, 1997; Acts 2007, No. 305, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3371. Interest from investments available to pay benefits

RS 11:3371 - Interest from investments available to pay benefits
The interest received from any such investment after the fund has reached the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, shall be applicable to the payment of pensions and relief under this Part.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2108 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3372. Disbursing funds upon warrants; interest on deposits

RS 11:3372 - Disbursing funds upon warrants; interest on deposits
All monies ordered to be paid from the pension and relief fund to any person, partnership, firm or business, shall be paid by the secretary-treasurer of the board only upon warrants signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the secretary-treasurer, or the chairman of the finance committee thereof. No warrant shall be drawn, except by order of the board duly entered on the records of the proceedings of the board. In case the pension and relief fund or any part thereof is by order of the board or otherwise, deposited in any bank, all interest or money which may be paid on account of any sum on deposit, shall belong to and constitute a part of the fund. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing the secretary-treasurer to deposit the fund or any part thereof, unless so authorized by the board.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2109 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3373. Depository for funds

RS 11:3373 - Depository for funds
The board of trustees shall select a bank, or banks, in the city of New Orleans, in which all monies shall be deposited by the secretary-treasurer of the board.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2110 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3374. Duties of secretary-treasurer; bond; authority of director of finance to conduct annual audit

RS 11:3374 - Duties of secretary-treasurer; bond; authority of director of finance to conduct annual audit
A. The secretary-treasurer of the board shall be the custodian of the pension fund, and shall secure and safely keep same, subject to the control and direction of the board. The secretary-treasurer shall be compensated for his services in an amount to be determined by the board of trustees. He shall deposit all monies received by him in his official capacity in the bank or banks, designated by the board. He shall keep his books and accounts concerning the fund in such manner as may be prescribed by the board. The books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board or any member thereof.
B. The secretary-treasurer shall, within ten days after his election or appointment, execute a bond to the board of trustees, with good and sufficient sureties, in such penal sum as the board shall direct, to be approved by the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and that he will safely keep and will truly account for all monies and properties which may come into his hands as secretary-treasurer; and that on retirement or the expiration of his term of office he will surrender and deliver over to his successor all unexpended monies and all properties which may have come into his hands as secretary-treasurer of the fund. The bond shall be filed in the office of the board of trustees, and in case of a breach of the same, or the conditions thereof, suit may be brought on the same in the name of the board or of any person injured by the breach.
C. The director of finance of the city of New Orleans is hereby vested with the authority to conduct annual audits of the books and accounts of said pension fund for the purpose of providing information to the council, mayor and other elected officials.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1970, No. 168, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2111 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3374.1. Submission of actuarial and accounting reports; penalty

RS 11:3374.1 - Submission of actuarial and accounting reports; penalty
A. The chief administrative officer of the city of New Orleans shall request in writing to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans to provide quarterly reports of all expenses and actuarial and accounting records maintained by the board of trustees, including but not limited to records supporting the financial statement and actuarial valuation reports of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund.
B. Any administrator of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund who intentionally fails to meet the reporting requirements of this Section, or who intentionally refuses to comply with a request for information requested by the chief administrative officer within thirty days after such request is made, may be fined up to one hundred dollars a day from the date of such failure or refusal, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars.
Acts 1995, No. 1035, §1, eff. June 29, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3375. Report to council; appropriation by council to make good deficit

RS 11:3375 - Report to council; appropriation by council to make good deficit
The board shall make report to the council of the city of New Orleans showing the condition of the pension fund on the first day of January of each year. If at any time there is not sufficient money in the fund to pay each person entitled to the benefits thereof the full amount, then the council of the city of New Orleans shall appropriate and pay into the fund an amount sufficient to make good the deficit, and the fund shall be thus replenished to warrant the payment in full of each beneficiary.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 403, §1; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2112 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3379. Surviving widows to participate

RS 11:3379 - Surviving widows to participate
The surviving widows of members of the fire department of New Orleans who have died since January 1, 1904, may participate in the fund and shall be placed upon the rolls of the fund for the amounts and under the rules established by the board.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2115 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3380. Involuntary termination

RS 11:3380 - Involuntary termination
Any active member of the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund who suffers an involuntary termination of service by his employer in the New Orleans Fire Department and who subsequently commences receiving retirement benefits through the New Orleans Firefighter's Pension and Relief Fund but is ordered reinstated by the New Orleans Civil Service Commission or a court shall be entitled to resume participation as an active member in the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund without a break in service. However, the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund shall require reimbursement with respect to retirement benefits paid to the member during the period of separation. Such reimbursement shall be determined by the Fund's actuary.
Acts 2008, No. 834, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3382. Cost-of-living increases

RS 11:3382 - Cost-of-living increases
A.(1) The board of trustees may use interest earnings on investments of the system in excess of normal requirements as determined by the actuary to provide an annual cost-of-living increase in benefits for retired members and widows of retired members in an amount not to exceed three percent of the original benefit. Such benefits shall be paid only when funds are available from this source, from funds appropriated for this purpose by the city of New Orleans, or from other sources designated for this purpose, and if approved by two-thirds of the entire board. Payments shall be made in such manner and in such amount as the board of trustees determines, based on funds available.
(2) In addition to the increase provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the board may, if approved by two-thirds of the entire board, provide an annual cost-of-living increase to retired members and widows of retired members who are sixty-five years of age and older, in an amount not to exceed two percent of the original benefit.
B. The city of New Orleans shall annually appropriate an amount sufficient to pay the cost-of-living increases provided herein less any excess interest of the fund which may be available, and less any income produced under R.S. 22:343, 344, 345, 346, and 347 as provided herein. After January 1, 1978, all monies collected pursuant to R.S. 22:343, 344, 345, 346, and 347 shall be used to pay this cost-of-living increase for retired firefighters. Any surplus obtained from this two percent foreign insurance premium tax in excess of that used for the cost-of-living increase provided shall be placed in the general fund.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 41, §1. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1971, No. 7, §1; Acts 1972, No. 49, §1; Acts 1977, No. 551, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1981, No. 729, §1, eff. upon approval by New Orleans City Council; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2117.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2013, No. 234, §1, eff. June 12, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3383. Minimum pension for firefighters on retired list

RS 11:3383 - Minimum pension for firefighters on retired list
A. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, each firefighter on the retired list of the fire department and each surviving spouse of a member of the fire department shall receive a pension of not less than twelve hundred dollars per month.
B. The contributions now required by law to be paid into the fund by firefighters on the active list shall not be increased by reason of any provision of this Section.
Amended by Acts 1967, No. 68, §2; Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1970, No. 168, §1; Acts 1979, No. 476, §1, eff. January 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2117.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 863, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 607, §1; Acts 2007, No. 305, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3385. Persons employed after December 31, 1967; options

RS 11:3385 - Persons employed after December 31, 1967; options
A. Any member employed after December 31, 1967, or any member employed before January 1, 1968, who elects to come under provisions of this Part which apply to members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent, at the date of retirement, of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable throughout life, with the provision that:
Option 1. If he dies before he has received in annuity payments the present value of his member's annuity as it was at the time of his retirement, the balance shall be paid to his legal representatives or to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees; or
Option 2. Upon his death, his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement; or
Option 3. Upon his death, one-half of his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life and paid to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement; or
Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to such person or persons as he shall nominate; provided such other benefit or benefits, together with the reduced retirement allowance, shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value to his retirement allowance, and approved by the board of trustees.
B.(1) Any such member who is eligible for retirement at the time of his death, and who leaves a surviving spouse, shall be deemed to have exercised automatically option 2 benefits for the benefit of his surviving spouse, who shall be paid option 2 settlement benefits just as though the member had retired and elected option 2 prior to his death.
(2) Should any member be killed in line of duty his widow shall be paid a benefit equal to the amount which would have been payable had he continued in service for the remainder of a period of twenty years from the date of his employment at the same rate of salary and elected to retire under option 2 hereof with no reduction for age at the date of retirement; such option 2 shall be based on his age and the age of his widow at the date of death.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 6, §5; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2117.4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2007, No. 304, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3385.2. Initial lump sum benefit option

RS 11:3385.2 - Initial lump sum benefit option
A. Upon application for retirement, a member may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of his retirement benefit as a reduced monthly benefit payable for life, plus an initial lump sum benefit. The amount of the initial lump sum benefit, as determined by the member, shall not exceed an amount equal to the member's normal retirement benefit times sixty.
B. The member's monthly retirement will be actuarially reduced based on the lump sum amount withdrawn and the member's age at retirement. The initial benefit, together with the member's reduced normal retirement benefit must be actuarially equivalent to the member's normal retirement benefit as set forth in R.S. 11:3384.
C. Cost-of-living adjustments granted by the board of trustees to retirees who elect to receive a reduced retirement benefit and an initial lump sum benefit shall be based only on the reduced retirement benefit and shall not be based on the initial lump sum benefit.
Acts 1999, No. 1377, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1110, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3387. Record of retired firefighters

RS 11:3387 - Record of retired firefighters
There shall be kept in the office of the board of trustees by the secretary-treasurer, a book to be known as the "list of retired firefighters." This book shall give a full and complete history and record of the action of the board of trustees in retiring any person under this Part. The records shall give names, date of joining the department, date of retirement, and the reason thereof, if any, and all persons retired.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2118 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3388. Application for pension by dependents; proof required

RS 11:3388 - Application for pension by dependents; proof required
When the widow or children or widowed mother is entitled to a pension provided by this Part, the widow or children or widowed mother shall make application to the board of trustees through the secretary-treasurer of such board, on a form to be provided by the board of trustees. Accompanying such application shall be the proof of the marriage of the deceased to the widow claimant, such proof to be established by the marriage certificate or other competent evidence. Proof of births of the children shall be shown by the baptismal or the board of health certificates. The proof of widowhood of a mother shall be shown by the affidavit of the mother or disinterested persons. All applications and proof shall be retained in the custody of the board. The secretary-treasurer shall register notice of applications and the board's action thereon in his office and shall register all beneficiaries as pensioners of the fund.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2119 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3389. Exemption of pension and other rights from levy and other process

RS 11:3389 - Exemption of pension and other rights from levy and other process
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, or to the return of contributions; the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself; any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this Part; and the moneys in the various funds created by this Part are exempt from any state or municipal tax and all state income 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 otherwise specifically provided in this Part. The fund shall be sacredly held, kept, and secured and distributed for the purpose of pensioning the persons named in this Part and for the payment of death benefits and for no other purpose whatsoever.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 120, §1; Acts 1977, No. 640, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2120 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 › §11:3390. Beneficiaries

RS 11:3390 - Beneficiaries
For the purposes of this Part, whenever reference is made to gender, the masculine shall include the feminine, the feminine shall include the masculine, and in particular with reference to Sections 3363, 3378, 3379, 3385, and 3388 without limiting the generality of the above, whenever reference is made to widows of members of the fire department, it shall also apply to widowers of said members.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 582, §1, eff. July 12, 1978; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2121 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.