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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3034. Membership

RS 11:3034 - Membership
A. The following described employees shall be compulsorily included as members of the system:
(1) All appointive officers and employees in the service of the City on the day preceding the effective date, who are employed on a permanent basis, excepting, however, those appointive officers and employees as herein set forth who shall, within fifteen calendar days from the effective date, give written notice to the Board, or in the event said Board has not been duly appointed or chosen, to the Commission Council of the City of Bogalusa through its City Clerk, of their election not to become a member of the system or plan provided for under the provisions of this Part.
(2) All persons employed by the City on or after the effective date in the position of an appointive officer or employee, who are employed on a permanent basis and are under the age of sixty years on the date of employment.
(3) Any person, regardless of age, who is on an approved leave of absence for sickness, military service, vacation or other cause, on the effective date.
B. The board shall determine who are employees subject to membership within the meaning or intent of this Part.
Redesignated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3035. Exclusions from membership

RS 11:3035 - Exclusions from membership
Persons whose services are compensated on a contractual or fee basis, seasonal or part-time employees in positions which will not permit service of at least six months during a calendar year, elective officials, members of the Council, the medical examiner, those persons electing not to become a member of the system herein provided for as set forth under the provisions of R.S. 11:3034(A)(1), and persons who are members of any existing pension fund maintained by the City, shall not be subject to membership in the system.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §5, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3036. Service credit

RS 11:3036 - Service credit
A.(1) Each member shall receive credit for service rendered as an employee of the City prior to the effective date for which he shall have received salary.
(2) Each member shall receive credit for service rendered on or after the effective date for which he shall have received salary and for which he shall have made contributions.
B. The board shall determine by rule the amount of service in any year that is equivalent to a year of service. In no case shall less than twelve days of service, nor less than nine months of service constitute a year of service. Proportionate credit shall be granted for service of less than nine months of service during a year. Not more than one year of service credit shall be allowed for all service rendered during any one calendar year.
C. Credit as service for the purposes of this Part shall be granted for any time a member shall have served in the armed forces of the United States after September 23, 1940, during War or during the national emergency proclaimed by the President of the United States on December 16, 1950, provided the member shall have been an employee of the City on the date of entry into military service by enlistment or induction, and re-entered, or shall re-enter the service of the City within a period of six months after the date of termination of his military service.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §6, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3037. Conditions for retirement

RS 11:3037 - Conditions for retirement
A. Any member in active service may retire on a service retirement annuity, upon his written application, at his option, provided such member shall be at least sixty years of age and shall have rendered at least ten years of total service, or shall have completed twenty-five years of service and attained age fifty, notwithstanding that withdrawal from service may have occurred prior to the time application is made.
B. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to this attainment of age sixty, who shall have completed at least ten years of total service and who shall not have received from the systems a refund of his contributions, shall be entitled to a service retirement annuity upon application, upon or after his attainment of age sixty.
C. On or after January 1, 1955, any member who shall have attained or shall attain the age of sixty-eight years shall be compulsorily retired, provided the board may continue a member in service beyond such age, but in no case shall such extension exceed a total of two years.
D. Any member whose employment is terminated after having completed less than ten years of total service shall be entitled to receive a refund of his total contributions to the system, without interest.
Designated from Acts 1967, No. 9, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3038. Amount of service retirement annuity

RS 11:3038 - Amount of service retirement annuity
A. Upon retirement, a member shall be entitled to receive a service retirement annuity equal to two and two-thirds percent of average salary for each year of total service.
B. A proportional amount of the annual rate of annuity shall be determined and granted for any fractional part of a year of service.
C. The minimum amount of service retirement annuity in any case shall be twenty-five percent of average salary. The maximum service retirement annuity shall be sixty-six and two-thirds percent of average salary.
Designated from Acts 1967, No. 9, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3039. Pension benefits; surviving spouse

RS 11:3039 - Pension benefits; surviving spouse
Upon death of a member while on pension the surviving spouse shall receive seventy-five percent of the amount of pension received by the deceased at the time of death. This payment of seventy-five percent shall continue until death of surviving spouse, or until the time that he or she remarries.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 76, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3040. Death benefits; surviving spouse

RS 11:3040 - Death benefits; surviving spouse
A. Upon death of a member while in active employment of the City, on vacation or sick leave, a death benefit shall be payable which shall consist of: (1) the accumulated contributions of the member, without interest; and (2) an amount equal to $500.00 for each full year of total service of the member, subject to a maximum payment of $3,000.00. In any case in which total service of the member has been less than one year, the payment under (2) hereof shall be that provided for one year of service. Part (1) of the death benefit shall be payable to the beneficiary designated by the member, or his estate if no such designation shall have been made. Part (2) of the death benefit shall be payable only to a beneficiary designated by the member who shall have an insurable interest in the life of the member.
B. In lieu of the benefits provided by Subsection A hereof, the surviving spouse of any member who dies while in active employment of the City, on vacation or sick leave and who, at the time of death, had the necessary qualifications for retirement but who has not at that time exercised the right to retire, may elect, at his or her option, to relinquish any right to benefits under Subsection A hereof and in such case shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the monthly amount which the deceased would have been entitled to receive had he retired before death. This payment shall continue until the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse.
C. If the member and surviving spouse, or either or both, prior to the death of the last survivor thereof, shall not have received in the form of service retirement annuity or reversionary annuity payments an amount at least equal to the accumulated contributions of the member, without interest, a refund of the remainder of such accumulated contributions, if any, shall be payable to such person as the member shall have nominated by written direction duly acknowledged and filed with the board. If no such nomination shall have been filed, payment shall he made to the estate of the member. The minimum payment in any such case shall be an amount equal to six months' payments on the service retirement annuity paid to the retired member.
Designated from Acts 1958, No. 72, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3041. Disability retirement annuity; qualification

RS 11:3041 - Disability retirement annuity; qualification
A. Any member who is less than sixty years of age, who shall have rendered at least ten years of total service and who shall become totally and permanently disabled for service, either mentally or physically, regardless of how or where the disability shall have occurred, shall be entitled to a disability retirement annuity.
B. A member shall be considered as having a total and permanent disability only after the board shall have received written certification by at least two licensed and practicing physicians selected by the board, that the member is totally and likely to be permanently disabled for further performance of the duties of any assigned position in the service of the city.
C. Such annuity shall begin to accrue upon expiration of ninety days following the commencement of disability, provided that if written application for such annuity is not filed with the board prior to the expiration of the ninety days and within the last thirty days of such period, the annuity shall begin to accrue as of the thirty days prior to the receipt of such application.
D. The annual amount of disability retirement annuity shall be equal to one and one-half percent of average final compensation for each year of total service, subject to a minimum of twenty-five percent of average compensation and a maximum annual payment of fifty percent of average compensation.
E. The disability annuity herein provided shall be subject to reduction by any amounts received or receivable by a member of worker's compensation under applicable worker's compensation laws.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §11, 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 › §11:3042. Administration of disability retirement annuity

RS 11:3042 - Administration of disability retirement annuity
A. At least once each year during the first five years following the allowance of a disability retirement annuity to any member, and at least once in every three-year period thereafter, the board shall require any disability annuitant to undergo a medical examination to be made at the place of residence of said beneficiary, or any other place mutually agreed upon by a physician or physicians engaged by the board. If any examination indicates that the beneficiary is no longer physically or mentally incapacitated for service, or that he is engaged or is able to engage in a position similar to that previously held with the City, payments by the system shall be discontinued.
B. Should such annuitant be engaged in any gainful occupation, and his earnings therefrom together with his disability annuity shall exceed the rate of earnable compensation of the member at the date of disability retirement, the disability retirement annuity shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the compensation being earned by the member, shall not exceed such rate of earnable compensation.
C. Should any disability annuitant refuse to submit to a medical examination as herein provided, payments by the system shall be discontinued until his withdrawal of such refusal, and should his refusal continue for one year, all rights of the member in any disability retirement annuity shall be revoked by the board.
D. Any disability annuitant who is restored to active service shall participate fully under the provisions hereof to the same extent as any active member but such person shall not be entitled to credit as service for the period for which disability benefits shall have been paid.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §12, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3043. Withdrawal benefits

RS 11:3043 - Withdrawal benefits
A. Upon complete separation from service, any member who is not eligible for a service retirement annuity shall be entitled to receive a refund of his accumulated contributions, without interest. Any member withdrawing from service who does not receive a refund and later returns to service shall receive credit for the amount of total service in force at the time of his separation from service. Any member receiving a refund shall thereby ipso facto forfeit, waive, and relinquish all accrued right in the system including all credited service. The board may, in its discretion, withhold payment of a refund for a period not to exceed one year after receipt of an application from a member.
B. Any member who has received a refund shall be considered a new member upon subsequent reemployment if such person qualified for membership under the provision hereof. After the completion of at least five years of continuous membership service following his latest reemployment, such member shall have the right to make repayment to the system of the amount or amounts previously received as refund, including regular interest from the dates of refund to the date of repayment. Upon the restoration of such refunds, as herein provided, such member shall have reinstated to his account all credited service represented by the refunds of which repayment has been made. Repayment of refunds by any member shall include all refunds received by a member prior to the date of his last withdrawal from service and shall be made in a single sum.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §12, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3044. Contributions by members

RS 11:3044 - Contributions by members
Each member of the system shall contribute six percent of compensation earned and accruing to such member. Special compensation, or additional fees, shall not be considered as earnings for contribution purposes. This contribution shall be made as a deduction from compensation, notwithstanding that the compensation paid in cash to such member shall be reduced thereby below the established rate. Every employee who is a member of the system shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deduction from compensation as herein provided, and payment to such employee of compensation less such deduction shall constitute a full or complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such employee during the period covered by such payment, except as to the benefits herein provided.
Designated from Acts 1985, No. 626, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3045. Contributions by city

RS 11:3045 - Contributions by city
A. The City shall make contributions to the system each year on an actuarially funded basis, towards the annuities and benefits herein provided. These contributions shall be equal to the sum of the following:
(1) An amount resulting from the application of a rate percent of compensation of the members, representing the present value of the actuarial reserve requirements for membership service, for such year, for service retirement annuity and disability retirement annuity purposes, and the one-year term premium for the City's liability for death benefits on account of death of members occurring while in service. Such rate percent shall be fixed by the board annually, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, upon recommendations of an actuary. For each of the first five fiscal years of operations the rate of contribution under this paragraph shall be seven and thirteen hundredths percent of members' compensation.
(2)(a) An amount resulting from the application of a rate percent of compensation of the members which will amortize the remaining prior service liability over the remainder of a specified period, as determined by the board upon recommendation of the actuary, but not to exceed a period of thirty-five years following the effective date. For each of the first five fiscal years of operations this rate of contribution shall be three and forty-five hundredths percent of members' compensation.
(b) The amount of contributions by the City shall be determined by applying the applicable percentage rate of contributions to the total compensation paid members of the system during each payroll period, and all such amounts shall be paid to the system following the close of each payroll period, concurrently with contributions made to the system by the members, insofar as possible or practicable.
(3) Interest income from investments or other sources, and any other income accruing to the system, shall be held in the system to meet the requirements for regular interest on the reserves, as herein provided. Any excess above the rate of regular interest established by the board shall be available to meet possible future deficiencies in interest income or other contingencies.
Acts 1952, No. 184, §15; Designated from Acts 1956, No. 76, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3046. Tax levy

RS 11:3046 - Tax levy
To meet the obligations of the City under this Part the Commission Council of the City of Bogalusa is hereby authorized to levy a special tax on all property subject to state taxation within the corporate limits of the City of Bogalusa in an amount not exceeding 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 set forth above shall have been first submitted to the resident property taxpayers qualified to vote in said municipality, 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 the City, the avails of which tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of meeting the obligations of the City under this Part and in providing revenue for the maintenance of the municipal employees' pension and relief fund as herein provided for. The provisions herein contained shall be self-operative.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §16, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3048. Records and accounts

RS 11:3048 - Records and accounts
A. Proper and adequate records and accounts shall be established and maintained which will give full effect to the requirements of this Part. An annual audit of the books, accounts and records of the system shall be made by a certified public accountant selected by the board.
B. An annual report shall be prepared as of the close of each fiscal year for submission to the City Commission Council, showing the assets and liabilities of the system at the end of such year and the income and expenditures for the year, including detailed schedules on purchases and sales of investments, a statement of securities owned by the system and other data pertinent to the operations of the system. A synopsis of such report shall be prepared for distribution among the members of the system.
C. The Board shall from time to time establish rules and regulations implementing the provisions hereof, for the proper administration of the system and for the transaction of its business, consistent with the provisions of this Part.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §18, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3049. Management of funds

RS 11:3049 - Management of funds
A. The board of trustees shall be the trustees of the fund created by this Chapter as provided in R.S. 11:3047 and of various accounts authorized by R.S. 11:3048(A) and shall have full power to invest and reinvest such funds in accordance with provisions of R.S. 11:263. The trustees shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the funds created herein have been invested as well as the proceeds of the investments and monies belonging to the funds. The expenses associated with the investment and administration of fund assets shall be charged against the various investment accounts and shall not be charged to the expense account.
B. All expense vouchers and pension payrolls shall be certified by the secretary. The secretary shall furnish the board of trustees a surety bond with a company authorized to do business in Louisiana and in such an amount as shall be required by the board, the premium to be paid from the expense fund.
C. For the purpose of meeting disbursement for pensions, annuities, and other payments, there may be kept available cash, not exceeding ten percent of the total amount in the several funds of the retirement system, on deposit in one or more banks or trust companies of the state of Louisiana organized under the laws of the state of Louisiana or of the United States, provided that the sum on deposit in any one bank or trust company shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the paid up capital and surplus of such bank or trust company.
D. The board of trustees shall approve the fiscal agency bank or banks selected for the deposit of funds and securities of the retirement system, provided that no bank shall be selected unless the bank is a fiscal agent of the state. The funds and properties of the system held in any bank of the state shall be safeguarded by bonds or other securities acceptable for the protection of state deposits, the amount to be determined by the board of trustees.
E. Except as otherwise herein provided, no trustee and no employee of the board of trustees shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investments made by the board of trustees, nor as such receive any pay or emolument for his service. No trustee or employee of the board shall in any manner use the same, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent, except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the board of trustees, nor shall any trustee or employee of the board of trustees become an endorser or surety or in any manner an obligor for monies loaned or borrowed from the board of trustees.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §19, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 1325, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3050. Cost-of-living adjustments

RS 11:3050 - Cost-of-living adjustments
The retirement board may provide from interest income from investments in excess of normal requirements as determined by actuarial study, provided the retirement system is approaching actuarial soundness, annual cost-of-living adjustments to recipients of benefits which were in effect two years prior to the effective date of the cost-of-living adjustment, in an amount not to exceed two percent for each year from the effective date of the benefit. Such cost-of-living adjustments shall not become effective and paid unless such excess funds are available and until the manner and amount of payment is approved by the board of the retirement system and the city council.
Acts 1982, No. 164, §1; Acts 1987, No. 609, §1; Designated from Acts 1990 No. 440, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3051. Assignment prohibited

RS 11:3051 - Assignment prohibited
The right of a person to an annuity, a pension or any other benefit or refund, or any right accrued or accruing to any member or beneficiary under the provisions of this system, and the monies belonging to the system, shall be unassignable and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy, or the insolvency law or any other process of law except as specifically provided by the provisions of this system and in R.S. 11:292, and except that the city shall have the right to set off funds for any claim arising from embezzlement by or fraud of a member.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §20, 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 › §11:3052. Error

RS 11:3052 - Error
Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the record been correct, or a mistake not made, the board shall correct such error and as far as practicable shall adjust the payment so that the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §22, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3053. Legislative intent

RS 11:3053 - Legislative intent
It is the legislative intent and purpose of this Part to provide certain retirement, disability, death and other benefits to appointive officers and employees of the City in the amounts and under the terms and conditions herein set forth. It is the further legislative intent and purpose of this Part that when and if the Federal Social Security Act is amended so as to permit the inclusion of municipal employees therein, then and in that event an adjustment of the benefits and contributions herein provided may be made so that the system hereby created may become integrated with the benefits under the Federal Social Security Act.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §21, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3101. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Alexandria; creation

RS 11:3101 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Alexandria; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Alexandria, and a board of trustees, to administer and disburse the fund, in order to provide for the pensioning of members of the fire department with disabilities, and the widows or minor children of deceased members of the department, and to permit the retirement and pensioning of members of the fire department after the required length of service, all as is hereinafter provided.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §1, 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 › §11:3102. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3102 - Composition of the fund
From July 31, 1940, the funds, proceeds, and revenues hereinafter provided for shall constitute the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Alexandria, to be used for the purposes set forth in R.S. 11:3101, and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3103. Control and management

RS 11:3103 - Control and management
A. Said fund shall be under the control and management of and shall be administered by, a Board of Trustees composed as hereinafter set forth.
B.(1) The said Board of Trustees shall have control and management of said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund and shall make all rules and regulations for the proper administration of said Fund not in conflict with the provisions of this Part; shall hear and decide all applications for benefits under this Part; and its decisions on such applications shall not be subject to review or reversal except by said Board itself, or upon appeal to the courts.
(2) The said Board shall meet quarterly and a special meeting shall be called on forty-eight hours notice by the President at the request of any three members.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §§3, 7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3104. Board of Trustees; composition

RS 11:3104 - Board of Trustees; composition
A. The said Board of Trustees above mentioned shall be composed of seven members as follows:
(1) The Mayor, or Chief Executive of the City.
(2) The Secretary-Treasurer of the City, who shall be the Treasurer thereof.
(3) Five active members of the Fire Department of the City of Alexandria, not above the rank of Station Captain, who must have served at least two years in said Department before being eligible to said Board. The five members herein provided for shall be elected by the members of the Fire Department as hereinafter set forth.
B. The president and secretary of the Board shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of said Board, and shall be elected for a two year term.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3105. Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote

RS 11:3105 - Members from fire departments; election; qualifications to vote
The five members to be selected from the Fire Department shall be elected on the last Monday in June by secret ballot of the active members of the said Fire Department. No fireman shall be eligible to vote in said election unless he has served in said Fire Department for at least two years. The first election shall be held within fifteen days after July 31, 1940 and every two years thereafter on the last Monday in June. The officers of the Alexandria Fire Fighters Association shall call the election and provide for the manner in which it shall be conducted. In case of a vacancy on the Board of Trustees among the members who have been elected by the Fire Department, a special election shall be called to fill it, by the said officers of the Alexandria Fire Fighters Association, within sixty days after the vacancy occurs.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3106. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 11:3106 - Treasurer; duties; bond
The said Secretary-Treasurer of the City shall be the Treasurer of said Board of Trustees and custodian of all funds belonging to said Pension Relief Fund. He shall deposit the funds in such depositories as may be designated by said Board, and shall disburse funds belonging to said Pension Relief Fund only upon warrant of the Secretary of said Board, countersigned by the President thereof; the official bond of said Secretary-Treasurer shall stand as, and be security for the faithful performance, by said Secretary-Treasurer of the City, of his duties as Treasurer of the said Board of Trustees, or in lieu thereof, he may furnish a valid surety bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars. The premium for the bond shall be paid out of said Fund.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3107. Board of trustees; duties

RS 11:3107 - Board of trustees; duties
The board of trustees shall have the power, and it shall be its duty to:
(1) Make all rules and regulations necessary to the proper administration of said Fund under the provisions of the law.
(2) Retain such legal, medical, clerical, or other services as may be necessary for the conduct of the affairs connected with said Fund, and provide compensation for such service.
(3) Cause such amounts as may be set forth in the law to be deducted from the salaries of the active participants in the Fund and paid into the Treasury of the Fund.
(4) Certify to the levying authority provided by law the amount of revenues required and provided for and to cause same to be collected through the proper local agency.
(5) Cause the examination of every pensioner or beneficiary with a disability, at least once a year.
(6) Keep all necessary records of its meeting and proceedings.
(7) Cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the Fund, prepared by an independent Certified Public Accountant, showing the number of pensioners, the amount of disbursements, the revenues received, and present condition and manner of investment of the said Fund.
(8) Keep a book to be known as the List of Retired Firemen. Such book shall give a full and complete record of the action of the said Board of Trustees in retiring or pensioning all persons under this Part showing the names, dates of entering the service of said Fire Department, date of removal from active service and the reason for such action. The Board shall be a quasi-judicial body and its action shall be reviewable only in the courts.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §8(2) 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 › §11:3108. Secretary; duties; powers

RS 11:3108 - Secretary; duties; powers
The Secretary of the said Board of Trustees shall keep in books, provided for the purpose, a full and complete record of all proceedings of the Board of Trustees, particularly with reference to investment of funds belonging to the said Pension and Relief Fund as hereinafter provided. He shall file and keep all correspondence of the Board and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the said Board of Trustees, including the preparation of warrants for the various disbursements from the said Fund and the keeping of an accurate record thereof. The said Board shall fix at their discretion a salary to be received by said Secretary as compensation for his services.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §8(1) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3110. Investments

RS 11:3110 - Investments
The said Board of Trustees may at any time, after considering the probable current demands upon such fund, determine what portion of said Fund may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes, and having so determined, invest the same in the manner hereinafter authorized. Such investment shall be only in interest bearing bonds of the United States of America, or of the State of Louisiana, or of the said City of Alexandria, Louisiana, or interest bearing saving certificates, shares of stock, or bonds of institutions where the investment therein or thereof is insured by the United States of America; all income from such investments shall be and become a part of the said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. All such securities shall be deposited with the fiscal agent of the City of Alexandria, and its receipts therefor filed with the Secretary.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3111. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3111 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the Board of Trustees to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, 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 such fund; but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be kept, held, and distributed for no purposes other than those provided for in this Part.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §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 › §11:3112. Pro rata payments; record of unpaid benefits

RS 11:3112 - Pro rata payments; record of unpaid benefits
If at any time there shall not be sufficient funds in said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund subject to disbursement to pay each person entitled to the benefits 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. A record, however, shall be kept of all unpaid benefits as a result of said insufficient fund, and if at a later date funds are available, all accrued unpaid benefits shall be paid pro rata from said fund until same shall have been liquidated in full.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §12 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3114. Initial contribution by city; accumulation of funds; how payments are made

RS 11:3114 - Initial contribution by city; accumulation of funds; how payments are made
(1) The first payment or contribution to be made by the city of Alexandria shall be paid as soon as the first board of trustees shall have been elected and has begun to function, the payment to be for the city's fiscal year ending April 30, 1941, provided that payments shall be collected from the members of the fire department beginning with the month of August, 1940.
(2) In order to permit the accumulation of money in the fund so that benefits herein provided may be paid, and to put the fund on a sound basis financially, no benefit herein provided shall be paid from said fund, nor shall any sum be withdrawn to pay any such claim or benefit until and unless there shall have been accumulated, either in cash or in investments thereof, the full sum of twenty thousand dollars. If and in the event claims against the said fund shall have accrued prior to the accumulation of the said amount, payment of said claims shall be held in abeyance and they shall thereafter be paid upon there being accumulated in said fund the said amount of twenty thousand dollars, as aforementioned.
(3) Payments to the Firemen's Fund shall be made by the City of Alexandria, Louisiana, within ten days after the end of each fiscal year from the Parking Meter Fund.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3115. Separation from service

RS 11:3115 - Separation from service
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 of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3116. Military service credit

RS 11:3116 - Military service credit
That 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. "Service" in said Fire Department as used in this Part shall also include any activity while on or off duty with view of saving life or property.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3117. Authority to alienate property

RS 11:3117 - Authority to alienate property
Said Board of Trustees shall have, and the same is hereby granted, 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 Alexandria.
Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3118. Exemption of benefits

RS 11:3118 - Exemption of benefits
Any annuity, retirement allowance or benefits, or refund of contributions, or any optional benefit or any other benefit paid to any person under the provisions of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Alexandria is exempt from any state income tax.
Designated from Acts 1990, No. 972, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3131. Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the consolidated fire districts of Bastrop; creation

RS 11:3131 - Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the consolidated fire districts of Bastrop; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the consolidated fire districts of Bastrop, Louisiana, and a public corporation to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bastrop, Louisiana, which corporation shall be vested with the power to administer the Fund herein provided for, to sue and be sued, to buy and sell securities for investment of the surplus monies of said Fund, to allot disability payments and pensions as hereinafter set forth, to employ necessary clerical and professional services and fix the compensation of same.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §1, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3132. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3132 - Composition of the fund
From July 26, 1972, all funds, monies, proceeds, and revenues hereafter provided for shall constitute and be "The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the consolidated fire districts of Bastrop, Louisiana", embracing Bastrop for the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and/or retired members of the consolidated fire districts, Bastrop, Louisiana, and their widows and/or orphans, and for the relief and aid of any member of said fire department in case of disability.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.
NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3133. Control and management

RS 11:3133 - Control and management
The Fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by the board of trustees herein provided for.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3134. Board of trustees; composition

RS 11:3134 - Board of trustees; composition
The board of trustees shall be composed of five members, consisting of the Mayor who shall be president of the Board, two members of the Board of Aldermen who shall be chosen by that body; one active fireman below the rank of Captain; and one active fireman of any rank, both to be elected on the first Monday of each year by the active firemen voting by secret ballot. These elected members shall serve a one year term. Should a vacancy occur during a term of office a special election shall be held within 60 days to elect a successor to serve the unexpired term. The president of said board shall vote only in case of a tie. The board of trustees shall select one of its members to act in the capacity of secretary-treasurer of the board.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3135. Members of fire departments; qualifications

RS 11:3135 - Members of fire departments; qualifications
Members of the said fire department, as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Act, shall constitute every man actively in the employ of said Fire Department of the City of Bastrop, Louisiana and who is qualified under the civil service system.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §14 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.