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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3714. Board of trustees of fund

RS 11:3714 - Board of trustees of fund
A. There shall be a board of trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the City of Shreveport for the administration, management, operation, and control of the fund.
B. The board shall be composed of the following members:
(1) The mayor of the city of Shreveport, who shall serve as president.
(2) The chief administrative officer of the city of Shreveport.
(3) The director of finance of the city of Shreveport, who shall serve as treasurer.
(4)(a) Five persons, each of whom shall be one of the following:
(i) An active member of the fund who became a member prior to July 12, 1977.
(ii) A former member who is receiving a benefit from the fund and who became a member prior to July 12, 1977.
(iii) The surviving spouse of an active member of the fund who became a member prior to July 12, 1977.
(iv) The surviving spouse of a former member who was receiving a benefit from the fund immediately prior to death and who became a member prior to July 12, 1977.
(b) These members shall be elected by those persons who are eligible to become members of the board of trustees. The elections shall be conducted in the manner set forth by the board of trustees sitting prior to the election.
(c) These members shall serve four-year terms.
(d) The board of trustees shall elect one of these members to serve as secretary.
(5) A member possessing the same qualifications as those of the members provided for in Subparagraph (4)(a) of this Subsection shall be elected by the other members for a term concurrent with that of the elected members provided for in Subparagraph (4)(a) of this Subsection.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Acts 1979, No. 626, §1, eff. July 18, 1979; Acts 1988, No. 417, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2354 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 710, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2023, No. 32, §1, eff. June 1, 2023.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 417, §2.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3715. Management of fund; salary deductions; action of board to be final; meetings

RS 11:3715 - Management of fund; salary deductions; action of board to be final; meetings
A. The board shall have charge of the fund. The board shall assess each member of the police department an amount not to exceed nine percent of his salary excluding overtime pay but including state supplemental pay which shall be deducted monthly. This assessment is to be deposited by the treasurer of the fund in a depository chosen by the board and subject to the orders of the board. The city of Shreveport shall, in addition to those funds deposited pursuant to R.S. 11:3712, appropriate and pay over into said fund annually a sum in the identical amount as that total sum paid over into the fund from the payroll deductions of all employees of the police department as described in this Subsection.
B. The board shall make regulations for its government and hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions under this Subpart. Its decision on applications shall be final and conclusive and not be subject to review or reversal except by the board. The board shall, within thirty days after an application is made by a member, pass upon said application and notify the member. If no notice is received within thirty days from date of filing of said application, the application shall be considered automatically approved. The board shall keep a record of all its meetings and proceedings. The board shall meet at least once annually and when called by the president or secretary.
C. The board may retain legal, actuarial, accounting, investment, medical, clerical, or other services as may be necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the fund and fix the rate of compensation for those services.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Acts 1977, No. 497, §1; Acts 1988, No. 417, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2355 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2023, No. 32, §1, eff. June 1, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3716. Duties of treasurer; bond

RS 11:3716 - Duties of treasurer; bond
A. The treasurer of the board shall be the custodian of the fund and keep his books and accounts in the manner prescribed by the board. The books and accounts shall be subject to the inspection of a member of the board at any time. The treasurer shall deposit all money in the bank selected by the board. Upon the expiration of the treasurer's term of office, he shall deliver to his successor all unexpended money and all property which has come into his keeping as treasurer.
B. The treasurer shall, within ten days after his appointment, execute a bond to the board with good and sufficient sureties in the sum directed by the board for the faithful performance of his office. The bond shall be filed in the office of the board and in case of its breach, suit may be brought on the bond in the name of the board or any person injured by the breach.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 551, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2356 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3717. Deposit of money collected for fund

RS 11:3717 - Deposit of money collected for fund
Not later than fifteen days after the close of the fiscal year, the treasurer of the board shall deposit to the credit of the fund, in the bank designated by the board, the amounts prescribed in R.S. 11:3502 and all money collected under this Subpart and turned into the municipal treasury during the preceding year.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2357 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3718. Property for benefit of fund; minimum fund required before disbursements can be made

RS 11:3718 - Property for benefit of fund; minimum fund required before disbursements can be made
A. The board may receive property of any nature for the benefit of the fund.
B. The sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be retained as a permanent fund. No pension shall be paid or money drawn from the fund until the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, over and above the fifty thousand dollars held as a permanent fund is to the fund's credit.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2358 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3719. Investment of fund

RS 11:3719 - Investment of fund
A. The board may invest the permanent fund or any portion thereof in the name of the "Board of Trustees of the Police Pension and Relief Fund" in interest bearing bonds of the United States of America, or the state of Louisiana, or of the said city of Shreveport, Louisiana; federally insured banks or savings and loan associations; industrial bonds; utility bonds; preferred securities; railroad equipment trust certificates; first mortgage loans which shall be limited to ten percent of the issuing company's admitted assets; real estate first mortgage loans on unencumbered real estate, which shall be limited to seventy-five percent of the appraised valuation of the real property; bank certificates of deposit of any accredited state or federal bank operating in Louisiana, provided full collateral is submitted and maintained by the city under the terms of its local fiscal agency agreement; repurchase agreements; securities of any accredited building and loan association or savings and loan associations which is located in the state of Louisiana, provided such investment amount is fully insured by the federal government; mutual funds which have official representatives domiciled in Louisiana; common stocks of any major company which is fully solvent or registered on a major securities exchange; or in any other investment vehicle that a similarly-situated institutional investor would deem prudent.
B. The board shall have full power to diversify the investments of the funds, in any of the above investments or securities which the board deems prudent and advisable. The board 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 shall have been invested. The board shall manage the funds with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence, under the circumstances then prevailing, that a prudent man, 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.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 587, §1; Acts 1982, No. 17, §1, eff. July 9, 1982; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2359 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2009, No. 398, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3720. Money available for pensions

RS 11:3720 - Money available for pensions
A. The interest received from the investments after the fund has reached fifty thousand dollars or fifteen thousand dollars, as the case may be, and all money received from any source, shall be applicable to the payment of pensions and relief under this Subpart.
B. In any year in which the assets of the fund are sufficient to cover eighty percent of the fund's liabilities, the board may in its discretion award a permanent benefit increase or a cost-of-living adjustment to the fund's beneficiaries. Such increase shall not exceed three percent of the pension amount payable to the beneficiary on the date the increase becomes effective.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2360 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2009, No. 398, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3721. Disbursements upon warrants

RS 11:3721 - Disbursements upon warrants
Money shall be paid by the treasurer from the fund only upon warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. No warrant shall be drawn except by order of the board.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2361 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3722. Financial reporting

RS 11:3722 - Financial reporting
The condition of the fund as of December thirty-first of each year shall be reported to the governing authority of the municipality by the board's secretary every January. In addition thereto, at least every three years the board shall employ a qualified actuary who shall, as of December thirty-first of the immediately preceding year, make an actuarial valuation of the fund and make recommendations required for sound funding of the fund.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 497, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2362 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3723. Funds not subject to claims against beneficiaries

RS 11:3723 - Funds not subject to claims against beneficiaries
The fund, or any portion thereof, before or after an order for its distribution is issued, shall be exempt from assignment or pledge by a beneficiary of the fund or from seizure by virtue of any judicial process issued against the beneficiary.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2363 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3725. Election of benefits

RS 11:3725 - Election of benefits
All laws or parts of laws, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed; provided, that no provision of this Subpart shall operate to affect in any manner the rights of those persons who are now drawing benefits under prior laws and, particularly, this Subpart shall not diminish in any manner the rights and benefits granted under Acts No. 222 of 1938, 11 of 1956, and 88 of 1962, to any member presently entitled and drawing benefits under said Acts.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2365 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3726. Filing names of persons entitled to death benefits

RS 11:3726 - Filing names of persons entitled to death benefits
Every member of the department shall file with the secretary of the board the name of any beneficiary to whom death benefits shall be paid and his relation to the member.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2366 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3727. Eligibility for appointment to department; physical examination

RS 11:3727 - Eligibility for appointment to department; physical examination
A. Persons eligible for first appointment to the police department shall be between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five years at the time of such original appointment, and shall be subject to re-employment after the age of thirty-five years. No person shall be employed in the department without first submitting to a physical examination by the municipal physician. If not pronounced physically fit by the physician, the applicant shall not under any conditions be eligible for benefits from the fund. The physician shall make a written report of each applicant examined to the commissioner of public safety and to the board immediately upon examination.
B. This Section does not apply to those persons who were regular members of the department on July 31, 1940.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2367 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3728. Credit for military service

RS 11:3728 - Credit for military service
Time served in the military service of the United States government to fulfill military obligation shall constitute "service" in the police department as used in this Subpart. Any re-enlistment time shall not be considered "service" under the terms of this Subpart upon re-enlistment such persons shall forfeit any rights under this Subpart. Such time in military service must interrupt the member's employment in the Shreveport Police Department.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2368 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3729. Members affected

RS 11:3729 - Members affected
The provisions of this Subpart shall apply to any and all widows and dependents of members of the Shreveport Police Department as of 12:00 P.M. on the first day of January, 1969. Said provisions shall apply to the members of the police department as of July 31, 1968. For the purposes of this Subpart, all applications which are pending and/or not finalized on said date shall be governed by the provisions of this Subpart.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2369 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3730. Penalty for violations

RS 11:3730 - Penalty for violations
Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Subpart shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not longer than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. The court of original and unlimited jurisdiction in civil suits shall have jurisdiction of offenses defined by this Subpart.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2370 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3761. Bus driver's pension and relief fund of the city of Monroe; creation

RS 11:3761 - Bus driver's pension and relief fund of the city of Monroe; creation
From July 30, 1952, the assets, funds, monies and properties presently constituting the Bus Drivers' Pension Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, shall, together with the funds, proceeds and revenues hereinafter provided for, constitute and be "The Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe"; and such fund is hereby dedicated to the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and retired members of the Bus Drivers' Department of the City of Monroe, and their widows and orphans and for the relief and aid of members of the bus drivers' department in the case of disability as provided in this Part.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §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 › §11:3762. Composition of the fund; control and management

RS 11:3762 - Composition of the fund; control and management
The fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by a Board of Trustees as hereinafter provided for.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3763. Board of trustees; composition

RS 11:3763 - Board of trustees; composition
A. The "Board of Trustees of the Bus Drivers' Department Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana" hereby created a body politic, and shall be composed of:
(1) The President of the "Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana", who shall be ex-officio Chairman of said Board.
(2) The Vice President of the "Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana".
(3) The Secretary of the "Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana".
(4) Four active members of said Bus Drivers' Department to be elected at the time and in the manner specified for election of officers as hereinafter provided for.
B. The Secretary of said Board shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of said Board, and shall be elected at the time each new board takes office.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3764. Qualification of officers from bus drivers' departments; special elections

RS 11:3764 - Qualification of officers from bus drivers' departments; special elections
A. All officers of "The Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana", except the President and the Treasurer, shall be employees of the said Bus Drivers' Department. The President shall be a member of the Commission Council of the City of Monroe, and the Treasurer shall be the duly authorized and acting Secretary-Treasurer of the City of Monroe, and his bond shall be so written as to adequately cover the funds here involved as hereinafter provided. If the President and/or the Treasurer so elected be not members of the said Bus Drivers' Department, they shall not receive any benefits hereunder.
B. In the event a vacancy should occur in the said Board of Trustees a special election shall be called by the remaining members of said Board within thirty days after such vacancy shall occur.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3765. Selection of officers and members of the board; annual and special meetings; quorum

RS 11:3765 - Selection of officers and members of the board; annual and special meetings; quorum
A. The first officers and members of the Board of Trustees of "The Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana" shall be elected by the membership thereof on July 30, 1952 and they shall hold office until the annual meeting in 1952 when their successors shall be elected. Thereafter they shall hold office for one year and be elected at each annual meeting. They shall hold office until their successors have been duly elected and have accepted the office to which elected. They may succeed themselves in office.
B. The annual meeting of the members of this fund for the election of officers and trustees and matters of business shall be held at 8:00 A.M. on the second Monday of each July without call or notice. Special or called meetings of the membership may be held upon call of the President or upon call signed by two-thirds of members of Board; said call to be in writing and posted in City Hall and Bus Barn in a conspicuous place at least five days before said meeting is to be held. A quorum of two-thirds of the membership must be present at any meeting, annual or special, in order to transact any business, and all matters shall be decided by a two-thirds vote of the membership present at any meeting, except the election of officers and members of the board of Trustees shall be a majority vote of the members present.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3766. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 11:3766 - Treasurer; duties; bond
The Treasurer so elected shall be custodian of all funds belonging to said Pension and 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 and Relief Fund only upon warrants signed by himself and countersigned by the Vice President and the Secretary thereof. The said Treasurer shall give an annual surety bond of good and solvent surety by a recognized Bonding Company, duly licensed to do business in the state of Louisiana, in a sum equal to the amount in the said Pension and Relief Fund at the end of each year. The premium of said bond shall be paid out of the said fund.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3767. Board of directors; duties; meetings

RS 11:3767 - Board of directors; duties; meetings
A. The said Board of trustees shall have exclusive control and management of said Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund and shall, upon the advice and consent of the members of the said Bus Drivers' Department, make all necessary and pertinent rules and regulations for the proper administration of said Fund not in conflict with the provision 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, or upon certiorari to the Courts, however, in the event payment or action is not taken within ten days by said Board, after due notices given, the beneficiary thereof may appeal to the said Bus Drivers' Department as a whole. Provided that the benefits established by R.S. 11:3771 and 3778 may be reduced by said Board of Trustees until such time as reserve funds are, in its opinion, adequate for the payment of such benefits in full.
B. No debt, claim, pension, or benefit, of whatsoever nature or kind, shall ever be paid until the same has been duly approved by said Board of Trustees. All such payments, after having been approved by the said Board, shall be by voucher signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Vice President and Secretary.
C. The said Board shall meet upon call of the President, or upon call of any two members of the Board.
"Call", as used herein, shall mean due and timely notice given in writing to all members of the said Board of the intention to convene.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3770. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3770 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the Board of Trustees to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied upon by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, injunction, writ, order, decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court of this state for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, demand, claim, judgment, or decree, against any beneficiary of such fund, but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be sacredly kept, held, and distributed for the purposes named in this Part, and for no other purposes whatsoever.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3772. Death benefits

RS 11:3772 - Death benefits
A claim for pension or death benefits based on any facts or conditions not hereinabove expressed may be paid by the said fund provided the same has been brought before the membership at an annual or special meeting and a favorable vote registered therefor. But the Board of Trustees shall pay no pension or death benefit not specially provided by this Part until the membership has acted favorably upon the same at an annual or special meeting.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §13 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3773. Payments during disability

RS 11:3773 - Payments during disability
No member with a disability shall be paid pension benefits hereunder during such period of disability while receiving regular wages or salary from the City of Monroe.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §14 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 › §11:3774. Physical examination required for disability benefits

RS 11:3774 - Physical examination required for disability benefits
A member claiming pension benefits, or a member already receiving such benefits because of such disability as renders him unfit for service in the department shall subject himself to physical examination by a Medical Examiner designated by the Board of Trustees of this organization and if the findings of said examiner be objectionable to the member, the member may require a further physical examination to be held jointly by the Medical Examiner of the Board, a Medical Examiner to be chosen by the member and a third Medical Examiner to be selected by the Examiner representing the Board and the member and the concurrence of either two of said examiners reduced to writing and signed by them shall be considered as final by the Board of Trustees and by the member affected. The disability of said member shall not affect his seniority rights.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3775. Disability benefits to cease upon recovery or refusal to return to work

RS 11:3775 - Disability benefits to cease upon recovery or refusal to return to work
Any member receiving a pension for disability, who refused to return to duty in the Department upon recovering from said disability, shall forfeit all claims to further benefits hereunder, provided that an opening awaits said member in the Department upon such recovery; the matter of openings in employment is to be subject to the contract currently existing by and between City of Monroe and the Amalgamated Association of Electric Street Railway, Motor Coach Employees, Local No. 1160.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3776. Leave of absence; waiver of dues and benefits

RS 11:3776 - Leave of absence; waiver of dues and benefits
Any member granted a leave of absence from the department, and not employed during such leave by the City of Monroe, may, in the sound discretion of the Board of Trustees, have both dues and benefits waived and suspended during such period of leave, and any leave of absence so granted by the Board of Trustees, may likewise in the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be recalled, vacated, and cancelled.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3777. Compulsory retirement prohibited

RS 11:3777 - Compulsory retirement prohibited
No member of this organization shall ever be compelled by this organization to retire from active service in the department because of age, length of service, physical disability or infirmity; the acceptance of said pension benefits shall always be optional with the member.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §18 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3778. Member participation; service not interrupted by physical infirmity; military service; supplement to federal pension

RS 11:3778 - Member participation; service not interrupted by physical infirmity; military service; supplement to federal pension
A. A member's service period shall not be considered as having been interrupted during the period that the member may not be employed by the department because of illness, injury, or other physical infirmity or disability; nor shall it be considered as interrupted during the period that a member may be in actual military service of his country or state in time of war, peril, insurrection, calamity, or other cause that may call the member from private life to military service, and the dues of such member while absent from the department during such military service shall be waived. Provided also that if a member of the department is called into the Armed Forces of the United States, and as a result of his service he acquires a total disability and receives a pension from the federal government, the pension fund herein will pay him an amount sufficient to equal the sum of one hundred forty dollars per month, or if he is killed and his widow or dependent children receive a pension from the federal government, the Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund shall pay his widow or dependent children an amount necessary to total the sum of eighty dollars per month.
B. In the event eighty dollars per month, or more, is paid by the Federal Government alone, then, and in that event there shall be no obligation on the part of the Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund to pay out any amount to said widow or dependent children. In the event the Federal Government pays a greater amount than eighty dollars per month and at a later date decreases this amount to a sum less than eighty dollars per month, then and at that time, the Bus Drivers' Pension and Relief Fund shall pay to the widow and/or dependents an amount necessary to bring the total pension to the sum of eighty dollars per month.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §19 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 › §11:3779. Computation of length of service

RS 11:3779 - Computation of length of service
The service of a member of this fund shall date from his first employment in the department provided such service has not been broken or interrupted for causes not excused and condoned by this Part. The service date of a member reemployed after having resigned from the department or reemployed after having been discharged without reinstatement shall date from the date of said reemployment. The service date of a member reinstated after dismissal (not reemployed) shall date from the date of his first employment.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §20 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3780. Transfer to other department

RS 11:3780 - Transfer to other department
If a member of this organization be transferred by a city official to service for the City of Monroe other than in the department, if the transfer shall exceed six months in duration, it shall operate as a complete termination of the member's membership and forfeiture of all rights, unless the member has a partial disability; but if the transfer does not exceed six months service, it shall not operate to terminate the member's membership herein, if the member returns to the department and works at least one full day in each calendar month during the period.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §21 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 › §11:3781. Physical examination prior to employment required

RS 11:3781 - Physical examination prior to employment required
After July 30, 1952, all new members employed are required to stand physical examination before a physician named by the Board of Trustees, and such physician must certify their abilities to perform the services of this Department. Members of said Department in good standing on July 30, 1952 are not required to stand such examinations. Any persons employed in the said Bus Drivers' Department subsequent to July 30, 1952, shall not be eligible for any benefits under the provisions of this Part if the said person has attained the age of thirty-five years as of the date of his employment.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 187, §22 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3791. The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe; creation

RS 11:3791 - The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe; creation
A Pension and Retirement Fund is herein created and shall hereinafter be known and constituted as "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana"; and the fund is hereby dedicated to the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and retired members of the Electric Line Department, Electric Service Department, Street Lighting Department, Electric Inspection Department, the Commercial Manager, and the Electricians of the Water and Light Office of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, and their widows and orphans and for the relief and aid of members of the electric departments in the case of disability as hereinafter provided.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §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 › §11:3792. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3792 - Composition of the fund
The fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by a Board of Trustees as hereinafter provided for.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3793. Control and management; board of trustees; composition

RS 11:3793 - Control and management; board of trustees; composition
A. The "Board of Trustees" of "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana", hereby created a body politic, and shall be composed of five active members of the Retirement System, to be elected at the time and in the manner specified for election of officers as hereinafter provided for.
B. The Secretary of said Board shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of said Board, and shall be elected at the time each new Board takes office.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3794. Members from electrical departments; officers of the board; vacancies

RS 11:3794 - Members from electrical departments; officers of the board; vacancies
A. All officers of "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana", except the Treasurer shall be employees of the said Electrical Departments. The Treasurer shall be the duly authorized and acting Secretary-Treasurer of the City of Monroe, and his bond shall be so written as to adequately cover the funds here involved as hereinafter provided. The Treasurer shall not receive any benefits hereunder.
B. In the event a vacancy should occur in the said Board of Trustees, a special election shall be called by the remaining members of said Board within thirty days after such vacancy shall occur.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3795. Elections; annual meetings

RS 11:3795 - Elections; annual meetings
A. The first officers and members of the Board of Trustees of "The Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Monroe, Louisiana" shall be elected by the membership thereof on August 1, 1956 and they shall hold office until the Annual Meeting in 1957 when their successors shall be elected. Thereafter they shall hold office for one year and be elected at each Annual Meeting. They shall hold office until their successors have been duly elected and have accepted the office to which elected. They may succeed themselves in office.
B. The Annual Meeting of the members of this Fund for the election of officers and trustees and matters of business shall be held at 8:00 A.M. on the second Monday of each July without call or notice. Special or called meetings of the membership may be held upon call of the President or upon call signed by two-thirds of the members of the Board; said call to be in writing and posted in conspicuous places in all Departments, at least five days before said Meeting is to be held. A quorum of two-thirds of the membership must be present at any meeting, Annual or Special, in order to transact any business, and all matters shall be decided by a two-thirds vote of the membership present at any meeting except the election of officers and members of the Board of Trustees shall be a majority vote of the members present.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3796. Treasurer; duties; bond

RS 11:3796 - Treasurer; duties; bond
The Treasurer so elected shall be custodian of all funds belonging to said Pension and 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 and Relief Fund only upon warrants signed by himself and countersigned by the Vice President and the Secretary thereof. The said Treasurer shall give an annual surety bond of good and solvent surety by a recognized Bonding Company, duly licensed to do business in the state of Louisiana, in the sum equal to the amount in the said Pension and Relief Fund at the end of each year. The premium of said bond shall be paid out of the said fund.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3797. Board of directors; duties; meetings

RS 11:3797 - Board of directors; duties; meetings
A. The said Board of Trustees shall have exclusive control and management of said Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund and shall, upon the advice and consent of the members of the said Electrical Department, make all necessary and pertinent 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 decision on such applications shall not be subject to review or reversal except by said Board, or upon certiorari to the Courts, however, in the event payment or action is not taken within ten days by said Board, after due notices given, the beneficiary thereof may appeal to the said Electrical Departments as a whole. Provided that the benefits established by R.S. 11:3802 and 3805 may be reduced by said Board of Trustees until such time as reserve funds are, in its opinion, adequate for the payment of such benefits in full.
B. No debt, claim, pension, or benefit, of whatsoever nature or kind, shall ever be paid until the same has been duly approved by said Board of Trustees. All such payments, after having been approved by the said Board, shall be by voucher signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Vice President and Secretary.
C. The said Board shall meet upon call of the President, or upon call of any two members of the Board. "Call" as used herein, shall mean due and timely notice given in writing to all members of the said Board of the intention to convene.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3799. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 11:3799 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
The said Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:
(1) Proceeds of the sale of all salvage material of the Electrical Departments of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, except when used as trade-in allowance on the purchase of new property, shall be put in the Pension and Relief Fund.
(2) All rewards, gifts, donations, gratuities, proceeds of carnivals, dances, exhibitions, benefits, shows, games, plays or otherwise whatsoever made to or earned by the Departments, and all rewards, gifts, donations and gratuities made individually to members of the various Electrical Departments and growing out of service performed in the Departments, shall at the option of the Board of Trustees be deposited in the said Pension and Relief Fund of this organization.
(3) Five percent of the salary of all employees in the various Electrical Departments shall be deducted from their salaries on each weekly payday of the City of Monroe, Louisiana.
(4) The said City of Monroe, Louisiana, is by this Part authorized and directed to appropriate and pay over monthly out of the revenues derived from fees collected from charges for temporary services, charges for reconnections, and all other special charges in connection with furnishing electricity to consumers of the City of Monroe municipally owned electrical distribution system. The City of Monroe shall fix and adjust its rates for the above mentioned services so as to provide a fund equal to five percent of the monthly payroll of the said Electric Line Department, Electric Service Department, Street Lighting Department, Electric Inspection Department, and the electricians and the Commercial Manager in the Water and Light Office of the City of Monroe, said sum to be paid over to the Treasurer of the fund and by him deposited to the account of said Pension and Relief Fund.
(5) One-half of all electrical inspection fees received by the City of Monroe, Louisiana.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3800. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3800 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Electrical Workers' Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the Board of Trustees to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied upon by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, injunction, writ, order, decree, or any other process whatsoever, issued out of, or by, any court of this state for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, demand, claim, judgment, or decree, against any beneficiary of such fund, but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be sacredly kept, held, and distributed for the purposes named in this Part, and for no other purposes whatsoever.
Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 634, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.