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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3136. Board of trustees; rules and regulations; meetings

RS 11:3136 - Board of trustees; rules and regulations; meetings
A. The board of trustees shall have exclusive control and management of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund and shall make all necessary and pertinent rules and regulations for the proper administration of said Fund; shall hear and decide on all applications for benefits under this Fund, and its decisions on such applications shall not be subject to review or reversal except by said board or upon filing of suit in any court of competent jurisdiction. All rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees shall, within thirty days after their adoption, be posted on the bulletin board provided for that purpose in each of the fire houses located within the city limits of the consolidated fire districts of Bastrop, Louisiana.
B. The board shall meet quarterly and a special meeting shall be called on forty-eight hours notice by the president at the request of any three members. Three members shall constitute a quorum.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3137. Board of trustees; duties; powers

RS 11:3137 - Board of trustees; duties; powers
The board of trustees shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:
(1) Make all rules and regulations necessary to the proper conduct of the business of the Fund under the provisions of the law.
(2) Retain such legal, medical, clerical or other services as may be necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the Fund, and make compensation for such services.
(3) Cause such amounts as may be set forth in the law to be deducted from the salaries of the active participants in the Fund, and be paid into the treasury of the Fund.
(4) Certify to the levying authority provided by law the amount of revenues required and provided for, and cause same to be collected through the proper local agency.
(5) Cause the examination of every disability pensioner or beneficiary as often as the board deems necessary, but at least once a year.
(6) Keep all necessary records of its meetings and proceedings.
(7) It shall annually, at the close of the fiscal year, cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the Fund, prepared by an independent certified public accountant, showing number of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received and present condition and manner of investment of said Fund.
(8) Keep a book to be known as the list of Retired Firemen. This book shall give a full and complete record of the action of the board of trustees in retiring or pensioning all persons under this Part, showing the names, date of entering the service of said fire department, date of removal from active service, and the reason for such action. Decisions by the board shall be reviewable only by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3138. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 11:3138 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:
(1) All rewards, gifts or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said fire department, except when given to an individual member or given to endow a medal or other permanent award, shall be paid into the Pension and Relief Fund.
(2) The proceeds of the outright sale of condemned movable property used by the fire department shall be paid into the Pension and Relief Fund.
(3) The refund on all insurance premiums from insurance companies, under R.S. 22:343-349, and each year's refund or a like amount.
(4) Ten percent of the gross salary of all employees of said fire department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this Fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into said Fund.
(5)(a) The city of Bastrop is authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of the annual revenues of the General Alimony Tax, or the dedicated Fire Department Millage Tax of the said city of Bastrop into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum equal to seven percent of the firemen's gross salaries, said payments to be paid into said fund monthly. However, at any time when an employer's contributions to Social Security under United States law increases to more than seven percent, then the city of Bastrop shall contribute an identical sum, not to exceed the amount set under United States law.
(b) The contributions of the city of Bastrop shall never be less than the said seven percent.
(6) The city of Bastrop shall pay out of the annual revenues of the General Alimony Tax or the dedicated Fire Department millage tax of the consolidated fire districts of the city of Bastrop into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund annually, at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equivalent to the amount of such deficit as may result, occur or appear in the operation of said Fund for the preceding year at the close of such fiscal year, considering the receipt and revenues accruing for such year to the said Fund under Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this Section, as against disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3139. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investments

RS 11:3139 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investments
The board of trustees may at any time, after considering the probable current demands upon such Fund, determine what portion of said fund may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes, and having so determined, invest the same in the manner hereinafter authorized, and all proceedings of the board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. Such investment shall be in interest bearing bonds of the United States of America, State of Louisiana, City of Bastrop, Louisiana, or may be invested with any institution where said funds are one hundred percent insured by the United States Government. All income from such investment shall be and become a part of said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. All such securities shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees, and the receipt therefor filed in the record books.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §8 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3140. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3140 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the board of trustees to the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of this Part, be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained or levied upon, by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, injunction, writ, order, decree or any other process whatsoever, issued out of or by any court of this state, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, demand, claim, judgment or decree against any beneficiary of such fund; but shall be exempt therefrom. The fund shall be kept, held, and distributed solely for the purposes named in this Part and for no other purposes whatsoever.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §9 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 › §11:3141. Cost-of-living increases

RS 11:3141 - Cost-of-living increases
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the city of Bastrop shall pay, out of the annual revenues of the General Alimony Tax or the dedicated Fire Department millage tax of the consolidated fire districts of the city of Bastrop, a cost-of-living increase in all benefits being received by the beneficiaries of the Fund in an amount equal to the same percentage increase as the cost-of-living increase in benefits granted by the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System in the current fiscal year to its retirees and beneficiaries. The effective date of any such cost-of-living increase granted by the city of Bastrop shall be the same effective date of the respective cost-of-living increase granted by the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3142. Transfer from other plan or fund

RS 11:3142 - Transfer from other plan or fund
All Bastrop fire department employees who are secured benefits under the provisions of this plan shall, on July 26, 1972, thenceforth and immediately thereupon cease to be eligible for benefits under any other City or State pension and relief and/or retirement plan and, on July 26, 1972, all funds and monies which have heretofore been paid into any pension and relief and/or retirement fund or plan of the City of Bastrop or the State of Louisiana by any Bastrop Fire Department employee who thereupon becomes subject to benefits under this plan shall immediately be transferred into this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund hereby created and the responsible fiscal officer for any such fund shall immediately take appropriate steps to transfer such funds or monies to this plan.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §11 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3144. Separation from service

RS 11:3144 - Separation from service
(1) In the event a member of the fire department becomes separated from the service in said fire department before being eligible for pension, his salary deductions shall be returned to him, without interest.
(2) In the event a member of the fire department shall be laid off, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any cause for a period not exceeding ninety days, he shall continue during said lay-off periods to be entitled to the benefits of this Part.
(3) If any member or members of the fire department shall be discharged from the service for reasons of economy or reduction in the force due to no fault of said member and later shall be reemployed by the fire department, his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date he was discharged without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service, provided he does not draw out his salary deductions, and time lost under these conditions shall not count as time served on said fire department.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §13 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3145. Military service credit

RS 11:3145 - Military service credit
A.(1) Time served in the military service of the United States to fulfill military obligation shall be credited as "time served" for retirement benefits. Any voluntary reenlistment time shall not be credited and upon such reenlistment all rights hereunder shall be forfeited. Obligatory time served in military service must interrupt the member's employment with the fire department in order to be credited.
(2) A member serving in the Armed Forces of the United States Government, must apply for reemployment with said fire department within 90 days after his release from military service for said service time to be so applied.
B. Time lost on account of sickness and fire department "service injury" shall constitute "service" in the fire department.
C. "Service" in said fire department, as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund, shall also include any activity while on or off duty with a view toward saving life or property, excluding injury or disease from other gainful employment.
D. That period of time during which a fireman has a disability by reason of service and is drawing disability benefits pursuant to R.S. 11:3143(1) shall be credited to the member with a disability as "time served" for purposes of retirement on years of service.
E. Time served prior to the enactment of this Part in the active service of said fire department shall be considered as "service" in the said fire department and shall be credited to all active members on July 26, 1972. However, certain active members of the Bastrop Fire Department have heretofore withdrawn certain salary deductions from an existing retirement plan with the City of Bastrop. In order to be eligible for any benefits under this Part, such members must immediately begin a plan of refund of such amounts acceptable to the Board of Trustees, into this Fund and the entire amount of such withdrawals must be recovered within six months of July 26, 1972. No benefits will be paid hereunder until the entire amount withdrawn shall have been replaced.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §15 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 › §11:3146. Board of trustees; authority to alienate property

RS 11:3146 - Board of trustees; authority to alienate property
The board of trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of Bastrop shall have, and the same is hereby granted unto them, full power and authority to sell, mortgage, lease, let or otherwise alienate or dispose of any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which is now in the possession of or belongs to or shall become the property or come into the possession of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bastrop, Louisiana and/or of the board of trustees thereof in furthering the requirements and purposes of this Part.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §16 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3161. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Baton Rouge; creation

RS 11:3161 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Baton Rouge; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Baton Rouge, 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 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which corporation shall be vested with the power to administer the fund herewith provided for, to sue and be sued, to buy and sell securities for investment of the surplus moneys of said Fund, to allot disability payments and pensions as hereinafter set forth.
Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3162. Board of trustees; composition

RS 11:3162 - Board of trustees; composition
A. The Board of Trustees shall be composed of the Mayor of the City of Baton Rouge, the Commissioner of Finance of the City of Baton Rouge, the Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Baton Rouge, and two active members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department of the City of Baton Rouge.
B. The Mayor shall be the President of the Pension Board, the Commissioner of Finance shall be the Treasurer of the Pension Board, the Chief of the Fire Department shall be the Vice-President of the Board, two members of the Fire Department shall be elected by popular vote by Members of said Pension Fund thirty days after July 31, 1946, and, thereafter, every two years. The firemen members receiving the majority vote shall be Secretary of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund.
C. In case of a vacancy on the Board of Trustees from among the Members of the Fire Department on said Board, said vacancy shall be filled by an election as herein provided and to be held within sixty days from creation of the vacancy.
Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3163. Secretary; duties; powers

RS 11:3163 - Secretary; duties; powers
A. 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, keep minutes of all of its meetings, 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 of Trustees shall fix at their discretion a salary to be received by said Secretary as compensation for his services.
B. The Secretary shall keep a service record of each Member of the Fire Department, which shall show his age, date of entry in the Department, interruptions of his service, and the cause thereof, whether by injury, illness, disciplinary suspension, voluntary resignation and re-appointment. He shall keep the records of the Board, lists of retired Members receiving pensions and shall have posted in each firehouse, at least once a year, a list of Pensioners and Members receiving disability pay, and a summary of the audit of his accounts made by the Board's accountant.
Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §5 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3164. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 11:3164 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
A. It shall be the duty of the city council beginning with the year 1949 and annually thereafter:
(1) To budget, to appropriate, and to pay to the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum of money equal to the annual revenue derived from the payments made by foreign fire insurance companies based upon the insurance premiums collected by said companies, but in no case shall said council pay to said Fund less than fifteen thousand dollars per annum; said council shall annually pay to the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund the above sum until such time as said Fund shall have from all sources, accumulated a sum considered by the Board of Trustees based upon the findings of a competent and recognized actuary to be actuarially sound.
(2) To deduct three percent of the salaries of all Members of said Fire Department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this Fund; the said three percent shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into the said Fund. The proceeds of the sales of condemned properties owned and used by the Fire Department, all rewards, gifts, or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said Fire Department except when given to an individual Member or given to endow a medal or other permanent rewards shall also be paid into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. No pensions shall be paid or money drawn from said Fund for any purpose until said sum paid by the City shall be to its credit, and the interest received from investments of said Fund shall be applicable to the payments of pensions and relief under this Part.
(3) If at any time there shall not be sufficient money in such Pension and Relief Fund to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof, the full amount per month as hereinbefore provided then equal percentage of such payment shall be made to each beneficiary until the fund shall be replenished to warrant the payment in full of each of said beneficiaries.
Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3165. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 11:3165 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment
A. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees to carry a blanket Fidelity Insurance policy covering all officers handling the money or securities of said Fund in the amount of five thousand dollars, and to pay the premium therefor out of the funds of said Board.
B. The said Board of Trustees shall have complete control of said funds and shall have the power to draw such sums of money from its treasury, to invest such funds in the name of the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund, in interest-bearing bonds, of the United States of America, of the State of Louisiana, of the City of Baton Rouge, and in stock or other securities of qualified homestead associations operating under the laws of the State of Louisiana, where the investment represented thereby is further secured under the Federal Insurance Plan and provided that no investment of said funds shall be made upon a basis where any part of said investment shall be made without the benefit of such Federal Insurance protection. And all such securities shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Pension and Relief Fund, and shall be subject to the orders of said Board.
C. All moneys ordered to be paid from the Pension and Relief Fund to any person or persons, shall be paid by the Treasurer of said Board only upon warrants signed by the President of the Board and countersigned by the Secretary thereof. And no warrants shall be drawn except by orders of the Board, duly entered upon the records of the proceedings of the Board. In case the said Pension and Relief Fund, or any part thereof, shall, by orders of said Board, or otherwise, be deposited in any bank or banks, all interest or money which may be paid on account of any sum on deposit, shall belong to and constitute a part of said Fund; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing said Treasurer to deposit said Fund or any part thereof, unless so authorized by the Board.
D. The Board shall deposit all moneys received by it in the bank or banks selected by the Board of Trustees, which shall be in one or more of the banks located in the City of Baton Rouge.
Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3167. Age for retirement

RS 11:3167 - Age for retirement
That any member of the Fire Department reaching the age of seventy years shall be retired from the Fire Department, and, if eligible for participation in the benefits of this Pension Fund by reason of the years of service in the Department or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Pension Board members to place said member on pension.
Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3168. Transfer from other fund

RS 11:3168 - Transfer from other fund
The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Baton Rouge presently constituted by virtue of an Ordinance of the City of Baton Rouge, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to transfer any and all funds and assets of said Board to the Board created by this Part.
Designated from Acts 1946, No. 299, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3171. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Bogalusa; creation

RS 11:3171 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Bogalusa; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Bogalusa, 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 Bogalusa, 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 moneys 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 1944, No. 193, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3172. Composition of the fund; tax levy for additional revenue

RS 11:3172 - Composition of the fund; tax levy for additional revenue
The Commission Council of the City of Bogalusa shall levy a special tax on all property subject to state taxation within the corporate limits of the City of Bogalusa in an amount of two mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of said property in any one year; provided, however, that the rate, purpose and duration of said special tax herein provided for first shall have been submitted to the resident property taxpayers qualified to vote in said municipality, within six months from August 1, 1962, 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 on the general taxes of the city, the avails of which tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of providing additional revenues for the fireman's pension and relief of the City of Bogalusa as herein provided for. The provisions of this Section shall be self-operative.
Designated from Acts 1962, No. 234, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3173. Board of trustees; composition

RS 11:3173 - Board of trustees; composition
A. The Board of Trustees shall be composed of the Mayor of Bogalusa, the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, and three active members of the Fire Department, who shall be elected on the first Tuesday of December, 1944 and annually thereafter by secret ballot, one platoon meeting therefor at 10:00 A.M. and the other at 7:30 P.M. Notice of said meeting shall be posted in each fire-house for five days preceding said election date. The election shall be supervised by three Commissioners of Election to be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety.
B. In case of a vacancy on the Board of Trustees from among the members of the Fire Department on said Board, said vacancy shall be filled by an election conducted as herein provided and to be held within sixty days from the creation of the vacancy.
C. Said Board of Trustees shall elect a president and a Secretary, and the Commissioner of the City of Bogalusa, who is the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, shall be Treasurer of said fund.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3174. Officers and employees; bond

RS 11:3174 - Officers and employees; bond
It shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees to carry a blanket fidelity insurance policy covering all officers and employees handling the money or securities of said fund in an amount equal to the largest amount of said fund; and to pay the premiums therefor out of the funds of said Board.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3175. Board of trustees; duties; meetings

RS 11:3175 - Board of trustees; duties; meetings
It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund to meet at least every three months and to announce the results of their meetings within three days thereafter. All meetings shall be public. Decisions of the Board shall be final unless appeal to the Court from said decisions shall be filed within sixty days from the date the decisions are announced.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §8 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3176. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 11:3176 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
It shall be the duty of the Commission Council beginning with the first Tuesday in December, 1944 and annually thereafter to budget out of the City's General Fund and pay to said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum until such time as said fund shall have from all sources accumulated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, which shall be retained as a permanent fund; annually thereafter it shall be the duty of the said Commission Council to budget and pay over into said fund the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars; it shall be the further duty of the said Commission Council to pay into the said fund, in addition to the other payments herein provided, the equivalent of one-half of all funds that may be received by the City of Bogalusa as its share for the Foreign Fire Insurance Agents Fund, collected under Act 18 of 1924 and the amendments thereof, and to deduct from the pay of each member of the Fire Department after the first Tuesday of September, 1952, the sum of three percent of the monthly wage and to pay same into the said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. Provided that in any event should it occur that the revenues as hereinabove provided in this section be insufficient to maintain the fifteen thousand dollar reserve or permanent fund, or should a deficit result, occur or appear in the operation of said Fund in any one year, it shall be the duty of the Commission Council of the City of Bogalusa and the said City of Bogalusa is by these presents, authorized and directed to appropriate and pay over out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of the said City of Bogalusa, into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bogalusa, at the beginning of the next fiscal year, an amount or the equivalent to the amount or sum of such operating deficit plus an amount or sum sufficient to maintain the fifteen thousand dollar reserve or permanent fund.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3177. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 11:3177 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment
All moneys belonging to the pension fund shall be deposited in banks as received. It shall be drawn therefrom by checks of the treasurer, countersigned by the president of the board, and based on warrants therefor drawn on the treasurer by the secretary. The board shall invest surplus funds in savings accounts in banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; or in federal, state of Louisiana, Washington Parish, or City of Bogalusa bonds; and the treasurer shall deposit same in a safe depository.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3179. Limitation on payments; refunds

RS 11:3179 - Limitation on payments; refunds
That no pensions or disability payments shall be allotted or paid until the net amount of the said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall be sixteen thousand and five hundred dollars and any person or persons who shall be eligible to any of the benefits provided in this act before said fund shall have attained said amount shall be placed upon a waiting list and when funds are available for disbursement shall receive said benefits from and after said date, in whole or in part according to the funds available, but the failure to receive the full amount allowable hereunder will not create a charge against future funds for the deficit; provided that if any member of the Department, or his widow or children become entitled to disability payments or pensions but shall not receive same because the fund has not reached the proportion set forth in this section, said person or persons shall have the option of having refunded to him, her or them such sums as shall have been paid into the said fund by the member through the monthly deductions from his pay, and said payments, when made, shall be in full, final and complete satisfaction of any claim which any of said parties may have against said fund.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3180. Member participation; limitations

RS 11:3180 - Member participation; limitations
After the first Tuesday in December, 1944 no member who enters the service of said Fire Department when over the age of thirty years shall be entitled to retirement pension or disability payments; nor shall the widow and children of said member be eligible for any benefits under this Part.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §9 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3181. Return to service; cancellation of pension

RS 11:3181 - Return to service; cancellation of pension
The Board shall at all times have the power to summon any pensioner retired for disability, inquire as to whether his disability has continued, cancel his pension if it finds he is capable of returning to active service.
Designated from Acts 1944, No. 193, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3191. Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Bossier City; creation

RS 11:3191 - Firemen's pension and relief fund for the city of Bossier City; creation
There is hereby created a Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the City of Bossier City, 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 Bossier City, 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 1952, No. 15, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3192. Composition of the fund

RS 11:3192 - Composition of the fund
From July 20, 1952, all funds, monies, proceeds, and revenues hereafter provided for shall constitute and be "The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bossier City, Louisiana", for the pensioning of members with disabilities, members who are superannuated, and retired members of the Fire Department of the City of Bossier City, Louisiana, and the operators of the alarm system and their widows and/or orphans and for the relief and aid of members of the fire department in the case of temporary disability.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §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 › §11:3193. Control and management

RS 11:3193 - Control and management
That the said fund as above constituted and established shall be controlled, managed and administered by a board of trustees as herein provided for.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3194. Board of trustees; composition

RS 11:3194 - Board of trustees; composition
A. The board of trustees shall be composed of:
(1) The chief of the fire department, who shall be ex officio president of the board, unless he is not a member of the fund, then an additional retired member shall be elected by secret ballot from the retirees of the fund to the board of trustees for a two-year term and biennially thereafter, and the board president shall be elected by the board of trustees from the board members.
(2) The mayor.
(3) The finance director of the city of Bossier City.
(4) Two active members of the fund serving in the Bossier City Fire Department. The two active members are to be elected for two-year terms by secret ballot. One member is to be elected on the first Tuesday of December, 1995, and biennially thereafter. One member is to be elected on the first Tuesday of December, 1996, and biennially thereafter by the active members of the fund serving in the department. When the number of active members of the fund serving in the Bossier City Fire Department reaches fifteen, the active member position next to expire shall be filled by a retired member of the fund, who shall be elected by the retired members of the fund for a term of two years and biennially thereafter. When the last active member of the fund serving in the Bossier City Fire Department retires, the active member position on the board of trustees shall be filled by a retired member of the fund, who shall be elected by the retired members of the fund for a term of two years and biennially thereafter.
(5) Two retired members of the Bossier City Fire Department to be elected for two-year terms by secret ballot, one member to be elected by the members of the department on the first Tuesday of December, 1995, and biennially thereafter; one member to be elected by the members of the department on the first Tuesday of December, 1996, and biennially thereafter.
B. The secretary-treasurer of the board shall be selected by the board.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 227, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3195. Board of trustees; duties; meetings

RS 11:3195 - Board of trustees; duties; meetings
A. The board of trustees shall have exclusive control and management of said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund and shall make all necessary and pertinent rules and regulations for the proper administration of said fund; shall hear and decide on all applications for benefits under this fund, and its decisions on such applications shall not be subject to review or reversal except by said board or upon filing of suit in any court of competent jurisdiction; that all rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees shall within thirty days of the adoption be posted on the bulletin boards provided for that purpose in each of the fire houses located within the city limits of the City of Bossier City, Louisiana.
B. The said board shall meet quarterly and a special meeting shall be called on 48 hours notice by the president at the request of any three members.
C. The board of trustees shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:
(1) Make all rules and regulations necessary to the proper conduct of the business of the fund under the provisions of the law.
(2) Retain such legal, medical, clerical or other services as may be necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the fund; and make compensation for such services.
(3) Cause such amounts as may be set forth in the law to be deducted from the salaries of the active participants in the fund and paid into the treasury of the fund.
(4) Certify to the levying authority provided by the 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 disability pensioner or beneficiary, at least once a year.
(6) Keep all necessary records of its meetings and proceedings.
(7) The said board of trustees shall annually at the close of the fiscal year cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the fund, prepared by an independent certified public accountant, showing number of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received and present condition and manner of investment of said fund.
(8) Keep a book to be known as the List of Retired Firemen. 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, date 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 by writ of certiorari to the courts.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §§5, 6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3196. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city

RS 11:3196 - Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city
Said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following:
(1) All rewards, gifts, or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said fire department except when given to an individual member or given to endow a medal or other permanent award, shall be paid into said Pension and Relief Fund.
(2) The proceeds of the sale of condemned property owned and used by the said Fire Department shall be paid into said Pension and Relief Fund.
(3) The refund on all insurance premiums from insurance companies, under R.S. 22:343-349 now in the Firemen's Pension Fund and each year's refund or a like amount.
(4) Five per cent of the salary of all employees of said Fire Department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into said fund.
(5) The said City of Bossier City is by these presents authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of the said City of Bossier City into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum equal to the monthly deductions from the firemen's salaries, said payments to be paid into said fund monthly.
(6) Said City of Bossier City shall pay out of the annual revenues of the general alimony tax of said City of Bossier City, Louisiana into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund of the City of Bossier City annually at the beginning of the fiscal year an amount or sum equivalent to the amount or sum of such deficit as may result, occur or appear in the operation of said fund for the preceding year at the close of such fiscal year, considering the receipt and revenues accruing for each year, to the said fund under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5), of this section, as against the disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3197. Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment

RS 11:3197 - Fiscal affairs of the fund; investment
The board may at any time after considering the probable current demands upon such funds, determine what portion of said funds may be safely withdrawn from the current cash account for investment for revenue purposes, and having so determined, invest the same in the manner hereinafter authorized, and all proceedings of the board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered upon its records. Such investments shall be only in interest-bearing bonds of the United States of America, the State of Louisiana, the City of Bossier City, or any other municipality of this state, any parish, any drainage or levee district, or any school board district, or the State Board of Highways, or may be deposited in savings accounts of banks, loan companies or associations or any other agencies whose deposits are insured by the United States Government. 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 Secretary-Treasurer of the board of trustees, and the receipt therefor shall be filed in the record books.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §8 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:3198. Exemption from seizure and attachment

RS 11:3198 - Exemption from seizure and attachment
Except as provided in R.S. 11:292, no portion of the said Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall, before or after its order for distribution is issued by the said 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, for 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. 15, §9, 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 › §11:3199. Payments to be reduced when fund is insufficient

RS 11:3199 - Payments to be reduced when fund is insufficient
That if at any time there shall not be sufficient funds in such Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund subject to disbursements to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof, the full amount per month as herein provided, then such monthly payment or payments shall be made pro rata to each beneficiary until the said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to resume payment in full to each of said beneficiaries. Deficits to each beneficiary shall be paid when said fund shall have been replenished sufficiently to make these back payments.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 15, §10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.