reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1116. Membership compulsory for employees employed after August 1, 1962

RS 11:1116 - Membership compulsory for employees employed after August 1, 1962
All persons who become employees, as defined in R.S. 11:1002, on or after August 1, 1962, may become members of this system during the first ninety calendar days immediately following the date of employment, and shall become members on the ninety-first calendar day following the date of employment as a condition of their employment. All employees who were employed prior to August 1, 1962, shall be governed by and have the benefit of all existing applicable laws.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 135, §1. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 79, §3; Acts 1972, No. 643, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:896 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1117. Membership for employees denied membership due to age; application; eligibility

RS 11:1117 - Membership for employees denied membership due to age; application; eligibility
Any person now occupying a position as an employee, as defined by R.S. 11:1002 who was previously denied membership due to age may apply for membership under this Section, provided social security (FICA tax) was not paid on the salary earned and provided credit granted in another publicly supported retirement system covering the same time is not in effect. To become a member, the employee shall pay to the retirement system a member's contribution on all salary earned as an employee, at the contribution rate which was in effect at the time the service was rendered, plus interest at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate from the time the service was rendered until paid. The employer shall pay to the retirement system the employer’s contribution on all salary earned by the employee, at the contribution rate which was in effect at the time the service was rendered, plus interest at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate from the time the service was rendered until paid. Payments shall be paid prior to the effective date of retirement.
Acts 1965, No. 79, §4; Acts 1970, No. 51, §2; Acts 1972, No. 643, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:897 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1885 No. 565, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1118. Other employment; membership

RS 11:1118 - Other employment; membership
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any active contributing member of this system who becomes engaged in employment which would normally require him to join and become a member of any other public retirement system or fund shall have the option of joining and becoming a member of such other public retirement system and thereby cease to be a contributing member of this system. If he terminates the employment which makes him eligible for membership in another public system or fund he shall again become an active contributing member of this system as a condition of employment for as long as he is employed in a position which makes him eligible for membership in this system.
Acts 1990, No. 571, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 17:898 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1120. Members employed in other state or public employment

RS 11:1120 - Members employed in other state or public employment
A. Notwithstanding any enrollment error occurring prior to January 1, 1992, any person who is a member of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System, who has creditable membership service of at least five years in this system and who becomes employed in any other state or public employment where he is no longer eligible for membership in this system but is eligible for membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, shall have the right to remain a member of this system in lieu of membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System by filing a notice of election to remain in this system, in writing, with the board of trustees within thirty days after the effective date of employment. Such election shall be irrevocable.
B. Notwithstanding any enrollment error occurring prior to January 1, 1992, any person who has five years of service credit in the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System, or who has five years of combined service credit in such system and the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, and who joined and is an active contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System because of a change in state or public employment shall, on January 1, 1992, be allowed for a period of one year from said effective date to again become a contributing member of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System and be allowed to transfer his service credit in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System to the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System under the provisions contained in R.S. 11:143.
Acts 1991, No. 644, §1, eff. July 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 17:899 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §5, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1601. Membership; condition of employment; exceptions

RS 11:1601 - Membership; condition of employment; exceptions
The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as follows:
(1) All persons who shall become employees as defined in R.S. 11:1581(10), after the date on which the retirement system is established, except those specifically excluded under Paragraph (3) of this Section, shall become members as a condition of their employment; however, in the case of assistant district attorneys, they must be paid an amount determined by the board but not less than eleven thousand one hundred dollars per year. Employees of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association who were employed prior to August 15, 1997, shall have from August 15, 1997, to January 15, 1998, to exercise the option to terminate their membership in this system. Employees of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association employed on or after August 15, 1997, shall have six months from the date of their employment to, at their option, become members of this system. An employee's election as to membership shall be irrevocable. Purchase of credit for prior service by any employee of the association shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 11:158.
(2) All persons who are employees as the term is defined in R.S. 11:1581(10) on the date as of which the retirement system is established, except those specifically excluded under Paragraph (3) of this Section shall become members as of this date unless within a period of ninety days next following, any such employee shall file with the board of trustees on a form prescribed by such board a notice of his election not to be covered in the membership of the system and a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise inure to him on account of his participation in the retirement system.
(3)(a) All persons who are employees as the term is defined in R.S. 11:1581(10) on the date as of which the retirement system is established, who are members of any fund or who are eligible for membership in any fund operated for the retirement of employees by the state of Louisiana, or by a city, parish, or other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana on August 1, 1956, shall cease to be members in such fund on that date and shall receive a refund of all amounts paid into such fund, together with any interest which may have accrued thereon, and shall become a member of the district attorneys' retirement system with full credit for all prior service.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 389, §3, eff. July 1, 2009.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §3(1) to (3). Amended by Acts 1976, No. 663, §1; Acts 1977, No. 592, §1; Acts 1979, No. 585, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1021 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 234, §1, eff. June 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1404, §1; Acts 2009, No. 389, §3, eff. July 1, 2009.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 389, §4, eff. July 1, 2009, relative to repeal of Subparagraph (3)(b).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1602. Persons failing to elect coverage; admission to membership; election to become member

RS 11:1602 - Persons failing to elect coverage; admission to membership; election to become member
A person whose membership in this retirement system is contingent on his own election and who elects not to become a member, may thereafter but not subsequent to the attainment of age fifty-five apply for and be admitted to membership, but no such person shall receive prior service credit unless he becomes a member within the first year following the establishment of this retirement system.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §3(4); Redesignated from R.S. 16:1022 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1603. Termination of membership

RS 11:1603 - Termination of membership
Should any member terminate employment which makes him eligible for membership, he shall cease to be an active member in the District Attorneys' Retirement System.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §3(5); Redesignated from R.S. 16:1023 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 234, §1, eff. June 1, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1604. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 459, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1024 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.

RS 11:1604 - Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 459, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1024 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2052. Persons not eligible for membership

RS 11:2052 - Persons not eligible for membership
No elected or appointed official of this state or of any parish thereof who under any provisions of the constitution or laws of this state is subject to retirement with pay is eligible for membership in this system.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §3(36). Amended by Acts 1976, No. 526, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1682 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2053. Persons failing to elect coverage; admission to membership

RS 11:2053 - Persons failing to elect coverage; admission to membership
A person whose membership in this retirement system is contingent on his own election and who elects not to become a member, may thereafter but not subsequent to the attainment of age fifty-five apply for and be admitted to membership; but no such person shall receive prior service credit unless he becomes a member within the first year following the establishment of this retirement system.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §3(4); Redesignated from R.S. 18:1683 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2054. Persons temporarily employed

RS 11:2054 - Persons temporarily employed
Employees who are serving on temporary basis or other than per annum basis shall be ineligible for membership in the system.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §3(5); Redesignated from R.S. 18:1684 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 929, §1, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2055. Termination of membership

RS 11:2055 - Termination of membership
Should any member in any period of six consecutive years after becoming a member be absent from service for more than five years, or should he withdraw his accumulated contributions, or should he become a beneficiary or die, he shall thereupon cease to be a member.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §3(6); Redesignated from R.S. 18:1685 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:751. Rounding of service credit at the time of retirement

RS 11:751 - Rounding of service credit at the time of retirement
At the time of retirement or beginning participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, any fractional part of a year of the member's total service credit shall be rounded to the closest one-tenth of a year but shall not exceed one hundred percent of a year.
Acts 1997, No. 105, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1353, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 1174, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:753. Student employment service credit

RS 11:753 - Student employment service credit
A. No person shall receive credit in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana for student aid or student employment in a college or university or for other part-time employment of a similar kind or nature. In all cases of doubt, the board of trustees shall determine whether service is creditable within the scope of this Section or within the definitions set forth in R.S. 11:701(22) and (23).
B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana who on August 21, 1992, has creditable membership service of at least ten years in this system and who through an administrative error was improperly enrolled in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana as a graduate assistant and who currently has such credit in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana shall be allowed to keep such service credit in the system.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 157, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 17:623.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 290, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:754. Conversion of annual leave to membership service; payment

RS 11:754 - Conversion of annual leave to membership service; payment
A. When a member retires, if he earned annual leave and it was accrued under established leave regulations and an attendance record has been maintained on the employee, he may purchase his unused accumulated annual leave for which he is not entitled to payment and shall receive one day of service credit for each eight hours of unused annual leave purchased. In order to purchase the unused annual leave as service credit he shall pay to the retirement system an amount which, on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the receipt of the credit. The amount payable shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time of purchase. Any leave purchased under this Section cannot be used to attain eligibility for any benefits and cannot be used in the computation of average compensation. The employing agency, in its discretion, may pay not more than fifty percent of the purchase price. However, if it makes such a payment, it shall then make such payment, in the same percentage, with respect to all employees who make application.
B.(1) This Section shall apply to all members who are not employees of the state or a state agency and who are not covered by the provisions of R.S. 42:421.
(2) This Section shall also apply to all members who are employees of the state or a state agency who were not eligible for a service retirement on June 30, 1990, but only to unused annual leave earned after June 30, 1990. Annual leave last earned shall be first used.
Acts 1988, No. 14, §§1, 2; Acts 1990, No. 625, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 17:623.3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:755. Service on sabbatical leave as active service

RS 11:755 - Service on sabbatical leave as active service
A. Members of the system who are granted a sabbatical leave with pay by their employer shall have all of the rights and privileges pertaining to their membership in the retirement system as if they had remained in active service. Sabbatical leave shall count as active service for purposes of retirement and employee and employer contributions to the retirement system shall be continued.
B. However, a member shall not be allowed credit in the retirement system for more than one-half year of sabbatical leave for every three years of creditable service in the retirement system.
Acts 1989, No. 549, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:623.4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1131. Prior service credit; determination by board of trustees

RS 11:1131 - Prior service credit; determination by board of trustees
A. Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt, each member who was an employee at any time during the five years immediately preceding July 1, 1947, and who became a member during the first year after such date, shall file a detailed statement of all services rendered by him as an employee prior to the date he became a member for which he claims credit.
B. The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate rules how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year.
C. Subject to the above restrictions and to such other rules and regulations as the board of trustees may adopt, the board of trustees shall verify, as soon as practicable after the filing of such statements of service, the services therein claimed.
D. In lieu of a determination of the actual compensation of the members that was received during such period of prior service, the board of trustees may use, for the purpose of this Chapter, the compensation rates which, if they had progressed with the rates of salary increase shown in the tables prescribed in R.S. 11:1171, would have resulted in a same average salary of the member for the five years immediately preceding the date this system became operative as the records show the member actually received.
Redesignated from R.S. 17:901 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1132. Retirement credit following administrative error

RS 11:1132 - Retirement credit following administrative error
Whenever it is discovered that due to administrative error on the part of an employing agency, an active member of this system has not received retirement credit, upon application of the member, and his payment to the system of an amount equal to the employee contributions that he should have made, he shall be entitled to the credit. Immediately following the application and payment by the member, the employing agency administratively at fault shall pay to the retirement system an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:158, less an amount equal to the amount paid by the member.
Acts 1987, No. 531, §2, eff. July 9, 1987; Redesignated from R.S. 17:901.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1132.1. Administrative errors; collections

RS 11:1132.1 - Administrative errors; collections
A. Effective July 1, 2014, the right to collect any benefit paid to an individual to whom the benefit was not due resulting from an administrative error by the system shall apply only to amounts paid during the thirty-six-month period immediately preceding the date on which notice of such error is sent to the member, except in the case of fraud.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, if the individual receiving the payment committed a fraud against the system, the right to collect such fraudulent payment shall extend to the entire amount of overpayment obtained through fraud.
C. Recovery of any amount paid to an individual to whom the benefit was not due, collected as provided in this Section, shall be in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:192.
Acts 2014, No. 680, §1, eff. June 30, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1133. Credit for service as a defined "employee"

RS 11:1133 - Credit for service as a defined "employee"
Any member of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System may receive credit for service as an employee, as defined in R.S. 11:1002, provided credit granted in another public supported retirement system covering the same time is not in effect and provided he meets the requirements set forth below:
(1) Credit for service cancelled by the withdrawal of accumulated contributions by a member may be restored by the payment to the system of the amount withdrawn plus interest at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate compounded annually from the date withdrawn until paid.
(2) In order to receive credit for "in service", except the restoration of cancelled credit therefor, for service rendered in any state agency in Louisiana or for service with a parish or city school board, payment shall be made to the retirement system an amount which, on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the receipt of the credit by the member. The amount payable shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time of the member's application for credit. The employing agency, in its discretion, may pay not more than fifty percent of this amount. However, if it makes such a payment, it shall then make such payment, in the same percentage, with respect to all employees who make application for this credit.
(3) Payments to be made under the provisions of this Section shall be paid prior to the effective date of retirement.
Acts 1965, No. 79, §5; Acts 1970, No. 51, §3; Acts 1977, No. 364, §1; Acts 1986, No. 409, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:901.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 563, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1134. Prior service certificates; conclusiveness; modification and validity

RS 11:1134 - Prior service certificates; conclusiveness; modification and validity
A. Upon verification of the statements of service, the board of trustees shall issue prior service certificates certifying to each member the length of service rendered prior to the date of the establishment of the retirement system, with which he is credited on the basis of his statement of service. So long as membership continues, a prior service certificate shall be final and conclusive for retirement purposes as to such service. Provided, that any member may, within one year from the date of issuance or modification of such certificate, request the board of trustees to modify or correct his prior service certificate.
B. When membership ceases, such prior service certificate shall become void. Should the employee again become a member, he shall enter the system as an employee not entitled to prior service credit except as provided in R.S. 17:916*.
Redesignated from R.S. 17:902 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
*NOTE: REPEALED BY ACTS 1978, NO. 727, §11, EFF. JAN. 1, 1979.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1135. Service on which retirement allowances are based

RS 11:1135 - Service on which retirement allowances are based
Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based, shall consist of the membership service rendered by him since he last became a member, and also if he has a prior service certificate which is in full force and effect, the amount of the service certified on his prior service certificate.
Redesignated from R.S. 17:903 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1136. Conversion of leave to membership credit

RS 11:1136 - Conversion of leave to membership credit
A. When a member applies for service retirement, his accrued annual leave and unused sick leave accumulated while a member of this system or any other funded state retirement system may be added to his membership service for the purpose of computing any retirement benefits to which he is entitled.
B. Only accrued annual leave and unused sick leave accumulated up to the amount permitted all employees by the employing school board and/or state agency and only accrued annual leave and unused sick leave in excess of the amount for which payment is received and for which accurate verifiable records have been maintained shall be added to his membership service.
C. Unused sick and accrued annual leave shall not be used to make a member eligible for retirement.
D. Unused sick leave and unused annual leave which converts to less than one-tenth of one year shall not be used in the computation of benefits.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 166, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:903.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 561, §1; Acts 2003, No. 642, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1137. Credit for service as an employee

RS 11:1137 - Credit for service as an employee
Any person who has been a member of this system for a minimum of ninety days may receive credit for service rendered as an employee, for which credit is not maintained in any other Louisiana public retirement system. In order to receive credit for such service, payment shall be made to the retirement system of an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:158. The amount of service credit shall be limited to the actual number of days the member was employed by a school board. Credit shall only be allowed for service for which the school board maintained a record, and for which the school board certifies the correctness thereof to the retirement system. All payments to be made under this Section shall be paid prior to the effective date of retirement.
Acts 1987, No. 295, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:904 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 825, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2016, No. 320, §1, eff. June 30, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1138. Reciprocity of credits

RS 11:1138 - Reciprocity of credits
The board of trustees may provide for reciprocity of credits between this system and any other state, parish, or city retirement system of Louisiana supported partly or wholly by public funds.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 145, §3; Redesignated from R.S. 17:905 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1139. Credit for support personnel service credit in other states

RS 11:1139 - Credit for support personnel service credit in other states
A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any member who has six months of creditable service in this system shall be eligible to obtain credit for full-time service as an employee, as the term "employee" is defined in R.S. 11:1002(13), rendered in any school system, public or private, of this state or any other state, provided that service shall not be credited to this system if the member already has credit for that service in any other retirement system.
(2) In order to receive such credit, the retirement system in which the member was enrolled while employed as an "employee" in another state shall certify that the member does not have credit in that system which duplicates the credit being purchased in this system.
(3) To purchase credit for such service, the member shall apply to the board of trustees of the system and shall furnish a detailed statement of all such service, as the board may require. Additionally, the member shall pay an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:158. The cost of such service shall be paid in a lump sum, and the amount paid shall be credited to the member's account in the Annuity Savings Fund.
B. The board of trustees shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding the amount of such service which must be rendered to equal one year of credit in this system, but in no event shall more than one year of service be credited for all service rendered in any one fiscal year.
C. Credit for such service shall not be granted in this fund if the member is receiving a regular or disability retirement benefit based on such service.
Acts 2003, No. 685, §1; Acts 2003, No. 764, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:1140. Purchase of service credit; trustee-to-trustee transfer

RS 11:1140 - Purchase of service credit; trustee-to-trustee transfer
Payment for service credit under this Part shall be allowed by a trustee-to-trustee transfer of funds from an annuity under Section 403(b) or a plan under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code to the system.
Acts 2010, No. 637, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2061. Prior service credit; determination

RS 11:2061 - Prior service credit; determination
A. Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt any person who becomes a member of the system within the first two years of its operation, or who becomes a member under the provisions of R.S. 11:2051, Subsection (A) as amended, and who is employed by the state of Louisiana, or a parish of the state, or city of any parish of the state of Louisiana within the six years immediately preceding the establishment of the system and who was not eligible for membership in any retirement system maintained by the parish or city during such service, shall be entitled to prior service credit for all city or parish or state service rendered prior to the effective date of this Chapter, provided that within the first year of his membership he file a detailed statement of all Louisiana service rendered by him as an employee prior to the date of the establishment of the system for which he claims credit; and further provided, that in the case of employees who become eligible for membership under the provisions of R.S. 11:2051, Subsection (A) as amended, the employee, in order to gain credit for such previous service shall be free of physical disability and shall be required to pay four percent of all salary in excess of one hundred dollars per month which was earned in such Louisiana service for which he claims credit, this payment to be made in either a lump sum prior to January 1, 1963, or, upon consent of the board of trustees, over a period not to exceed one year after January 1, 1963, provided such arrangements are made prior to January 1, 1963, and further provided that in order to gain credit for such prior service, he must pass a physical examination under such rules and regulations as the board may set up.
B. The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §4; Acts 1962, No. 13, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1701 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2062. Verification of creditable service

RS 11:2062 - Verification of creditable service
A. Subject to the above restrictions and to such other rules and regulations as the board of trustees may adopt, the board of trustees shall verify, as soon as practicable after the filing of such statements of service, the service therein claimed.
B. Upon verification of the statements of service, the board of trustees shall issue a prior service certificate certifying to each member the length of prior service for which credit shall have been allowed on the basis of these certified statements of service. So long as membership continues a prior service certificate shall be final and conclusive for retirement purposes as to such service, provided that any member may, within one year from the date of issuance or modification of such certificate, request the board of trustees to modify or correct his prior service certificate.
C. When membership ceases, such prior service certificate shall become null and void. Should the employee again become a member of the system, he shall enter the system as an employee not entitled to prior service credit except as provided for in Parts IV and VII of this Chapter.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §4(3), (4); Redesignated from R.S. 18:1702 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:2063. Service on which retirement allowances are based

RS 11:2063 - Service on which retirement allowances are based
Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based shall consist of the membership service rendered by him since he last became a member, and also, if he has a prior service certificate which is in full force and effect, the amount of service certified on his prior service certificate, and shall include any unused sick leave and any unused annual leave at the date of retirement.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §4(5). Amended by Acts 1971, No. 79, §1; Acts 1974, No. 388, §1. Acts 1984, No. 461, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1703 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:763. Payment of benefits to surviving children who are emancipated or over eighteen

RS 11:763 - Payment of benefits to surviving children who are emancipated or over eighteen
The Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana is hereby authorized in any case where the system is paying survivor benefits on behalf of surviving children based on Act No. 133 of the 1963 Regular Session of the Legislature as amended through Act No. 351 of the 1974 Regular Session of the Legislature, and said surviving child or children are emancipated or eighteen years of age or older, to pay the benefit or portion of the benefit which is for said surviving child or children directly to said child or children.
Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:764. Extension of option exercise

RS 11:764 - Extension of option exercise
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, any member of the State Teachers' Retirement System who failed to exercise by September 30, 1962 the option granted under the provisions of R.S. 17:631, as amended by Act 186 of the 1962 regular session of the legislature, to a member for his retirement benefits to be based additionally on salaries in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, may exercise said option on or before September 30, 1971, by giving written notice to the board of trustees of the intention so to do and by payment of the employee's contribution of six percent, with interest, on all prior salary earned in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, if the failure to exercise the option by September 30, 1962 was by reason of lack of knowledge of said option and such lack of knowledge is evidenced by the fact that there is no record in the files of the system of a reply from the member to the option statement mailed by the system to all members. The employers of members who are entitled to and who exercise the option provided in this Section shall pay to the system on or before December 31, 1971, the employer's contribution on all prior salary in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum for the period.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 117, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:631.3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:765. Withdrawal from service after five years; retirement at age sixty

RS 11:765 - Withdrawal from service after five years; retirement at age sixty
A.(1) Any member whose first employment making him eligible for service in one of the state systems occurred on or before June 30, 2015, who has credit for five or more years of service may withdraw from service and elect to leave his accumulated contributions in the system and, upon reaching age sixty, he shall receive a retirement allowance based on the credits he had at the time of his withdrawal from service.
(2) Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or after July 1, 2015, who has credit for five or more years of service may withdraw from service and elect to leave his accumulated contribution in the system and, upon reaching age sixty-two, he shall receive a retirement allowance based on the credits he had at the time of his withdrawal from service.
B.(1) The retirement allowance under this Section shall be due and payable by the system effective the first day of the month following the attainment of the age required pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, but shall not be paid until a written application for retirement is executed and filed with the system.
(2) Any member who withdraws from service and elects to take advantage of this Section shall be provided a written commitment by the system concerning his future retirement rights.
C. This Section shall become effective September 12, 1980, and shall not be retroactive and shall not apply to any other type of retirement.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 613, §2. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 221, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:632 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 1055, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2014, No. 226, §1, eff. June 30, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:766. Part-time employees; creditable service; benefit eligibility; computation of benefits

RS 11:766 - Part-time employees; creditable service; benefit eligibility; computation of benefits
A. Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana who is employed on a part-time basis shall, with respect to such part-time employment, be governed by the provisions of this Section.
B. For purposes of acquiring eligibility for regular retirement, disability retirement and survivor's benefits only, a part-time employee shall count every year in which he works on a part-time basis for the full normal working year as a full year of retirement credit but for eligibility purposes only.
C. In the computation of part-time service a member shall receive credit based upon the ratio of his actual earnings during the fiscal year to the earnings he would have received had he been employed in the same position on a full-time basis for the full normal working year.
D. Average compensation for part-time employees who do not use thirty-six months of full-time employment for average compensation purposes shall be based on the earnings the part-time employee would have received had he been employed on a full-time basis. However, any member who has more than one-half of his computed service credit by virtue of part-time employment shall have his average compensation limited to his average compensation as a part-time employee and shall not be allowed to use any compensation as a full-time employee in the computation of his average compensation.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 677, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:633 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:769. Payment of employee's accumulated contributions guaranteed

RS 11:769 - Payment of employee's accumulated contributions guaranteed
In no case shall the system pay total benefits of an amount less than the total of the employee's accumulated contributions. Where the sum of the regular benefits, Deferred Retirement Option Plan payments, and survivor benefits is less than the employee's total contributions, the difference shall be paid to the estate of the deceased member.
Acts 2004, No. 747, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:779.1. Allowance on disability retirement; members hired on or after January 1, 2011

RS 11:779.1 - Allowance on disability retirement; members hired on or after January 1, 2011
Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred began on or after January 1, 2011, shall receive a maximum disability retirement benefit which shall be equivalent to the regular retirement formula without reduction by reason of age. Selection of a retirement option shall be made when application for disability is filed. If the disability retiree dies, the option selected upon disability retirement shall be applied to his disability retirement benefit.
Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:780.1. Employment; termination of benefits

RS 11:780.1 - Employment; termination of benefits
If a disability retiree from the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana becomes employed in any employment in the field of education, whether public or private, his disability benefit shall terminate.
Acts 1992, No. 552, §1, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:782. Refund of contributions to members out of service for five years

RS 11:782 - Refund of contributions to members out of service for five years
Whenever a member has been out of service for five years without having applied for a refund of contributions, the retirement system shall transmit to him by certified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address, a notification of his rights with respect to the refund of contributions. If the retirement system does not receive any response to the notification within ninety days of mailing, the contributions to which the member is entitled shall be placed to the credit of the pension accumulation fund. Upon a valid request for a refund of contributions, such refund will be made from the pension accumulation fund.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 175, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:640.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:785. Compliance with certain federal and state provisions relating to qualified military service

RS 11:785 - Compliance with certain federal and state provisions relating to qualified military service
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, effective December 12, 1994, contributions, benefits, and service credit in this system with respect to qualified military service shall be governed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, 26 U.S.C. 414(u), and Part VI of Chapter 2 of Title 29 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
B. Effective January 1, 2007, 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(37), as enacted by the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008, is hereby adopted as part of the retirement system law.
C. Effective January 1, 2009, 26 U.S.C. 3401(h)(2), as enacted by the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008, is hereby adopted as part of the retirement system law.
Acts 2012, No. 510, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:787. Plan participation

RS 11:787 - Plan participation
A.(1) During participation in the plan, although the member shall remain a member of this retirement system, neither regular member nor employer contributions to the regular plan shall be payable.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any member who is a participant of the deferred retirement option plan shall not be subject to any change in his seniority status or other related benefits to which he is entitled as a condition of employment.
B. For purposes of this Section, average compensation and creditable service shall remain fixed as they existed on the date of commencement of participation in the plan. Creditable service shall not include conversion of sick and annual leave.
C. Retirement benefits based on average compensation and creditable service as established under Subsection B of this Section and which otherwise would have been due the participant shall, during the period of participation in the plan, be credited to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan Account.
D. Individuals who participate in the plan shall not receive the benefit of any cost-of-living adjustments granted during participation while employed and for a period of one year following termination of employment.
Acts 1991, No. 62, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Redesignated from R.S. 17:645.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §5, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 559, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:790. Irrevocability of election

RS 11:790 - Irrevocability of election
Once participation in the plan commences, the election to participate is irrevocable and the term of participation may not be extended. Only one period of participation is permitted. Average compensation and election of option, if any, are fixed upon commencement of participation.
Acts 1991, No. 62, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Redesignated from R.S. 17:645.4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §5, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 1110, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:793. Renunciation; retirement benefit or allowance

RS 11:793 - Renunciation; retirement benefit or allowance
The Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to permit the irrevocable renunciation of a retirement benefit or allowance. If such rules and regulations are adopted, any renunciation thereunder shall be deemed to be made pursuant to this Section.
Acts 1995, No. 142, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:794. Change of beneficiary

RS 11:794 - Change of beneficiary
A change of beneficiary for a member or retiree of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana shall not be effective until a properly executed, original change of beneficiary form is received by the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, and such form must be received prior to the death of the member.
Acts 2001, No. 1174, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement › §11:801. Eligibility

RS 11:801 - Eligibility
Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who is paid from school food service funds and whose employer has not terminated its agreement with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, or its successor, for such employees, shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 11:802 through 808, with respect to retirement eligibility, computation of regular, survivor, and disability retirement, and employee and employer contributions.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 718, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:642 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.