Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 58 - RETIREMENT › Part XVIII - Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System › Chapter 15 - Trustee Elections › Section XVIII-1502 - Nominations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
1. A nomination postcard containing
				information on how to request a nomination packet shall be sent to the member's
				postal or email address as recorded in the office of the system as of the end
				of the month preceding the mail out. Members will need to contact the firm
				conducting the election to request a nomination packet.
2. Upon request, a nomination packet
				containing a petition for candidacy, an election schedule, and the rules
				governing elections shall be sent to each member of the system who will be
				eligible to vote for a candidate in a vacant position.
3. A candidate for a vacant retiree position
				on the board of trustees must be a regular retiree who retired, as of the date
				nominations close, from a police department of a participating municipality
				with the district for which he is a candidate and must be domiciled within the
				district for which he is a candidate. Once elected, he must remain domiciled
				within that district in order to continue serving in that position.
4. Once received by the firm conducting the
				election, the board of trustees shall only accept the name of the candidate
				nominated by petition of at least ten members of the system (other than the
				member being nominated) who are active or retired, as applicable, from
				municipalities within the district representative of the trustee position to be
				filled and place such candidate on the ballot, provided said candidates meets
				the requirements for trustee. The printed name of those persons signing the
				nominating petition must be legible for purposes of verification. Unverifiable
				signatories shall not count toward the required total. Members signing the
				petition shall also supply the final four digits of their Social Security
				number. The person being nominated is solely responsible for verifying that all
				persons signing as nominators are actually members of the system. Given that
				not all Louisiana municipal police officers are members of this system,
				potential nominees are strongly encouraged to do all of the following:
a. call the system office to verify
				membership of each nominator;
b.
				submit signatures of more than ten nominators; and
c. email, fax, or mail their completed
				nomination packet and resume to the firm conducting the election at least two
				weeks prior to the deadline.
5. The nominee may attach a resume' giving
				their qualifications and background, which will be furnished to the voting
				members along with the ballot. This resume' is to be mailed along with the
				petition for candidacy to the firm conducting the election. The resume' shall
				be limited to one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper, which may be printed on both
				sides. If the resume is not submitted to the firm conducting the election by
				the deadline or if any information is included on the member's resume' other
				than qualifications and background, as determined by the board of trustees, the
				resume' will not be furnished to the voting members.
6. All nomination petitions shall be received
				by the firm conducting the election on a scheduled date as determined prior to
				such election as shown in the election schedule.
7. Within a reasonable amount of time after
				the firm conducting the election receives the completed nomination petition,
				the firm shall notify the potential nominee via telephone and email that his
				petition was received and forwarded to the system.
8. The firm conducting the election shall
				forward the submitted petitions and resumes to the system staff as they are
				received. As soon as possible, the system staff shall ensure that the petitions
				are valid. If they are not valid, then the system staff shall notify the
				potential nominees of the deficiencies. Regardless, to be accepted, a valid
				nomination petition must be received by the firm conducting the election on a
				scheduled date as determined prior to such election as shown in the election
				schedule.