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La. Rev. Stat. § 11:733 Transfers of out-of-state service
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§733. Transfers of out-of-state service A. Any member of this system who has service credit in a public retirement system of another state which was granted based on teaching service in that state in its public school system shall be allowed to transfer such regular service credi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:734 Teaching credit based on legislative service
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§734. Teaching credit based on legislative service Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any member of the legislature who is not employed as a teacher but is a member of this system by virtue of having been so employed, may, at his option, contribute to the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:735 Contributions and benefits of legislators
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§735. Contributions and benefits of legislators A.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 24:36 or of any other laws to the contrary, which are, for purposes of this Section, superseded, but only insofar as they are in conflict herewith, any member of this system who is initia…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:736 Restoration of credit for service previously cancelled by withdrawal of accumulated contributions; interest
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§736. Restoration of credit for service previously cancelled by withdrawal of accumulated contributions; interest Whenever any person is restored to membership and, under authority of R.S. 11:728 or any other provision of law, is permitted to repay contributions previously refund…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:738 Regaining of membership by retirees
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§738. Regaining of membership by retirees A. Regardless of age, if a retiree of this system is engaged or hereafter engages in employment that otherwise would render him eligible for membership in this system, he may regain membership in this system at his option upon returning a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:739 Purchase of creditable service; eligible rollovers
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§739. Purchase of creditable service; eligible rollovers A member may cause to be paid to this system an eligible rollover distribution from a qualified plan or conduit individual retirement account for the purpose of purchasing creditable service as authorized by this Chapter an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:751 Rounding of service credit at the time of retirement
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:752 Conversion of sick leave to membership service
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§752. Conversion of sick leave to membership service A. When a member retires or dies while still a member and before retirement leaving a surviving spouse or dependent or both who are entitled to benefits under this Chapter his unused accumulated sick leave shall be added to his…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:753 Student employment service credit
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§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 boa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:754 Conversion of annual leave to membership service; payment
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§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 l…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:755 Service on sabbatical leave as active service
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:761 Retirement benefits; application; eligibility requirements; effective date; cancellation; errors and omissions
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§761. Retirement benefits; application; eligibility requirements; effective date; cancellation; errors and omissions A.(1) Any person who became a member prior to July 1, 1999, may retire upon written application to the board of trustees, if at the time of application the member:…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:762 Survivor benefits
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§762. Survivor benefits A. Survivor benefits shall be due and payable by the system effective the first day of the next month following the death of the member, but shall not be paid until a properly completed and acceptable application is received by the system and all proper ce…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:763 Payment of benefits to surviving children who are emancipated or over eighteen
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:764 Extension of option exercise
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:765 Withdrawal from service after five years; retirement at age sixty
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§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 serv…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:766 Part-time employees; creditable service; benefit eligibility; computation of benefits
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§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 S…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:768 Retirement allowances
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§768. Retirement allowances A.(1) Upon service retirement, a person who became a member prior to July 1, 1999, who retires on or after July 1, 1997, shall receive an annual benefit which provides a total allowance equal to two percent of his average earnable compensation multipli…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:769 Payment of employee's accumulated contributions guaranteed
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§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 survi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:778 Disability retirement
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§778. Disability retirement A. Eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:779 Allowance on disability retirement; members hired on or before December 31, 2010
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§779. Allowance on disability retirement; members hired on or before December 31, 2010 A. The provisions of this Section shall apply to members whose first employment making them eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or before December 31, 2010. B.(1) Up…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:779.1 Allowance on disability retirement; members hired on or after January 1, 2011
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:780 Reexamination of disability retirees; modification of benefits; restoration to active
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§780. Reexamination of disability retirees; modification of benefits; restoration to active service A. Once each year during the first five years following any retirement of a member on a disability retirement allowance and once in every three-year period thereafter, the board of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:780.1 Employment; termination of benefits
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:781 Refund of contributions
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§781. Refund of contributions A.(1) If a member ceases to be a teacher prior to participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, except by death or retirement, under the provisions of this Chapter or as provided in R.S. 11:765 and 766, he shall be paid the total amount of th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:782 Refund of contributions to members out of service for five years
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§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 la…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:783 Selection of option for method of payment after death of member
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§783. Selection of option for method of payment after death of member A.(1) No optional election shall be effective when a retiree or participant in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan dies within thirty days after the effective date of retirement or the effective date of partici…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:784 Payment of benefits
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§784. Payment of benefits A. The retirement system shall pay all benefits in accordance with a good faith interpretation of the requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code as applicable to a governmental plan within the meaning of Section 414(d) of the Internal…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:784.1 Maximum benefits
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§784.1. Maximum benefits A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this system to the contrary, the member contributions paid to and retirement benefits paid from the plan shall be limited to such extent as may be necessary to conform to the requirements of Section 415 of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:785 Compliance with certain federal and state provisions relating to qualified military
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§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 milit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:785.1 Annual compensation limitation for determination of benefits
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§785.1. Annual compensation limitation for determination of benefits A. Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, the accrued benefit of each "Section 401(a)(17) employee" as that term is defined below shall be the greater of the following: (1) The employee's accrued benefit det…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:786 Deferred Retirement Option Plan
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§786. Deferred Retirement Option Plan A.(1) In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a retirement allowance, any member of this system whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state retirement systems occurred on or before December 31, 2010, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:787 Plan participation
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§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 cont…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:788 Deferred Retirement Option Plan Account
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§788. Deferred Retirement Option Plan Account A. The system shall establish a Deferred Retirement Option Plan Account which shall be a part of the system fund. This account shall not be subject to any fees, costs, or expenses of any kind. B.(1) The system shall maintain subaccoun…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:789 Termination of participation
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§789. Termination of participation A. Upon termination of participation in both the plan and employment, a participant shall: (1) At the participant's option, receive either a lump sum payment from the account equal to the amount then credited to his individual subaccount or syst…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:790 Irrevocability of election
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§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 u…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:792 Direct rollover
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§792. Direct rollover A. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all eligible distributions by the system made on or after January 1, 1993, for purposes of compliance with Section 401(a)(31) of the Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the con…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:793 Renunciation; retirement benefit or allowance
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§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 allowanc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:794 Change of beneficiary
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:801 Eligibility
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§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 prov…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:802 Eligibility for regular retirement
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§802. Eligibility for regular retirement A. Any member covered by R.S. 11:801 whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or before June 30, 2015, shall be eligible to retire if he has at least: (1) Thirty years of creditable …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:803 Computation of regular retirement allowance
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§803. Computation of regular retirement allowance A. The yearly amount of the retirement allowance for any member covered by R.S. 11:801 shall be equal to two percent of the member's average final compensation multiplied by his years of creditable service. B. The benefits provide…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:804 Eligibility for disability retirement
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§804. Eligibility for disability retirement An active contributing member covered by R.S. 11:801, who becomes disabled, and who files for disability benefits while in service, and who upon medical examination and certification as provided for in R.S. 11:201 through 224, is found …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:805 Computation of disability benefits
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§805. Computation of disability benefits A. Eligibility for disability retirement, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:806 Eligibility for survivor benefits
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§806. Eligibility for survivor benefits A. Any member covered by R.S. 11:801 with twenty or more years of creditable service and not eligible for normal retirement at the time of his death, who leaves a surviving spouse who is not eligible for Social Security survivorship or reti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:807 Employee contributions
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§807. Employee contributions Each member covered by R.S. 11:801 shall contribute an amount equal to five percent of his earnable compensation to the retirement system as the employee contribution. Added by Acts 1982, No. 718, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:642.6 by Acts 1991, No. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:808 Employer contributions
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§808. Employer contributions The state of Louisiana shall annually appropriate an amount equal to six and one-tenth percent of each and every member's earnable compensation, such annual appropriation to be paid to the system through the state treasurer's office in twelve equal in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:809 Termination of Social Security coverage
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§809. Termination of Social Security coverage Any member who is covered by R.S. 11:801, whose employer withdraws its employees from Social Security coverage, shall, upon the effective date of withdrawal be governed by the laws otherwise governing the Teachers' Retirement System; …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:81 Purpose of Subpart
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§81. Purpose of Subpart The purpose of this Subpart is to comply with the requirements of Article X, Section 29(E)(3) of the Constitution of Louisiana that the legislature shall determine dedicated taxes for statewide public retirement systems not covered by the provisions of Art…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:810 Conflict with other law
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§810. Conflict with other law Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana 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, shal…
