Title 11, Consolidated Public Retirement
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La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1532 Direct rollover of eligible rollover distributions
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§1532. Direct rollover of eligible rollover distributions A. Notwithstanding any provision of this pension plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Section, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the board o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1533 Internal Revenue Code qualification requirements
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§1533. Internal Revenue Code qualification requirements A. The assets of this pension plan shall be held for the exclusive benefit of the employees who are or become participating members of the pension plan and their survivors and beneficiaries, and of retirees and their survivo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:154 Tax sheltering of employee contributions to retirement
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§154. Tax sheltering of employee contributions to retirement A. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to the following public retirement systems and pension funds: (1) Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. (2) Louisiana State Police Retirement System. (3) Lou…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1541 Board of trustees; membership; officers; vacancies
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§1541. Board of trustees; membership; officers; vacancies A. The board of trustees shall be composed of eleven members as follows: (1) The president of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association who shall be the president of the board. (2) The first vice president of the Louisiana…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1542 Board of trustees; powers and duties
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§1542. Board of trustees; powers and duties The board of trustees shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To carry a blanket fidelity insurance policy covering all officers and employees who handle the money or securities of the fund in the amount of five hundred thousand…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1543 Board of trustees; oath of office
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§1543. Board of trustees; oath of office Each trustee shall, not later than the first board meeting following his election or appointment, take an oath of office that he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board, and that he will not knowingly or willingly …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1544 Board of trustees; voting
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§1544. Board of trustees; voting Each trustee shall be entitled to one vote on any and all actions before the board, with a majority of concurring votes being required for every decision or action by the board at any of its meetings. No decision or action shall become effective u…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1545 Board of trustees; custodian of fund; investment of fund
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§1545. Board of trustees; custodian of fund; investment of fund The board shall be the custodian and the trustees of the fund and all system monies shall be held in trust or invested for the exclusive benefit of system members and beneficiaries, present and future. The board may …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1546 Private interest of trustees and employees in financial operation of system prohibited
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§1546. Private interest of trustees and employees in financial operation of system prohibited No trustee and no employee of the board of trustees shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board of trustees, nor as such receive any pay or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1547 Secretary of the board
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§1547. Secretary of the board A. The secretary shall maintain in books provided for the purpose a full and complete record of all proceedings of the board, particularly with reference to the investment of funds belonging to the fund. He shall file and keep all correspondence of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1548 Payment of warrants
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§1548. Payment of warrants All monies paid from the fund shall be paid by the secretary of the board only upon warrants signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the secretary of the board. No warrants shall be drawn except by orders of the board, duly entered upo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1549 Cost-of-living adjustments
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§1549. Cost-of-living adjustments A. The board of trustees may, upon majority vote of the board, grant or provide a cost-of-living adjustment to retired members who have been retired for at least one full calendar year as provided for in Subsection D, but only in the event that: …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:155 Receipt of benefits
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§155. Receipt of benefits Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary and specifically the laws governing all public, state, municipal, or parochial retirement systems, allowing "optional allowances", no member, retiree, beneficiary, or survivor shall be entitled …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:156 Deduction of employee benefit contributions from retiree benefit checks
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§156. Deduction of employee benefit contributions from retiree benefit checks Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the employee contributions for accident and health and life insurance coverage to be payable by any member, retiree, beneficiary, or survivor …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1561 Dedication and payment of certain tax revenue
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§1561. Dedication and payment of certain tax revenue A. Each sheriff and ex officio tax collector or other person responsible for the collection of taxes shown to be collectible on the tax rolls of each parish other than Orleans shall deduct one-fourth of one percent of those tax…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1562 Employee and employer contributions
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§1562. Employee and employer contributions A. The clerk of the supreme court, each of the courts of appeal, each of the district courts, and each of the city and traffic courts in the city of New Orleans, and the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, the Louisiana Clerks' of Cou…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1563 Deficiencies
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§1563. Deficiencies If at any time the monies of the fund are insufficient to pay each retiree and beneficiary the full amount to which he is entitled, equal percentages of the full amount shall be paid to each retiree and beneficiary until the fund is replenished so as to warran…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:157 Firefighters' Retirement System; Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System;
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§157. Firefighters' Retirement System; Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System; optional membership; refund of employee contributions; irrevocable election; reenrollment; membership verification information A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1575 Establishment of plan
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§1575. Establishment of plan There is hereby created a separate, unfunded, nonqualified excess benefit plan containing the terms and provisions set forth in this Part and intended to be a qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement, as defined in Section 415(m)(3) of the In…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1576 Definitions
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§1576. Definitions A. All definitions prescribed in Part I of this Chapter are applicable to the plan created pursuant to this Part unless a different definition is set forth in this Part, or the context in which a term is used in this Part indicates a different meaning than that…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1577 Benefit provided
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§1577. Benefit provided A. An excess benefit participant who is receiving benefits from the pension plan is entitled to a monthly benefit under this excess benefit plan in an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) The member's unrestricted benefit less the maximum benefit. (2) The am…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1578 Contributions
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§1578. Contributions Contributions may not be accumulated under this excess benefit plan to pay future retirement benefits. Instead, each payment of contributions by the employer that would otherwise be made to the pension plan shall be reduced by the amount determined by the boa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:158 Purchase of service credit in public retirement systems; price
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§158. Purchase of service credit in public retirement systems; price A.(1) Effective July 1, 1986, the provisions of this Section shall govern the payment required with respect to the otherwise authorized purchase of service credit in the public retirement or pension systems, fun…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1581 Definitions
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§1581. Definitions The following words and phrases, as used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) "Accumulated contributions" shall mean the sum of all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1582 Name and date of establishment
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§1582. Name and date of establishment A. A retirement system is hereby established and placed under the management of the board of trustees for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this Chapter for district attorneys and their …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1583 Exemption from taxes and execution
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§1583. Exemption from taxes and execution The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person und…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1584 Protection against fraud
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§1584. Protection against fraud Any persons who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1585 Limitation of membership
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§1585. Limitation of membership No other provisions of law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the state of Louisiana for pensions or retirement benefits for employees of the several parishes or any parish of the state of Louisiana, their widows…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1586 Guaranty
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§1586. Guaranty The maintenance of annuity reserves and pension reserves as provided for, and regular interest creditable to the various funds as provided in Part VII of this Chapter, and the payment of all pensions, annuities, retirement allowance refunds and other benefits gran…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1587 Severability; repeals; effective date
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§1587. Severability; repeals; effective date If any Section or part of any Section of this Chapter is declared to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Chapter shall not thereby be invalidated. All provisions of the law inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter are he…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1588 Amendment of provisions of retirement system
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§1588. Amendment of provisions of retirement system A. The provisions of the retirement system may be amended by action of the legislature in the same manner as any other statute may be amended by the legislature. In addition, action by the board of trustees with respect to the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1589 Overpayment of benefits; corrections; repayment
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§1589. Overpayment of benefits; corrections; repayment A. The director may correct any administrative error and make all adjustments relative to such correction as provided in Subsection C of this Section. The director shall correct such error based solely on sufficient documenta…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:159 State superintendent of education; commissioner of higher education; participation
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§159. State superintendent of education; commissioner of higher education; participation The state superintendent of education and the commissioner of higher education shall not be required to participate in any public retirement system; however, they shall have the option of ret…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:160 Members employed in other public employment
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§160. Members employed in other public employment Any person who is a member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, who has creditable membership service of at least ten years in this system, and who becomes an employee of a political subdivision where he is no long…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1601 Membership; condition of employment; exceptions
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§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 speci…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1602 Persons failing to elect coverage; admission to membership; election to become member
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§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 fif…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1603 Termination of membership
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§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.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1604 Repealed by Acts 1991, No
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§1604. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 459, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1024 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:161 Members employed in other state or public employment
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§161. Members employed in other state or public employment Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when a state employee who is in the classified service is granted an unpaid leave of absence for the purpose of allowing that employee to accept another position of st…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1611 Prior service credit; determination
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§1611. Prior service credit; determination A. Any person who becomes a member of the system within the first two years of its operation and who was employed by the state of Louisiana, or a parish of the state or a municipality of any parish of the state of Louisiana or any politi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1612 Employees of Louisiana District Attorneys' Association; prior service credit
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§1612. Employees of Louisiana District Attorneys' Association; prior service credit A. Any employee of the Louisiana District Attorneys' Association shall be eligible to receive prior service credit for all service rendered as such an employee prior to the date as of which such e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1613 Verification of creditable service; modification and validity
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§1613. Verification of creditable service; modification and validity 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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1614 Service on which retirement allowances are based
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§1614. Service on which retirement allowances are based A. 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 cer…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1615 Transfer of service credit; purchase of accrual rate
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§1615. Transfer of service credit; purchase of accrual rate Notwithstanding any provision of R.S. 11:143(D), any member of this system who, pursuant to R.S. 11:143, transfers service credit from another retirement system, fund, or plan at an accrual rate lower than the accrual ra…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1616 REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO
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§1616. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 234, §3, EFF. JUNE 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:1617 Service credit resulting from age discrimination
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§1617. Service credit resulting from age discrimination A. Any person who retired from this system and was reemployed in a capacity as a district attorney or assistant district attorney but was denied membership in this system based on provisions of law regarding age requirements…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:162 Classes of employees not eligible for membership
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§162. Classes of employees not eligible for membership A. The provisions of this Section shall apply to the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, the Louisiana State Police Retirement System, and the Louisiana School Employees…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:163 Credit for involuntary furlough; credit for leave without pay
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§163. Credit for involuntary furlough; credit for leave without pay A.(1) Any member of a state or statewide public retirement system who is involuntarily furloughed without pay due to the temporary closure of his employer or involuntarily furloughed or placed on leave without pa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:163.1 Voluntary or involuntary furlough; service credit; continuation of contributions
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§163.1. Voluntary or involuntary furlough; service credit; continuation of contributions A. The provisions of this Section shall apply to the following state retirement systems: (1) Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. (2) Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. B. Any…
La. Rev. Stat. § 11:163.2 Involuntary furlough; service and salary credit; credit for leave without pay
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§163.2. Involuntary furlough; service and salary credit; credit for leave without pay A.(1) Any member of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana who, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was involuntarily furloughed without pay due to a reduction-in-force of his employe…