Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1149 – Contributions of members out of service for five years
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1149
- Member: means any school employee, as defined in Paragraph (13) of this Section, as provided in Part II of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
- Retirement: means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
- Retirement allowance: means the sum of annuity and the pensions or any optional benefit payable in lieu thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
Whenever a member who has less than ten years of service credit 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, at his last known address, a notification of his rights with respect to the contributions. The notification shall include information regarding his rights to the refund of contributions, his rights to leave the contributions in the system if he plans to reenter service, his rights to use the contributions for reciprocity or transfer of service credit if he becomes a member of another system, and any rights he may have to a retirement allowance pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 11:1142. Upon a valid request for a refund of contributions, such refund will be made from the annuity savings fund.
Acts 1984, No. 60, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 17:917.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2016, No. 319, §1, eff. June 30, 2016.