Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:563 – Additional creditable service
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:563
- Agency: means any governmental body employing persons and includes departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and courts. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- Creditable service: means prior service plus membership service for which credit is allowable as provided in this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- Employee: means any person legally occupying a position in the state service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- Employer: means the state of Louisiana or any of its boards, commissions, departments, agencies, and courts which are contributing members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- Member: means any person included in the membership of the system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Retirement: means termination of active service, with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- State: means the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- System: means the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any person who becomes a member of the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System shall be eligible to receive credit in the system for service rendered as a judge of any court in this state or as a court officer prior to becoming a member or for any service creditable in the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System. Any such person in office on October 1, 1976 shall receive the creditable service for time served as a judge or court officer without contribution therefor on his part. Credit for any service creditable shall be in accordance with applicable provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 provided that the prior employing agency may pay the employer contributions required, plus interest applicable thereto; provided, any person who was eligible to take advantage of this Subpart, shall receive any prior service in and shall be eligible to reestablish and transfer any employee and employer contributions, if any, to any retirement system of which he is presently a member. Other such persons who take office after August 2, 1976, shall receive the credit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any person who retains credit for such additional creditable service in any other public retirement system.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 518, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 630, §1; Acts 1979, No. 519, §1; Acts 1983, No. 674, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 13:21 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.