Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:565.1 – Credit for service as full-time law clerk
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:565.1
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Board: means the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
- Law clerk: Assist judges with research and drafting of opinions.
- 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
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who is a participant in the retirement plan maintained for judges and officers of the court within the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System shall be eligible to receive nonjudicial credit for all service rendered as a full-time law clerk for a judge or justice of any district court or appellate court of record in this state. In order to obtain this credit, the member shall make application therefor on or before January 1, 1998, and furnish to the board of trustees a detailed statement of all service for which credit is claimed in such form as the board may require. In addition, there shall be paid into the system, if not previously paid, an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:158. Such amounts shall be paid in one lump sum.
Acts 1995, No. 1175, §1; Acts 1997, No. 490, §1.