Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.71 – Creditable service; determination by board of trustees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.71
- Board of trustees: means and includes the members of the board of trustees of the retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
- Creditable service: means prior service plus subsequent service for which credit is allowable as provided for in this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
- Employee: means any person regularly employed in any capacity under the control of the Orleans Parish School Board who is not a teacher or whose legal employment does not require the holding of a teacher's certificate, including employees of the public school lunch department, all skilled and unskilled employees of the maintenance department, managers, custodians, subcustodians, and others who are not temporarily employed, and are paid out of funds under the control of the Orleans Parish School Board, who are not now eligible for membership in any other retirement system created or established by the State of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
- Participant: means any employee who is entitled to the beneficial provisions of this retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
- Retirement: means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance allowable under the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
- Service: means service rendered by an employee as herein defined. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
Creditable service shall be determined under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt, each present employee, who rendered continuous service as a regular employee prior to the effective date of the establishment of this retirement system and who elects to become a participant, shall file a detailed statement of all such continuous service rendered by him prior to the effective date of establishment for which he claims credit.
The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year, and in all cases service rendered for the full school year shall be considered one year of creditable service.
Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 17:1111 pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 24:253.