Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2015 – Withdrawal from regular system
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2015
- Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all amounts deducted from a member's compensation and credited to his individual account in the annuity savings fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Employee: means any person who is employed as a permanent employee of a parish who works at least twenty-eight hours a week and whose compensation is paid wholly or partly by said parish, but excluding all persons employed by a parish or city school board, and all persons eligible for any other public retirement system in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- Member: means a contributing employee who is covered under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- Plan A: means the revised plan to replace a combination of the regular and supplemental plans, to be effective January 1, 1980, as outlined in Part III. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- Plan B: means the revised plan to replace the regular plan, to be effective January 1, 1980, as outlined in Part IV. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- retirement system: means the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, established as of January 1, 1953, defined in Chapter 5, Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and as subsequently amended. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
A. Any parish administered under a home rule charter, and any special district thereof, shall have the option, on or before January 1, 1981, to discontinue participation in the Parochial Employees’ Retirement System of Louisiana. Should a parish or district exercise this option to withdraw, the annuity savings fund creditable to the employees of said parish, shall be paid to said parish’s employee retirement system, or if there is no such system, to the members themselves. Employees who have vested rights in either Plan A or Plan B may elect to leave their accumulated contributions and receive vested benefits.
B. As an alternative choice, any such parish or district which elects to withdraw and create a separate retirement system, may elect to allow member‘s credit to remain in the Parochial Employees’ Retirement System under the reciprocal recognition plan as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 11:142.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:6235 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.