Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1751 – A. The membership of this system shall be composed of all employees not specifically excluded by the provisions of this Part, as follows:
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1751
- Agreement: means the document of participation between a participating employer and the board, that sets forth the requirements and procedures for covering the employees of such participating employer under this system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- board of trustees: means the board of trustees of this system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Earnings: means the full amount of compensation earned by a member for service rendered as an employee, excluding bonuses or fees in excess of regular salary or retainer, overtime pay, or payments relative to termination of employment including but not limited to accrued sick or annual leave and severance pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Employee: means a person including an elected official, actively employed by a participating employer on a permanent, regularly scheduled basis of at least an average of thirty-five hours per week. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- participating employer: shall mean :
(i) Any incorporated city, town, or village in the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Plan A: means the revised plan to replace a combination of the regular and supplemental plans, to be effective October 1, 1978, as outlined in Part III of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Plan B: means the revised plan to replace the regular plan, to be effective October 1, 1978, as outlined in Part IV of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Regular plan: means the original plan that became effective upon the establishment of the retirement system in 1955, as amended, excluding the supplemental plan. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- retirement system: means the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, established as of January 1, 1955, defined in Chapter 4, Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and as subsequently amended. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Revision date: means October 1, 1978, the effective date of the establishment of Plan A and Plan B. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Supplemental plan: means the supplementary plan established by Act No. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
A. The membership of this system shall be composed of all employees not specifically excluded by the provisions of this Part, as follows:
(1) Effective upon the revision date all employees shall become members of this system and shall be placed in the applicable plan as outlined below:
(a) Those participating in both the regular plan and the supplemental plan or only in the supplemental plan shall become members of Plan A.
(b) Those participating only in the regular plan shall become members of Plan B.
(2) All individuals who become employees after the revision date shall become members of Plan A or Plan B as determined by the agreement in effect for each employer.
B. The agreement shall be the determining factor for purposes of placing members into the appropriate plan.
C. Those employees who were participating members of this system on September 7, 1978, shall be continued as members subsequent to that date, provided they are employees as defined herein, even though they do not work the number of hours per week required by the definition of employee as set forth herein. This Subsection shall not apply to those employees who on September 7, 1978, worked at least the number of hours required by the definition of employee as set forth herein.
D. In accordance with the provisions of this Subsection, employees of the Louisiana Municipal Association are eligible for membership in Plan A of the system. The board of trustees of the system is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the governing authority of the association relative to this membership. If such an agreement is entered into, in addition to conditions otherwise required by law or which are customary, it shall provide that the association agrees that if a majority of its employees vote, in an election to be held prior to January 1, 1985, to participate in the plan, it shall henceforth require such membership as a condition of employment.
E. Persons who have retired from any Louisiana state public retirement system, plan, or fund who are over the age of sixty-five shall not be required to participate in the system.
F. Any person who qualifies as an employee pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 11:1732(13)(b) shall participate in and contribute to the system on all earnings from all participating employers. Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed to grant any additional service credit above what would have been earned if all such earnings of the employee were paid by a single participating employer.
Acts 1978, No. 788, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 596, §1. Acts 1984, No. 555, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:7191 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 555, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 264, §1, eff. June 15, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 320, §1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 110, §1, eff. May 11, 2018.