Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1751.1 – Elected officials subject to term limits
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1751.1
- Creditable service: means all periods of time for which credit is allowed towards any benefits of this Chapter. 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
- Member: means a contributing employee who is covered under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an elected official who would otherwise be required to be a member of the system but who is subject to term limits which prevent him from earning the minimum number of years of creditable service necessary to receive a benefit shall not be eligible to be a member of the system. No employee or employer contributions shall be made by such an elected official or his employer.
B. Any elected official who is a member of the system on the effective date of this Section, who has been paying employee contributions, and who is subject to term limits as provided in this Section shall no longer be a member of the system and may apply for a refund of his employee contributions immediately as otherwise provided for in this Chapter.
C. Any person who withdraws his contributions or who is not eligible to be a member of the system under the provisions of this Section who later wishes to receive credit for service for these years in this or any other system in this Title shall pay to such system an amount sufficient to offset any additional liability to the system, calculated on an actuarial basis in accordance with La. Rev. Stat. 11:158(C).
Acts 2003, No. 860, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 860, §§2 and 3, relative to benefits for certain system members and period of effectiveness of such provisions.