Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2061 – Prior service credit; determination
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2061
- Board of trustees: shall mean the board provided for in Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
- Employee: shall mean any registrar of voters of the state of Louisiana or any deputy or permanent employee of the office of registrar of voters in any parish of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
- Member: shall include any employee, as defined in Paragraph (10) of this Section, included in the membership of this system as provided in Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Prior service: shall mean service rendered prior to the date of the establishment of this retirement system for which credit is allowable as provided in Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
- Retirement: shall mean withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
- Service: shall mean service rendered as an employee as described in Paragraph (10) of this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
A. Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt any person who becomes a member of the system within the first two years of its operation, or who becomes a member under the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:2051, Subsection (A) as amended, and who is employed by the state of Louisiana, or a parish of the state, or city of any parish of the state of Louisiana within the six years immediately preceding the establishment of the system and who was not eligible for membership in any retirement system maintained by the parish or city during such service, shall be entitled to prior service credit for all city or parish or state service rendered prior to the effective date of this Chapter, provided that within the first year of his membership he file a detailed statement of all Louisiana service rendered by him as an employee prior to the date of the establishment of the system for which he claims credit; and further provided, that in the case of employees who become eligible for membership under the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:2051, Subsection (A) as amended, the employee, in order to gain credit for such previous service shall be free of physical disability and shall be required to pay four percent of all salary in excess of one hundred dollars per month which was earned in such Louisiana service for which he claims credit, this payment to be made in either a lump sum prior to January 1, 1963, or, upon consent of the board of trustees, over a period not to exceed one year after January 1, 1963, provided such arrangements are made prior to January 1, 1963, and further provided that in order to gain credit for such prior service, he must pass a physical examination under such rules and regulations as the board may set up.
B. 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.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §4; Acts 1962, No. 13, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 18:1701 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.