A.  All definitions prescribed in Part I of this Chapter are applicable to the plan created pursuant to this Part, unless a different definition is set forth in this Part or the context in which a term is used in this Part indicates a different meaning than that prescribed in Part I of this Chapter.

B.  “Excess benefit participant” shall mean any member whose retirement benefit, as determined on the basis of all qualified plans without regard to the limitations of La. Rev. Stat. 11:1458 and comparable provisions of other qualified plans of the employer, would exceed the maximum benefit permitted under Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code.

C.  “Maximum benefit” shall mean the retirement benefit a member is entitled to receive from the fund set forth in Part III of this Chapter, in any month after giving effect to La. Rev. Stat. 11:1458 and any similar provisions of any other qualified plans designed to conform to Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code.

D.  “Unrestricted benefit” shall mean the monthly retirement benefit a member, or the spouse, child, or single dependent parent of a member, would have received under the terms of all qualified plans of the employer, except for the restrictions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:1458 and any similar provisions of any other qualified plans designed to conform to Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Acts 2001, No. 88, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.