Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1864 – Payment of contributions; delinquency penalty; agreement to deductions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1864
- 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.
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Member: means a contributing employee who is covered under the provisions of this Chapter. 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
A. Each participating employer shall pay into the appropriate fund, with respect to earnings, at such time or times as the board may by regulation prescribe, contributions in the amounts and at the rates prescribed by the board as set forth in Parts III and IV of this Chapter.
B. Every employer required to make payments pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, is authorized, to impose upon its employees, a contribution with respect to earnings as set forth in Parts III and IV of this Chapter and to deduct the amount of such contribution from earnings as and when paid. Contributions so collected shall be paid to the board in partial discharge of the liability of such employer. Failure to deduct such contribution shall not relieve the employee or employer of liability thereof.
C. Delinquent payments due pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, may, with interest at the system’s actuarial valuation rate compounded annually, be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the employer liable therefor or shall, upon due certification of delinquency and at the request of the board, be deducted from any other monies payable to such employer by any department or agency of the state.
D. The deductions provided for herein shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein and shall receipt for his full salary or compensation. The payment of salary or compensation less said deductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment, except as to the benefits provided under this Chapter. The employer shall certify to the board on each and every payroll or in such other manner as the board may prescribe, the amounts to be deducted; and each of said amounts shall be deducted, and when deducted shall be paid into the respective annuity savings fund, and shall be credited to the individual account of the member from whose compensation said deduction was made.
Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:7394 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2009, No. 68, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.