Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:3864 – Computation and proof of length of service
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:3864
- Creditable service: shall mean service rendered as an elected official of any municipality covered by this Part, whether it be service prior or subsequent to this Part, and whether it be continuous or not;
(4) "Municipality" shall mean any municipality incorporated under the laws of the state of Louisiana having a population of twenty-five thousand or over according to the last official census published by the United States Bureau of the Census. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:3861
- Official: shall mean any person serving in elective office of any city in the State of Louisiana covered by this Part;
(6) "Retirement" shall mean withdrawal from active service in municipal office;
(7) "Retirement Allowance" shall mean payments for life computed as provided in this Part and payable in monthly installments;
(8) "Retirement allowance fund" shall mean a fund maintained by the city as defined in this Part, in which all funds provided by the city for retirement allowances authorized by this Part shall be maintained and from which all retirement allowances are to be paid. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:3861
A. Before any retirement allowance may be paid to any elective official, a certificate or certificates attesting to the periods of service claimed by the elective official must be filed with the city treasurer. Such certificate must be sworn to before a notary of record and witnessed by two responsible persons. Said certificates must give full information as to service, title of office held and amount of annual salary received during tenure of office.
B. Service of an elective official (except military service as provided in the paragraph next succeeding) rendered prior to the establishment of this plan shall not be creditable or considered in the computation of time served for participation in the benefits of this plan unless such elective official is, on the date of establishment of this plan, serving as an elective official of the municipality.
C. In the event that any elective official while in office shall be drafted or volunteer into the armed services of the United States said elective official, upon his return, will be credited with the time so served at the salary he was earning on being inducted and such time shall be considered creditable service hereunder. The provisions of the preceding paragraph notwithstanding, time so served prior to July 30, 1958 will likewise be credited him, provided that the elective official departed for such service while serving in a position qualifying under this Part and returned to such position directly upon release from such service.
Acts 1958, No. 65, §5; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:1794 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.