Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.7

  • 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.
  • Annuity: means annual payments for life, payable in equal monthly installments, derived from the accumulated contributions placed to the credit of the participant in the annuity reserve account. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
  • Pension: means annual payments for life, payable in equal monthly installments, derived from money provided by the Orleans Parish School Board and other amounts accumulated in the pension accumulation account as provided for in this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
  • Pension reserve: means the present value of all payments to be made on account of any pension or benefit in lieu of any pension computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by the board of trustees, plus regular interest. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
  • Pensions: means payments for life. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:701
  • Regular interest: means interest compounded annually at such rate as shall be determined by the board of trustees. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance allowable under the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1
  • Retirement system: means the corporation known as the Orleans Parish School Employees' Retirement System established in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:951.1

The creation and maintenance of reserves in the pension accumulation account; the maintenance of the annuity reserves in the annuity reserve account and the pension reserves in the pension reserve account; the crediting of regular interest to the various accounts; and the payment of all pensions, annuities, retirement allowances, refunds and other benefits granted under the provisions of this Part and all expenses in connection with the administration and operation of this retirement system, are made obligations of the retirement system.  All income, interest and dividends derived from deposits and investments authorized by this Part shall be used for the payment of these obligations.

Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 17:1017 pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 24:253.