The retirement system shall take all actions necessary to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) applicable to qualified governmental retirement plans.  The board shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to incorporate such IRC provisions into the retirement system’s plan, and the plan provisions shall thereafter consist of this Chapter together with such properly promulgated rules.

Acts 1990, No. 450, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:6127.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 261, §1; Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 537, §1, eff. March 8, 2004.

NOTE:  See Acts 2003, No. 537, §3, relative to effective date.  The rules were promulgated by the Board of Trustees of the Parochial Employees’ Retirement System on March 8, 2004.