Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1935 – Return of accumulated contributions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1935
- Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all amounts deducted from a member's compensation and credited to his individual account in the annuity savings fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- Employee: means any person who is employed as a permanent employee of a parish who works at least twenty-eight hours a week and whose compensation is paid wholly or partly by said parish, but excluding all persons employed by a parish or city school board, and all persons eligible for any other public retirement system in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- Employer: means any parish in the state of Louisiana, except Orleans and East Baton Rouge Parishes, or the police jury or any other governing body of a parish which employs and pays persons serving the parish. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- Member: means a contributing employee who is covered under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. Subject to the restrictions contained herein, should a member not eligible to retire cease to be an employee under the provisions of this Chapter, he shall be paid the amount of his accumulated contributions upon demand.
B. Should a member die before retirement and not leave survivors eligible for benefits herein, the amount of his accumulated contributions shall be paid to his estate or to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation, duly executed and filed with the board.
C. Should the survivor of a member eligible for any benefit under this Chapter desire a refund of the member’s contributions in lieu of such benefit, he shall receive such refund by notifying the board in writing, and executing a waiver of all benefits provided herein.
D. However, refunds of accumulated contributions shall not be required to be made to the member or to his estate until thirty days after the effective date of the member’s termination or resignation or death, and until all contributions for said member have been submitted by the member’s employer.
E. If a member receives a refund of contributions and is subsequently rehired on or after January 1, 2007, the provisions of this Chapter applicable to members initially hired on or after January 1, 2007, shall apply.
Acts 1979, No. 765, §1; Acts 1983, No. 647, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:6130 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 584, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 584, §3, relative to Act superseding conflicting provisions of Acts of 2006 R.S.