Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2023

  • Actuarial equivalent: shall mean a benefit of equivalent value to the accumulated contributions, annuity, or benefits, as the case may be, computed on the basis of such mortality and interest tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions of La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
  • actuary: means the actuary for this retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2022
  • 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.
  • board of trustees: means the board of trustees of this system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
  • Excess benefit: means the difference in the monthly benefit between the unrestricted benefit and the maximum benefit computed under this Chapter 5. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2022
  • Maximum benefit: means the retirement benefit a member, or the surviving spouse or minor child of a member, is entitled to receive from this retirement system determined in accordance with this Chapter in any month after giving effect to the limitations set forth in Section 415 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which has been incorporated in the rules and regulations of this retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2022
  • Member: means a contributing employee who is covered under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
  • Minor child: means an unmarried child under the age of eighteen years who is: the issue of a marriage; the legally adopted child of a member of this system; the natural child of a female member of this system; the child of a male member of this system if a court of competent jurisdiction has made an order of filiation declaring the paternity of such a member for the child or if the father has formally acknowledged the child; or, who had a disability at the time of the member's death and who remains in such disability status. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
  • retirement system: means the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, established as of January 1, 1953, defined in Chapter 5, Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and as subsequently amended. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
  • Surviving spouse: means a legal spouse who was married to a member at the time of the member's death and for at least twelve months immediately prior thereto. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
  • Unrestricted benefit: means the monthly retirement benefit a member, or the surviving spouse or minor child of a member, would have received under the terms of all qualified plans of this retirement system in any given month, except for the restrictions imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which has been incorporated in the rules and regulations of this retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2022

A.  An excess benefit participant who is receiving benefits from this retirement system is entitled to a monthly benefit under this Excess Benefit Plan in an amount equal to the lesser of either:

(1)  The member‘s unrestricted benefit, less the maximum benefit.

(2)  The amount by which the member’s monthly benefit from this retirement system has been reduced because of the limitations of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which have been incorporated into the rules and regulations of this retirement system.

B.  A retirement benefit payable under this Excess Benefit Plan shall be paid in the form and at the time it would have been paid as a monthly pension under this retirement system except for the limitations under Section 415 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which have been incorporated into the rules and regulations of this retirement system.  The optional benefit form chosen by the member under this retirement system, if any, shall also be controlling to the excess benefits payable under this Excess Benefit Plan and the benefit received shall be the actuarial equivalent of a straight life annuity.

C.  This Excess Benefit Plan shall be administered by the board of trustees of this retirement system.  Except as provided to the contrary by this Part, the rights, duties, and responsibilities of the board of trustees shall be the same for this Excess Benefit Plan as for this retirement system as set forth in Part V of Chapter 5.

D.  The actuary employed by the board of trustees is responsible for determining the excess benefits to be provided to excess benefit participants under this Excess Benefit Plan established by this Part, and also the amount of current contributions that will be directed to the Excess Benefit Plan rather than the retirement system to fund these obligations.

E.  The actuary designated in La. Rev. Stat. 11:1826 shall also provide advice to the board of trustees for this Excess Benefit Plan.

F.  Any and all payments made pursuant to this Excess Benefit Plan shall be considered part of a retirement benefit as provided to any member, surviving spouse, minor child or beneficiary of this retirement system.

Acts 2003, No. 194, §1, eff. June 5, 2003.

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