Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2138

  • 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: shall mean payments for life derived from the accumulated contributions of a member. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
  • Annuity reserve: shall mean the present value of all payments to be made on account of any annuity, or benefit in lieu of any annuity computed upon the basis of such mortality tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, and regular interest. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Board of trustees: shall mean the board provided for in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
  • Member: shall include any employee, as defined in Paragraph (10) of this Section, included in the membership of this system as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
  • Prior service: shall mean service rendered prior to the date of the establishment of this retirement system for which credit is allowable as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
  • Retirement: shall mean withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031
  • Service: shall mean service rendered as an employee as described in Paragraph (10) of this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2031

A.  All pensions, and benefits in lieu thereof, with the exception of those payable on account of members who receive no prior service allowance, payable from contributions of employees, shall be paid from the pension accumulation fund to the annuity reserve fund.  

B.  Upon the retirement of a member not entitled to credit for prior service, an amount equal to his annuity reserve shall be transferred from the pension accumulation fund to the annuity reserve fund.  

C.  The board of trustees may transfer annually from the pension accumulation fund to the expense fund a sum not to exceed one-half of one percent of the total book value of the assets of the Registrars of Voters Employees’ Retirement System.  

Acts 1954, No. 215, §8(3)(i to k).  Amended by Acts 1981, No. 599, §1; Acts 1989, No. 202, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 18:1838 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.