Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2214.2 – Persons becoming eligible for membership while employed and members of another public retirement system, plan, or fund
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2214.2
- Employee: shall mean any of the following classifications:
(a)(i) Any full-time police officer, empowered to make arrests. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2213
- Member: shall include any employee, as defined in Paragraph (11) of this Section, included in the membership of this system as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2213
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Prior service: shall mean service rendered prior to the enrollment of an employee into this retirement system, as a municipal policeman, as a member of the state police, or as a sheriff or deputy sheriff in Louisiana for which credit is not given in any other retirement system; provided that notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter that may be to the contrary, no credit whatsoever shall be given in this retirement system, whether as prior service or creditable service, for any out of state service, nor shall any credit for prior service be given to any person who becomes a member after July 31, 1976, except that any person employed by any municipality and is required to pay social security contributions for such employment by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall receive prior service credit provided he becomes a member of this retirement system prior to January 1, 1977. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2213
- Retirement: shall mean withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2213
- Service: shall mean service rendered as an employee as described in Paragraph (11) of this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2213
- system: shall mean the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System as established in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2213
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person employed in a position as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 11:2213(11) and who is a member of another public retirement system, plan, or fund, and who at a later date becomes eligible for membership in this system for the same employment, may elect to remain a member of the other system, plan, or fund in lieu of membership in this system by filing a notice in writing with the board of his current system, plan, or fund and the board of this system within one year after becoming eligible to be a member of this system. Such election shall be irrevocable.
B. Any person described in Subsection A of this Section who elects to become a member of this system shall be allowed to purchase any prior service credit, for which he does not already have credit, that would have met the current definition of employee at the time such service was rendered, in accordance with the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:158.
C. Any person described in Subsection A of this Section, who through error participated in this system prior to July 1, 1999, shall be allowed to remain as a member and retain service credits accrued to July 1, 1999, and to continue participation until termination of employment.
Acts 1999, No. 1179, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.