Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:475

  • Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all amounts paid by a member, excluding interest paid on the repayment of a refund, and credited to his individual account in the employee's savings account, together with regular interest credited prior to July 1969. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
  • Refund: means the withdrawal of all accumulated contributions at least thirty days after termination from the state service, or with respect to members having the option of belonging to the system, withdrawal of all accumulated contributions at least thirty days after receipt by the system of written notice of withdrawal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
  • Retirement: means termination of active service, with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
  • System: means the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403

The retirement system shall pay a lump sum refund equal to the difference between the total monthly survivor benefits paid and the total accumulated contributions of the member, to the beneficiaries or the estate of the beneficiaries if the total monthly benefits are not equal to the accumulated contributions of the member.  This refund shall not be paid until all eligible monthly benefits have ceased.

Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 42:605 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 31, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1109, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.