Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:558.2

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the system. 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
  • State: means the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
  • System: means the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403

A.  Any member of this system who is or was a judge of a civil district court or a criminal district court in a parish that has separate civil and criminal district courts shall be eligible for retirement benefits, calculated in accordance with Subsection B of this Section, provided all of the following apply:

(1)  The judge was serving in a court of record on June 30, 1995.

(2)  The judge was eligible for retirement under the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:558(A)(1), (2), (3), or (4), on or before December 31, 1996.

(3)  The division or section of the civil district court or the criminal district court in which the judge was serving is situated within the geographic jurisdiction of a state circuit court of appeal of which a member was certified by the judicial administrator of the Louisiana Supreme Court to be covered by the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:558(A)(5), with such certification being based on an application submitted by a member before December 21, 1993.

B.  That portion of benefits based on service rendered on and before December 31, 1996, by a member of this system who meets the specifications of Subsection A of this Section, shall be calculated in accordance with La. Rev. Stat. 11:558(A)(5)(a)(ii).

C.  The provisions of this Section shall have retroactive application to December 31, 1996.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 17, §1; Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 25, §1.

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