§ 11:2251 Name and date of establishment
§ 11:2252 The following words and phrases, as used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by context, shall have the following meaning:
§ 11:2253 Membership
§ 11:2254 A. Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based shall consist of the membership service rendered by him since he last became a member
§ 11:2254.1 Conversion of unused leave to creditable service
§ 11:2255 Transfers of firefighter service
§ 11:2256 A.(1) Any member of this system who has completed at least twenty-five years of creditable service, who has been a member of this system for at least one year, regardless of age, or
§ 11:2256.1 Removal of former spouse as beneficiary; restoration of benefits
§ 11:2256.2 A. A member may designate all or a portion of any benefit paid in accordance with this Chapter to be paid in trust to any beneficiary, if the terms of the trust so provide and if the
§ 11:2256.3 A. A nonrecurring lump-sum supplemental payment shall be paid to the following retirees and beneficiaries:
§ 11:2257 A. In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a service retirement allowance under R.S. 11:2256, any member of this system who has not less than twenty years of creditable servi
§ 11:2258 A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certificatio
§ 11:2258.1 A. A member may appeal a decision made pursuant to R.S. 11:218(D)(2) or (3), regarding eligibility for disability benefits, by filing a petition in the appropriate district court wit
§ 11:2259 A.(1) With the provision that no optional selection shall be effective in case a beneficiary dies within thirty days after retirement and that such a beneficiary shall be considered
§ 11:2260 A. Board of trustees:
§ 11:2260.1 A. Except where otherwise prohibited in this Chapter, the director may correct any administrative error and make all adjustments relative to such correction. The director shall corre
§ 11:2261 Management of funds
§ 11:2261.1 A.(1) Each of the following shall be a fiduciary of the system and shall be subject to R.S. 11:263:
§ 11:2262 A. All of the assets of the retirement system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held to one of five funds, namely, the Annuity Savings Fund, the Annuity R
§ 11:2262.1 A.(1) If an employer fully dissolves its fire department, the employer shall remit to the system, beginning the first July immediately following the date of dissolution, that portion
§ 11:2263 Exemption from execution
§ 11:2264 Deductions
§ 11:2265 A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any member of this system shall be authorized to assign his accumulated employee contributions to any firefighters’ credit union in
§ 11:2266 Protection against fraud
§ 11:2267 Limitations of membership
§ 11:2268 Guaranty
§ 11:2270 A.(1) In order for any applicant to be eligible for membership in the Firefighters’ Retirement System, such applicant shall complete the enrollment process, including the completion
§ 11:2271 The Firefighters’ Retirement System shall be a tax-qualified governmental plan as provided in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In accordance with the requirements of the Inte
§ 11:2272 A. There is hereby established a separate unfunded, nonqualified excess benefit plan pursuant to Section 415(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 11 > Subtitle III > Chapter 9 - Firefighters' Retirement System

  • Accrued liability: shall mean the entry age normal accrued liability. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Accumulated contributions: shall mean the sum of all the amounts deducted from the earnable compensation of a member and credited to his individual account in the annuity savings fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Actuarial assumptions: shall mean the calculations used by an actuary engaged annually by the board to calculate the amounts necessary to fund the members' annuities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Actuarial equivalent: shall mean the amount required to fund the member's annuity based upon the calculations of the actuary on the basis of mortality tables approved by the board of trustees and regular interest at a rate fixed by the board of trustees. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • 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 11:2252
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Average final compensation: shall mean the average annual earned compensation of an employee for any period of thirty-six successive or joined months of service as an employee during which the said earned compensation was the highest. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficiary: shall mean any natural or juridical person or estate administrator designated to receive a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, or other benefit as provided by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Board: means the Prison Enterprises Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1151
  • Board of trustees: shall mean the board provided for in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Creditable service: shall mean service for which credit is allowable as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Department: means the Louisiana Department of Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1151
  • Director: shall mean the executive director of the Firefighters' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Earnable compensation: shall mean the full amount of compensation earned by an employee on a regular tour of duty, including supplemental pay paid by the state of Louisiana, educational incentive pay, holiday pay, seniority incentive pay, and pay to an employee acting in a civil service classification higher than the one he holds, but shall not include overtime. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Employee: shall mean any full-time firefighter or any person in a position as defined in the municipal fire and police civil service system who is employed by a fire department of any municipality, parish, or fire protection district of the state of Louisiana, excepting Orleans and Lafayette Parishes, and who is earning at least three hundred seventy-five dollars per month excluding state supplemental pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Employer: shall mean any municipality, parish, or fire protection district in the state of Louisiana, excepting Orleans and Lafayette Parishes, which employs a full-time fireman, and the Firefighters' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • En banc: In the bench or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S. courts of appeals usually sit in panels of three judges, but may expand to a larger number in certain cases. They are then said to be sitting en banc.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • 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 11:2252
  • Membership service: shall mean service as an employee or elected official while a member of this system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Overtime: shall mean the additional hours worked above the regular tour of duty required by the local governing authority for which the member works and the compensation therefor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Retirement: shall mean withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Retirement allowance: shall mean any benefit paid to a member under La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Retirement system: shall mean the Firefighters' Retirement System as established in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Secretary: means the secretary of corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1151
  • Service: shall mean service rendered as an employee as described in Paragraph (10) of this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • years of service: shall mean the number of twelve-month periods a member has which are creditable toward receiving retirement benefits from the retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2252