Louisiana § RS 11:564 - Credit for service with indigent defender program
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§ RS 11:564. Credit for service with indigent defender program
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who is a member of the retirement plan maintained for judges and officers of the court within the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible to receive judicial credit for all service rendered in the program, under the Indigent Defender Board as established in Acts 1976, No. 653, if at any time he was employed as chief indigent defender or an assistant. In order to obtain this credit, the member shall make application therefor on or before January 1, 1999, and furnish to the board of trustees a detailed statement of all service for which credit is claimed in such form as the board may require. In addition, there shall be paid into the system an amount which, on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the receipt of the credit. The amount payable shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time of application for credit. Such amount shall be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as shall be agreed upon between the member and the board of trustees.
Acts 1986, No. 614, §1, eff. July 6, 1986; Redesignated from R.S. 13:21.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 497, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:564 ("Credit for service with indigent defender program") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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