Louisiana § RS 11:1193 - Pension accumulation fund; description and composition; normal and accrued liability contributions, determination

§ RS 11:1193. Pension accumulation fund; description and composition; normal and accrued liability contributions, determination

A.  The pension accumulation fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated all reserves for the payment of all pensions and other benefits payable from contributions made by the state of Louisiana and by local school boards.  Contributions to and payments from the pension accumulation fund shall be made as follows:

(1)(a)  On account of each member there shall be paid annually into the pension accumulation fund by the state of Louisiana for the preceding fiscal year an amount equal to a certain percentage of the compensation of each member, to be known as the "normal contribution", and an additional amount equal to a percentage of his compensation, to be known as the "accrued liability contribution".  

(b)  The rate per centum of said contributions shall be fixed on the basis of the liabilities of the retirement system as shown by actuarial valuation.  

(2)(a)  On the basis of regular interest and of such mortality and other tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, the actuary engaged to make each valuation required by this Chapter during the period over which the accrued liability contribution is payable, immediately after making such valuation, shall determine the uniform and constant percentage of the earnable compensation of the average new entrant, which, if contributed on the basis of compensation of such new entrant throughout his entire period of active service, would be sufficient to provide for the payment of any pension payable on his account.  The rate per centum so determined shall be known as the "normal contribution" rate.  

(b)  After the accrued liability contribution has ceased to be payable, the normal contribution rate shall be the rate per centum of the salary of all members obtained by deducting from the total liabilities of the pension accumulation fund the amount of the moneys on hand to the credit of the fund and dividing the remainder by one percent of the present value of the prospective future salaries of all members as computed on the basis of the mortality and service tables adopted by the board of trustees and regular interest.  The normal rate of contribution shall be determined by the actuary after each valuation.  

(3)  Immediately succeeding the first valuation, the actuary shall compute the rate per centum of the total annual compensation of all members which is equivalent to four percent of the amount of the total pension liability on account of all members and beneficiaries which is not dischargeable by the aforesaid normal contribution made on account of such members during the remainder of their active service.  The rate per centum originally so determined shall be known as the "accrued liability contribution" rate.  

(4)  Each employer shall transmit monthly, by the fifteenth day after the end of each month, a checklist report setting forth necessary salary and deduction information as shall be required by the board of trustees.  If any reporting agency submits a checklist which is in error as to the salary of any member and such error results in overpayment of benefits by the system, the agency shall be liable to the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System for the amount of the overpayment and shall reimburse the system for the full amount of all such overpayments within thirty days after discovery of the error of overpayment.  

B.  The pension accumulation fund shall be credited as follows:

(1)  Employer contributions.  

(2)  Interest paid, by an employing agency or a member, to purchase service.  

(3)  Interest, dividends, profits, and other income derived from investment of the system's funds.  

(4)  All transactions not covered by other accounts.  

C.  The pension accumulation fund shall be charged as follows:

(1)  An amount to be determined by the actuary based on the latest available actuarial reports or information shall be transferred at the end of each fiscal year to the pension reserve fund and survivors' benefit fund.  

(2)  All transactions not covered by any other account.  

Acts 1984, No. 678, §1; Acts 1987, No. 151, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:984 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.