Louisiana § RS 11:1301 - Definitions
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§ RS 11:1301. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following terms have these meanings:
(1) "Board" means the Louisiana State Police Retirement System Board.
(2) "Distributee" means a person who is eligible for benefits pursuant to this Chapter.
(3) "Division" or "office" means the office of state police, Department of Public Safety.
(4) "Fund" means the Louisiana State Police Retirement System Fund.
(5) "Minor Child" means a child of a member of this system who is under the age of eighteen years or who is a student who is under the age of twenty-three years.
(6) "Pension plan" means the defined benefit plan created by this Chapter and administered by the board to provide monthly benefits for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors.
(7) "Student" means a person in a high school, a vocational-technical school, or a college or university, in a sufficient number of courses and classes in an accredited institution to be classified as a full-time regular student under the criteria used by the institution in which he is enrolled.
(8) "System" means the Louisiana State Police Retirement System.
(9) "Vested" means that a benefit payable to the member at some future time is not forfeitable.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 440, §1. Acts 1981, No. 272, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1421 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 876, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2012, No. 227, §1.
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