Louisiana § RS 11:1307.1 - Exceptions

§ RS 11:1307.1. Exceptions

A.  The provisions of R.S. 11:1307(A) as set forth in Section 1 of Acts 2001, No. 1160, shall not be applicable to those persons who retired from or became beneficiaries of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System on or before June 30, 2001.  The provisions of R.S. 11:1307(A) shall apply to any such person as R.S. 11:1307(A) was in effect at the time of such person's retirement.

B.(1)  However, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, with regard to any person who participated in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan on or before June 30, 2001, and who continued in employment after participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan without a break in service and who remains in such continuous employment on July 1, 2001, the monthly retirement benefit payable to such person shall be the sum of three and one-third percent, multiplied by his monthly average salary, and further multiplied by the years of service credited to his account prior to the effective date of his participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, but his total annual benefit shall not exceed one hundred percent of his average annual salary.

(2)(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and specifically the provisions of R.S. 11:1310, the phrase "average salary" as used in this Subsection for the purpose of computing the regular retirement benefits of any member who entered the Deferred Retirement Option Plan based on less than twenty-five years of service shall mean the average salary including any pay or salary provided by the legislature in addition to that pay or salary that is set by either the Civil Service Commission or the State Police Civil Service Commission for any twelve-month period of service occurring while a member of this system, but limited to the first twenty-five years of state trooper service, regardless of whether such state trooper service occurred before, during, or after participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan.  The phrase "average salary" as defined by this Subparagraph shall be used for purposes of computing the regular retirement benefit that is payable based on all service occurring prior to the member's effective date of participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

(b)  Any supplemental regular retirement benefit which is payable based on service which occurs after the member's termination of participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan shall be based on the greater of the average salary as determined in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or the average salary including any pay or salary provided by the legislature in addition to that pay or salary that is set by either the Civil Service Commission or the State Police Civil Service Commission for any twelve-month period of service occurring while a member of this system, but limited to the years of service which are attributable to twenty-five or more years of state trooper service.

(c)  For purposes of this Section, "state trooper service" shall not include any service credited to the member's account based on the purchase of credit for military service or credit based on a transaction executed pursuant to R.S. 11:142, 143, or 158.

(d)  For purposes of this Section, "average salary" shall not include overtime, expenses, clothing allowances, or any remuneration resulting from military service.

(3)  Any member who is covered by the provisions of this Section and who is either participating in or who has terminated his participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan on or before July 1, 2001, shall not have the benefits that are either being credited to or have been credited to his Deferred Retirement Option Plan account recomputed.  The Deferred Retirement Option Plan benefits that are either currently being credited to or have been credited to such member's Deferred Retirement Option Plan account shall be the same as they were upon the member's effective date of entry into the Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

(4)  Any member whose regular or supplemental retirement benefits, or any combination of regular or supplemental retirement benefits, would be reduced because of the application of the provisions of Acts 2001, No. 1160, shall receive the highest combination of any such benefits.

Acts 2001, No. 1160, §3, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2012, No. 227, §1.

NOTE:  See note at §1307 relative to applicability of §1 of Acts 2001, No. 1160 to persons who retired or became beneficiaries on or before June 30, 2001.