Louisiana § RS 11:1345.4 - Eligibility for retirement
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 11:1345.4 — Eligibility for retirement, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 11:1345.4. Eligibility for retirement
Any member shall be eligible for retirement if he has:
(1) Twenty-five years or more of service, at any age.
(2) Twelve years or more of service, at age fifty-five or thereafter.
(3) Twenty years of service credit at any age, exclusive of military service and unused annual and sick leave, but any person retiring under this Paragraph shall have his benefit, inclusive of military service credit and allowable unused annual and sick leave, actuarially reduced from the earliest age that he would normally become eligible for a regular retirement benefit under Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section if he had continued in service to that age. Any employee who elects to retire under the provisions of this Paragraph shall not be eligible to participate in the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program provided by R.S. 11:1312.1 or the Initial Benefit Option provided by R.S. 11:1307(E).
Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2013, No. 220, §3, eff. June 11, 2013.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:1345.4 ("Eligibility for retirement") 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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