Louisiana § RS 11:1379 - Former judges not coming under a retirement plan; pension
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 11:1379 — Former judges not coming under a retirement plan; pension, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 11:1379. Former judges not coming under a retirement plan; pension
Any person who has served as the judge of any court of record in the state of Louisiana for a period of twenty years or more, whether consecutively or not, and who has reached the age of seventy-five, and has not been removed from office for nonfeasance, malfeasance, misconduct in office, or for any other reason and who does not presently come under the provisions of any retirement act for judges of this state shall be paid a pension amounting to one-half of the salary he was receiving at the time he ceased to be a judge. Payment to each such retired judge shall be made on his own warrant and shall be paid in its entirety by the State of Louisiana.
Acts 1956, No. 481, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 13:6 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:1379 ("Former judges not coming under a retirement plan; pension") 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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