Louisiana § RS 11:144 - Repayment of refunded contributions
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 11:144 — Repayment of refunded contributions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 11:144. Repayment of refunded contributions
A. For purposes of R.S. 11:142 and 143, a member of any state, parochial, or municipal retirement system having credit for at least six months in any such system may repay refunded contributions, plus compounded interest at the board-approved actuarial valuation rate thereon from date of refund until paid, to any other state, parochial, or municipal retirement system in order to reestablish such credited service.
B. In lieu of repaying refunded contributions to reestablish credit in the system to which he previously belonged, a member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System who has received a refund of contributions from the Employees' Retirement System of Baton Rouge may purchase directly from the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System all or a portion of the service he had accrued in the municipal system. The member shall pay to the system for the service credit to be purchased all actuarial costs of such purchase calculated on an actuarial basis in accordance with R.S. 11:158(C), and the member shall be granted an amount of service credit in the system based on such payment.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 47, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 416, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 103, §1; Acts 1984, No. 733, §1; Acts 1989, No. 213, §1; Acts 1990, No. 104, §1, eff. June 29, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 42:697.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 1234, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:144 ("Repayment of refunded contributions") 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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