Louisiana § RS 11:164 - Part-time public officials
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§ RS 11:164. Part-time public officials
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the following elected or appointed officials are hereby deemed to be part-time public servants who, based on such part-time service, shall not participate in, or receive credit for service in, any public retirement system, fund, or plan sponsored by the state of Louisiana or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof:
(1) Any legislator or any member of a school board, levee board, police jury, or parish council.
(2) Any member of a city council, city-parish council, or town council or any alderman or any constable.
(3) Any member of a board or commission established by the state of Louisiana or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.
B.(1) The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to any person who is serving on January 1, 1997, in any elected or appointed position set forth in Subsection A of this Section and who is also a member on January 1, 1997, of a retirement system covering that position.
(2)(a) For any person to whom Paragraph (1) of this Subsection applies and who is elected to the legislature on or after July 1, 2011, the accrual rate shall be two percent for any creditable service earned as a legislator on or after that date. Furthermore, the additional one percent accrual rate provided pursuant to R.S. 24:36(A) shall not apply to any such person.
(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to any person serving in the legislature on June 30, 2011.
(c) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to any person to whom R.S. 11:191(C) applies. For such persons, no service credit shall accrue for service as an elected member of the legislature.
C. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to participation in the Louisiana Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan, or its successor.
Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2011, No. 377, §1, eff. June 30, 2011.
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