Louisiana § RS 11:1766 - Deferred survivor benefits
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 11:1766 — Deferred survivor benefits, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 11:1766. Deferred survivor benefits
Upon the death of any former member of this system who had credit for at least twenty years of service, who withdrew from active service prior to attaining the age required to be eligible for normal retirement benefits, and who had not withdrawn his accumulated contributions from the system, the surviving spouse of such former member shall be eligible for survivor benefits equal to the actuarial equivalent of the Option 2 benefits that would have become payable to the surviving spouse at the time the former member would have begun receiving deferred normal retirement benefits, had the member survived until that date, elected Option 2, and died at that time.
Acts 1995, No. 687, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:1766 ("Deferred survivor benefits") 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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