Louisiana § RS 11:1808.3 - Eligibility for retirement
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 11:1808.3 — Eligibility for retirement, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 11:1808.3. Eligibility for retirement
Any member of MERS Plan B Tier 2 shall be eligible for retirement if he has:
(1) Seven years or more of service, at age sixty-seven or thereafter.
(2) Ten years or more of service, at age sixty-two or thereafter.
(3) Thirty years or more of service, at age fifty-five or thereafter.
(4) Twenty-five years of service credit at any age, exclusive of military service and unused annual and sick leave. However, any member 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 at which he would be entitled to a vested deferred benefit under any provision of this Section, if he had continued in service to that age. Any member who retires under this Paragraph is not eligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan.
Acts 2012, No. 720, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:1808.3 ("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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