Louisiana § RS 11:1922 - Persons not eligible for membership; persons becoming eligible for membership in other systems

§ RS 11:1922. Persons not eligible for membership; persons becoming eligible for membership in other systems

A.  Persons who are members of any fund or who are eligible for membership in any fund financed wholly or partly by public funds for the retirement of employees by the state of Louisiana or by a city, parish, village, or other political subdivision in the state of Louisiana, shall not be entitled to membership in this system.

B.  Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 102, §2, effective retroactively to October 16, 1990.

C.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A above, any member who becomes eligible for membership in any other retirement system covering the same employment may elect to remain a member of this system in lieu of membership in the other system, by filing a notice in writing with the board within ninety days of becoming eligible.  Such election shall be irrevocable.

D.  No member shall receive credit in this system for periods of employment, including military service, for which credit has been received in any other publicly funded retirement system, nor shall any member receive credit in any other publicly funded state of Louisiana retirement system for periods of employment, including military service, for which credit has been received in this system.

E.  In accordance with the provisions of this Subsection, employees of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana are eligible for membership in Plan A of the system.  The board of trustees of the system is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the governing authority of the association relative to this membership.  If such an agreement is entered into, in addition to conditions otherwise required by law or which are customary, it shall provide that the association agrees that if a majority of its employees vote, in an election to be held prior to January 1, 1985, to participate in the plan, it shall henceforth require such membership as a condition of employment.

F.  No person who is retired and receiving a benefit from this system shall be eligible for membership in this system.

G.  Any person who is ineligible for membership in the publicly funded retirement system covered by his employment because of his failure to meet requirements or qualifications shall not be eligible for membership in this system.

Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1984, No. 815, §1; Acts 1988, No. 137, §1; Acts 1989, No. 557, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6122 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 102, §§1 and 2; Acts 2010, No. 869, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.