Louisiana § RS 11:1942.1 - Additional monthly benefit; court reporters; computation; contributions

§ RS 11:1942.1. Additional monthly benefit; court reporters; computation; contributions

A.  In addition to the regular retirement benefits provided by R.S. 11:1942, upon regular retirement, any member who worked as a court reporter, who was employed by Caddo Parish on June 30, 2007, and who received per-page transcription payments shall be paid an additional monthly regular retirement benefit as provided in Subsection B of this Section if he made contributions to the system based upon such payments.

B.(1)  The additional monthly benefit shall be based on  the monthly average amount of per-page transcription payments for the six highest consecutive or joined calendar years during which a member received such payments and was a member of the fund for the full calendar year, multiplied by the number of calendar years in which the member received such payments, provided that the service credit for any calendar year in which such payments were made shall not exceed the regular retirement service credit earned for that calendar year, and further multiplied by the regular retirement accrual rate applicable to the time that the service credit for earning such payments was earned.  If a member has service credit for earning such payments for less than six years, the monthly average of such payments for the actual number of calendar years during which the member received such payments shall be used to determine this additional benefit.  The employer shall pay the excess, if any, of the aggregate present value of the accrued projected retirement benefits based on the earliest normal retirement age assuming continuous service less the accrued employer and employee contributions with interest at the valuation interest rate as of December 31, 2006, with interest thereon at the valuation interest rate through the date of payment.

(2)  Any court reporter employed by Caddo Parish on June 30, 2007, for whom employee and employer contributions have been previously paid to the fund and are on deposit with the fund from per-page transcription payments occurring before July 1, 2007, shall receive credit for those years in which such contributions were paid to the fund in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, and the per-page transcription payments that were earned by such reporters shall be used for determining the additional monthly retirement benefit provided for in this Section.

C.  The appropriate employee contributions as established by law shall be deducted monthly from each such transcription payment.  Employee contributions plus the appropriate employer contributions applied to such transcription payments shall be remitted to the fund on a monthly basis by the appropriate officer or personnel of the court for which the transcriptions were made.  Such reports shall be distinct and separate from the reports of regular salary otherwise required by law.

D.  "Per-page transcription payments" shall mean the amount a court reporter earns for each page of court proceeding that is transcribed, at the rate per page established by the district court.

Acts 2007, No. 330, §1, eff. July 9, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 108, §1, eff. June 9, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 220, §4, eff. June 14, 2008.

NOTE:  See Acts 2008, No. 108, §2, regarding retroactive and prospective application.