Louisiana § RS 11:2071 - Retirement benefits; application and eligibility requirements
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§ RS 11:2071. Retirement benefits; application and eligibility requirements
A. Any member upon withdrawal from service, upon or after attainment of the age of sixty years, who shall have completed at least ten years of creditable service, or after the age of fifty-five years who shall have completed at least twenty years of creditable service, or who shall have thirty years of creditable service, regardless of age shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance which shall begin as of the date specified by the member in his application for the said allowance but in no event before withdrawal from service.
B. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to his attaining the age of sixty years, who shall have completed more than ten years of creditable service and shall not have received a refund of his accumulated contributions shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance beginning upon his attaining the age of sixty years of the amount earned and accrued at the date of withdrawal from service; provided that such benefits shall begin at age fifty-five if he has twenty or more years of creditable service.
Acts 1954, No. 215, §5(1). Amended by Acts 1969, No. 88, §1; Acts 1971, No. 79, §1; Acts 1974, No. 388, §1; Acts 1989, No. 202, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1731 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:2071 ("Retirement benefits; application and eligibility requirements") 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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