Louisiana § RS 11:2165.2 - Definitions
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§ RS 11:2165.2. Definitions
A. As used in this Part, the following terms have the meanings ascribed below unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:
(1) "Average compensation" shall mean the average annual earned compensation of an employee for any period of sixty successive or joined months of service as an employee during which earned compensation was the highest. In case of interruption of employment, the sixty-month period shall be computed by joining employment periods immediately preceding and succeeding the interruption.
(2) "Member" shall include persons who would be eligible for system membership pursuant to R.S. 11:2051 but whose first employment making them eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013.
B. Terms not specifically defined in this Section shall have the meanings provided in R.S. 11:2031 unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context.
Acts 2012, No. 719, §1, eff. June 30, 2012.
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