Louisiana § RS 11:3107 - Board of trustees; duties

§ RS 11:3107. Board of trustees; duties

The board of trustees shall have the power, and it shall be its duty to:

(1)  Make all rules and regulations necessary to the proper administration of said Fund under the provisions of the law.

(2)  Retain such legal, medical, clerical, or other services as may be necessary for the conduct of the affairs connected with said Fund, and provide compensation for such service.

(3)  Cause such amounts as may be set forth in the law to be deducted from the salaries of the active participants in the Fund and paid into the Treasury of the Fund.

(4)  Certify to the levying authority provided by law the amount of revenues required and provided for and to cause same to be collected through the proper local agency.

(5)  Cause the examination of every pensioner or beneficiary with a disability, at least once a year.

(6)  Keep all necessary records of its meeting and proceedings.

(7)  Cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the Fund, prepared by an independent Certified Public Accountant, showing the number of pensioners, the amount of disbursements, the revenues received, and present condition and manner of investment of the said Fund.

(8)  Keep a book to be known as the List of Retired Firemen.  Such book shall give a full and complete record of the action of the said Board of Trustees in retiring or pensioning all persons under this Part showing the names, dates of entering the service of said Fire Department, date of removal from active service and the reason for such action.  The Board shall be a quasi-judicial body and its action shall be reviewable only in the courts.

Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §8(2) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE:  Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).