Louisiana § RS 11:3290 - Salary deductions paid into the fund for certain members

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§ RS 11:3290. Salary deductions paid into the fund for certain members

A.  Members of the fund employed by the Lafayette Fire Department before August 1, 1975, having served continuously and actively therein for a period of twenty-five years shall have ten percent of their salary deducted and contributed to the fund, with this percentage rate of deduction and contribution reduced by two percentage points a year for each year of active and continuous employment by the Lafayette Fire Department after twenty-five years until such time as the contribution percentage reaches zero.  Once the contribution percentage has been reduced to zero it shall not thereafter be increased as long as the member or participant is employed by the Lafayette Fire Department.  

B.  Members of the fund employed by the Lafayette Fire Department on or after August 1, 1975, having served continuously and actively therein for a period of twenty-seven years shall have ten percent of their salary deducted and contributed to the fund, with this percentage rate of deduction and contribution reduced by three and one-third percentage points a year for each year of active and continuous employment by the Lafayette Fire Department after twenty-seven years until such time as the contribution percentage reaches zero.  Once the contribution percentage has been reduced to zero it shall not thereafter be increased as long as the member or participant is employed by the Lafayette Fire Department.  

C.  The reduction in contributions to the fund by members of the fund as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section shall not result in the reduction of contributions by the city of Lafayette on behalf of such members whose contributions are reduced and the contributions by the city of Lafayette on behalf of such members shall be made and calculated without regard to this Section.  

D.  Members of the fund who are eligible for a reduction of contributions as of July 1, 1990, shall immediately upon adoption of this provision have their percentage of contributions to the fund reduced in accordance with the provision contained in Subsection A of this Section based on their service with the Lafayette Fire Department.  

Acts 1990, No. 475, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2138.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.  

{{NOTE:  ACTS 1990, NO. 475, §2 PROVIDES THAT THE ACT IS EFFECTIVE UPON APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE.}}  

Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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