Louisiana § RS 11:880 - Supplementary benefit fund and payments therefrom
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§ RS 11:880. Supplementary benefit fund and payments therefrom
A. A new fund in the teachers' retirement system is hereby created to be designated as the supplementary benefit fund. From this fund supplementary benefits not to exceed twenty dollars per month are to be made to certain retirees from the teachers' retirement system who meet the requirements set forth below:
(1) Any retirees whose total benefit provided by all retirement benefit provisions excluding those provided by this Section is more than two hundred twenty dollars per month shall not be eligible for any additional benefits from the supplementary benefit fund.
(2) The amount of the monthly supplementary benefits shall be:
(a) Twenty dollars per month to each retiree whose benefit is two hundred dollars or less per month.
(b) Each retiree who receives more than two hundred dollars per month but less than two hundred twenty dollars per month shall receive a supplementary benefit equal to the difference between two hundred twenty dollars and the amount of his total monthly payments.
B. The board of trustees shall transfer monthly from the pension accumulation fund to the supplementary benefit fund an amount sufficient to pay the supplementary benefits herein provided. Any balance remaining in the supplementary benefit fund at the end of each fiscal year shall be transferred to the pension accumulation fund.
C. Payments provided herein shall begin August 1, 1966.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 138, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:700.1 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 11:880 ("Supplementary benefit fund and payments therefrom") 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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