Louisiana § RS 11:951.21 - Actuary; appointment; duties and powers
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§ RS 11:951.21. Actuary; appointment; duties and powers
A. The board of trustees shall designate an actuary who shall be the technical advisor of the board of trustees on matters regarding the operation of this retirement system, and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith.
B. The board of trustees shall keep in convenient form and furnish such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation and for checking the experience of this retirement system.
Immediately after the establishment of the system the actuary shall make such investigations of the mortality, service, and compensation experience of the participants as are required, and make recommendations for the adoption by the board in accordance with the investigations. The board shall adopt such service and mortality tables as it shall approve, and as soon as practicable thereafter the actuary shall make a valuation based on such tables and rates, of the assets and liabilities of the funds created by this Part.
C. Within three years after the first evaluation and at least once in each five-year period thereafter, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation experience of the participants and beneficiaries of the system, and make a valuation of the prospective assets and liabilities of the system, and taking into account the result of such investigation and valuation, the board of trustees shall:
(1) Adopt such mortality, service, and other tables as shall be deemed necessary; and
(2) Establish such rates of contribution as it shall deem desirable.
D. On the basis of such tables as the board of trustees shall adopt, the actuary shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system.
Redesignated from R.S. 17:1041 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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