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A reemployed member’s qualified military service counts for vesting and benefit accrual if the member pays required employee contributions. If a member dies while on qualified military leave, the beneficiary is entitled to certain plan benefits, excluding benefits that accrued during that military-service period.
This section limits military service credit to certain retirement-system members who left covered employment for military service and return within one year after release, except for actuarial purchase credit.
Each Louisiana public retirement system board must follow USERRA and adopt rules to do so.
This section sets eligibility rules for regular retirement benefits and requires an application with supporting information.
Certain retired members who received per-page transcription payments get an additional monthly retirement benefit, and qualifying court reporters in Orleans Parish or East Baton Rouge Parish get credit for covered years.
Compensation above the federal limit must be ignored when calculating benefits under the plan.
A member may qualify for disability retirement benefits if certified as totally and permanently disabled and meeting one of the stated service-or-injury conditions.
This section sets out survivor benefits payable after a member or former member dies, including payments to a named beneficiary, a surviving spouse, minor children, or a refund of contributions.
Applicants may choose certain retirement benefit options, and some married retirees must choose a survivor-protection option.
The section lets certain members or former members withdraw accumulated employee contributions, and sets rules for beneficiary or estate payments when benefits remain payable.
Benefits and fund monies are exempt from state and municipal taxes and from most collection actions; they also cannot be assigned, except as provided in R.S. 11:292.
Benefit payments are not payable until an application is filed, required contributions are received, and the member has ended service; certain suspended and unreinstated clerks are also excluded.
Certain former court employees may keep contributions in the fund and become eligible for a regular retirement benefit at age 55 or 60, depending on hire date and service history.
If an application for benefits is filed with the board within 90 days after eligibility, benefits are paid retroactively to when eligibility began. If filed later, benefits are paid only from the application date.
Members of a state or statewide public retirement system may buy military service credit, but only if they meet the section’s application, proof, payment, and eligibility limits.
Section 153.1 was repealed, effective July 1, 2001.
This section creates a Deferred Retirement Option Plan Account, sets participation and benefit rules, and limits how funds, contributions, interest, and payouts are handled.
This section caps pension benefits and sets rules for reducing, adjusting, and recalculating benefits when limits apply.
A distributee may direct an eligible rollover distribution to an eligible retirement plan, and the fund must give a written explanation before making the distribution.
This section requires pension plan assets and benefits to be used for participants, retirees, and survivors, and sets vesting and distribution deadlines.
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