Members meeting certain service and start-date conditions may withdraw from service and keep their contributions in the system, and later become eligible for a retirement allowance at age 60 or 62 depending on when their first eligible employment began.
§1142. Withdrawal from service; retirement allowance A. Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or before June 30, 2010, who has ten or more years of creditable service, may withdraw from service and elect to leave his accumulated contributions in the system and upon reaching age sixty, he shall be eligible to receive a retirement allowance based on the credits he had at the time of his withdrawal from service. B. Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or after July 1, 2010, who has five or more years of creditable service, may withdraw from service and elect to leave his accumulated contributions in the system and upon reaching age sixty, he shall be eligible to receive a retirement allowance based on the credits he had at the time of his withdrawal from service. C. Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or after July 1, 2015, who has credit for five or more years of regular, full-time service may withdraw from service and elect to leave his accumulated contributions in the system, and upon reaching age sixty-two, he shall be eligible to receive a retirement allowance based on the credits he had at the time of his withdrawal from service. Added by Acts 1956, No. 458, §5. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 248, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:911.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 226, §1, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 680, §1, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2019, No. 90, §1.