Fire department employees eligible for the fund must have 10% of gross salary deducted monthly and paid into the fund, and the city of Bastrop must make monthly and annual contributions tied to 7% of firemen’s gross salaries and any fund deficit.
§3138. Salary deductions paid into the fund; contributions by the city The Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund shall consist of the following: (1) All rewards, gifts or emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary service of said fire department, except when given to an individual member or given to endow a medal or other permanent award, shall be paid into the Pension and Relief Fund. (2) The proceeds of the outright sale of condemned movable property used by the fire department shall be paid into the Pension and Relief Fund. (3) The refund on all insurance premiums from insurance companies, under R.S. 22:343-349, and each year's refund or a like amount. (4) Ten percent of the gross salary of all employees of said fire department who are eligible for participation in the benefits of this Fund shall be deducted from their respective salaries monthly and paid into said Fund. (5)(a) The city of Bastrop is authorized and directed to appropriate and pay out of the annual revenues of the General Alimony Tax, or the dedicated Fire Department Millage Tax of the said city of Bastrop into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund a sum equal to seven percent of the firemen's gross salaries, said payments to be paid into said fund monthly. However, at any time when an employer's contributions to Social Security under United States law increases to more than seven percent, then the city of Bastrop shall contribute an identical sum, not to exceed the amount set under United States law. (b) The contributions of the city of Bastrop shall never be less than the said seven percent. (6) The city of Bastrop shall pay out of the annual revenues of the General Alimony Tax or the dedicated Fire Department millage tax of the consolidated fire districts of the city of Bastrop into the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund annually, at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equivalent to the amount of such deficit as may result, occur or appear in the operation of said Fund for the preceding year at the close of such fiscal year, considering the receipt and revenues accruing for such year to the said Fund under Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this Section, as against disbursements for such year made under the provisions of this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund. Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §7 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.