§1422. Computation of normal retirement benefit A. Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in the system began on or before September 30, 2006, and who is eligible for normal retirement shall, upon making written application to the board of trustees, be retired, and shall be paid a monthly sum equal to three and one-third percent of the highest monthly average final compensation received during any thirty-six consecutive months while employed in an assessor's office or other creditable employment times the number of years of the member's creditable service not to exceed one hundred percent of the member's monthly average final compensation, after taking into account the reduction arising from any optional retirement selected. B. Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in the system began on or after October 1, 2006, but before October 1, 2013, and who is eligible for normal retirement shall, upon making written application to the board of trustees, be retired, and shall be paid a monthly sum equal to three and one-third percent of the highest monthly average final compensation received during any sixty consecutive months while employed in an assessor's office or other creditable employment times the number of years of the member's creditable service not to exceed one hundred percent of the member's monthly average final compensation after taking into account the reduction arising from any optional retirement selected. C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in the system began on or after October 1, 2013, and who is eligible for normal retirement, but who has less than thirty years of creditable service shall, upon making written application to the board of trustees, be retired and shall be paid a monthly sum equal to three percent of the highest monthly average final compensation received during any sixty consecutive months while employed in an assessor's office or other creditable employment times the number of years of the member's creditable service not to exceed one hundred percent of the member's monthly average final compensation after taking into account the reduction arising from any optional retirement selected. (2) Any member whose first employment making him eligible for membership in the system began on or after October 1, 2013, who retires with thirty or more years of credible service shall be paid a monthly sum equal to three and one-third percent of the highest monthly average final compensation received during any sixty consecutive months while employed in an assessor's office or other creditable employment times the number of years of the member's creditable service not to exceed one hundred percent of the member's monthly average final compensation after taking into account the reduction arising from any optional retirement selected. Transferred service with an accrual rate of less than three and one-third percent shall not be used to meet the requirement of thirty or more years of creditable service unless the member exercised his right to upgrade such transferred service pursuant to R.S. 11:143(D). Acts 1989, No. 545, §1, eff. July 5, 1989; Redesignated from R.S. 47:8058 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 23, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 703, §§3 and 4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2006, No. 780, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2013, No. 233, §1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §5. NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 703, §§5 & 6, relative to effectiveness and applicability of Act.
