A person who chooses the optional retirement plan cannot join the regular Teachers' Retirement System plan, and moving into certain other state positions can require staying in the optional plan or switching to the appropriate state retirement system.
§928. Limitations Except as provided in R.S. 11:932, any person electing to participate in the optional retirement plan shall always be ineligible for membership in the regular retirement plan of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana even if he is employed in a position covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. If an optional retirement plan participant assumes a position other than as an employee of a public postsecondary education institution or employee of the Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or their successors, and any other constitutionally established board which manages public postsecondary education institutions in a position covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, he shall continue to participate in the optional retirement plan. If an optional retirement plan participant assumes a position in state service other than as an employee of a public postsecondary education institution or employee of the Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or their successors, and any other constitutionally established board which manages public postsecondary education institutions in a position not covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, he must at that time begin membership in the appropriate retirement system which provides benefits for that position in state service, other than the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. Acts 1989, No. 90, §1; Acts 1991, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 17:778 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 1239, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2025, No. 47, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.