RS 11:2015

§2015. Withdrawal from regular system A. Any parish administered under a home rule charter, and any special district thereof, shall have the option, on or before January 1, 1981, to discontinue participation in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. Should a parish or district exercise this option to withdraw, the annuity savings fund creditable to the employees of said parish, shall be paid to said parish's employee retirement system, or if there is no such system, to the members themselves. Employees who have vested rights in either Plan A or Plan B may elect to leave their accumulated contributions and receive vested benefits. B. As an alternative choice, any such parish or district which elects to withdraw and create a separate retirement system, may elect to allow member's credit to remain in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System under the reciprocal recognition plan as set forth in R.S. 11:142. Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6235 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.