A member may get credit for prior full-time state service unless the service is excluded, and purchased credit is not granted until the required amount is paid in full.
§422. State service for which credit has not been received A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any member shall be entitled to receive credit for any full-time state service for which the member has not received credit, except for service specifically excluded in this Section. Credit shall not be allowable for employment when per diem allowances were paid in lieu of earned compensation, except for legislative service; for part-time service not authorized under R.S. 11:162(C) or contractual employment; employment as patient or inmate help in a state charitable, penal, or correctional institution; employment as a student, medical intern, or resident physician; employment as a teacher in an educational institution of this state; employment while a member of any other retirement system established by law; and employment with any state agency or governing body whose employees are not contributing members of this retirement system. B. The appointing authority or personnel officer of the agency wherein the service was performed must certify the inclusive dates of employment, the salary earned by the member during these inclusive dates, that this was full-time state service, and that this service was not performed under any category of employment where credit is prohibited in this Section, or the member shall submit such other evidence in lieu thereof as shall be requested by the board. C. Creditable full-time state service may be purchased, at the option of the member, by paying the greater of the amount calculated in accordance with the actuarial cost provisions of R.S. 11:158 or the employee and employer contributions plus interest based on the member's current salary that totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the receipt of the credit by the member. The amount payable shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time of the member's application for credit. No credit shall be given until and unless this amount is paid in full. Acts 1972, No. 135, §1, eff. July 26, 1972. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 240, §1; Acts 1985, No. 774, §2; Acts 1986, No. 212, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 42:562 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 679, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2006, No. 770, §1, eff. June 30, 2006.