2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 11:562.1 — Continued eligibility for survivor benefits of minor children and handicapped or mentally retarded children

§562.1.  Continued eligibility for survivor benefits of minor children and handicapped or mentally retarded children

Participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, pursuant to R.S. 11:447, shall not terminate membership in the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System for those persons enumerated in R.S. 11:553 for the purposes of survivor benefits as provided by law for minor children and handicapped or mentally retarded children.  In no event shall the total yearly benefit provided under R.S. 11:471 through 480 and R.S. 11:562 exceed seventy-five percent of the member's final average compensation.

Acts 1995, No. 1107, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.

NOTE:  Section 2 of Acts 1995, No. 1107 provides:  "This Act shall take effect and become operative only if funds to provide for survivor benefits authorized herein are appropriated in the Act which originated as House Bill No. 2271 of the 1995 Regular Session of the Legislature."  Act 1107 is not specifically provided for in Act 1225 (HB 2271).