2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 11 Consolidated public retirement :: RS 11:213 Assessors' retirement fund

§213.  Assessors' Retirement Fund

A.  A member who becomes disabled, and who files for disability benefits while in service, and who upon medical examination and certification as provided for elsewhere in this Subpart, is found to be totally disabled solely as the result of injuries sustained in the performance of his official duties, or for any cause, provided the member has at least twelve years of creditable service, and provided that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service, shall be entitled to disability benefits under the provisions of R.S. 11:1432.  However, if the application for disability benefits is not filed while the member is in service, it shall be presumed that the disability was not incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service.  Such presumption may be overcome only by clear, competent, and convincing evidence that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service.  

B.  A member with twenty years creditable service, who after having withdrawn from service prior to reaching retirement age becomes totally and permanently disabled for any cause, is also eligible for disability benefits under the provisions of R.S. 11:1432.  

Redesignated from R.S. 42:702(N) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.