2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 11 Consolidated public retirement :: RS 11:3145 Military service credit
§3145. Military service credit
A.(1) Time served in the military service of the United States to fulfill military obligation shall be credited as "time served" for retirement benefits. Any voluntary reenlistment time shall not be credited and upon such reenlistment all rights hereunder shall be forfeited. Obligatory time served in military service must interrupt the member's employment with the fire department in order to be credited.
(2) A member serving in the Armed Forces of the United States Government, must apply for reemployment with said fire department within 90 days after his release from military service for said service time to be so applied.
B. Time lost on account of sickness and fire department "service injury" shall constitute "service" in the fire department.
C. "Service" in said fire department, as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund, shall also include any activity while on or off duty with a view toward saving life or property, excluding injury or disease from other gainful employment.
D. That period of time during which a fireman is disabled by reason of service and is drawing disability benefits pursuant to R.S. 11:3143(1) shall be credited to such disabled member as "time served" for purposes of retirement on years of service.
E. Time served prior to the enactment of this Part in the active service of said fire department shall be considered as "service" in the said fire department and shall be credited to all active members on July 26, 1972. However, certain active members of the Bastrop Fire Department have heretofore withdrawn certain salary deductions from an existing retirement plan with the City of Bastrop. In order to be eligible for any benefits under this Part, such members must immediately begin a plan of refund of such amounts acceptable to the Board of Trustees, into this Fund and the entire amount of such withdrawals must be recovered within six months of July 26, 1972. No benefits will be paid hereunder until the entire amount withdrawn shall have been replaced.
Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
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