2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement
RS 11:551 - Eligibility for membership

PART VII. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OTHER GROUPS

SUBPART A. JUDGES AND OFFICERS OF THE COURT

§551. Eligibility for membership

A. Notwithstanding anything in R.S. 11:413 to the contrary, the judges and court officers set forth in R.S. 11:553 who take office on and after July 1, 1983, shall become members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and be eligible to obtain credit in and transfer credit to the system, as set forth herein. Judges and court officers in office prior to July 1, 1983, shall continue to be governed by the law applicable to them prior to July 1, 1983.

B. Beginning January 1, 2011, the provisions of this Subpart shall not be applicable to judges or court officers to whom R.S. 11:553 would otherwise apply but whose first employment making them eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or after such date. Such persons shall continue to be members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System but shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter otherwise applicable to system members.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 518, §1. Acts 1983, No. 674, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 13:11 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2010, No. 1004, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.