2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement
RS 11:3685.3 - Annual compensation limitation for determination of benefits
§3685.3. Annual compensation limitation for determination of benefits
A. Unless otherwise provided, each Section 401(a)(17) employee's accrued benefit under this plan will be the greater of the following:
(1) The employee's accrued benefit determined with respect to the benefit formula applicable for the plan year beginning on or after January 1, 1996, as applied to the employee's total years of service taken into account under the plan for purposes of benefit accruals.
(2) The combined sum of the following:
(a) The employee's accrued benefit as of the last day of the last plan year beginning before January 1, 1996, frozen in accordance with Section 1.401(a)(4) through (13) of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) The employee's accrued benefit determined under the benefit formula applicable for the plan year beginning after January 1, 1996, as applied to the employee's years of service credited to the employee for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1996, for purposes of benefit accruals.
B. If an employee is not a Section 401(a)(17) employee, his accrued benefit under this plan shall not be based upon compensation in excess of the annual limit provided in Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code or any amendment thereto.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 97, §1, eff. May 5, 1998.
