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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 188
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD
ASSESSORS: Expands eligibility for payment of certain insurance premium costs for
retired assessor's and assessor's employees in the parishes of LaSalle, Rapides,
Sabine, and Winn
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1923(D), relative to assessors; to provide with respect to the2
payment by an assessor for group insurance premiums for certain retired assessors3
and assessor's employees in the parishes of LaSalle, Rapides, Sabine, and Winn; to4
provide for eligibility; and to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of7
Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 47:1923(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 10
ยง1923. Authority for assessors separately or jointly to contract for insurance;11
payment of premiums12
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D.(1) In the parishes of Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles,14
Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Cameron, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East15
Baton Rouge, Franklin, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche,16
LaSalle, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe17
Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John18
the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union,19 HLS 10RS-653 ORIGINAL
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Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, and1
West Feliciana, the assessor shall pay the premium cost of group life, dental, group2
health, hospital, surgical, or other medical insurance for any assessor or assessor's3
employee who retires with at least twenty years of service who is at least fifty-five4
years of age or who retires with at least thirty years of service at any age. meets5
either of the eligibility requirements as provided in Subparagraph (a) or (b) of this6
Paragraph. A uniform policy with respect to the payment of such premium cost shall7
be formulated and applied by the assessor of each parish listed in this Subsection.8
Paragraph. The premium cost shall be paid for any assessor or assessor's employee9
who:10
(a) Retires with at least twenty years of service who is at least fifty-five years11
of age.12
(b) Retires with at least thirty years of service at any age.13
(2) In the parishes of LaSalle, Rapides, Sabine, and Winn, the assessor shall14
pay the premium cost of group life, dental, group health, hospital, surgical, or other15
medical insurance for any assessor or assessor's employee who meets any of the16
eligibility requirements as provided in Subparagraph (a) through (c) of this17
Paragraph. A uniform policy with respect to the payment of such premium cost shall18
be formulated and applied by the assessor of each parish listed in this Paragraph.19
The premium cost shall be paid for any assessor or assessor's employee who:20
(a) Retires with at least sixteen years of service who is at least sixty-two21
years of age.22
(b) Retires with at least twenty years of service who is at least fifty-five23
years of age.24
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Howard HB No. 188
Abstract: Expands eligibility for the payment of certain insurance premiums for assessors
and assessors' employees in LaSalle, Rapides, Sabine, and Winn parishes who retire
with 16 years of service at age 62.
Present law requires the assessor to pay the premium cost of group life, dental, health,
surgical, and other medical insurance for any assessor or assessor's employee who retires
with at least 20 years of service who is at least 55 years of age or who retires with at least
30 years of service at any age.
Present law applies to the assessors in Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles,
Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge,
Franklin, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, LaSalle, Madison,
Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red
River, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St.
Martin, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster,
West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, and West Feliciana.
Proposed law changes present law with respect to LaSalle, Rapides, and Sabine parishes by
adding eligibility for persons who retire with 16 years of service at age 62.
Proposed law requires that in Winn Parish the assessor shall pay the premium cost of group
life, dental, health, surgical, and other medical insurance for any assessor or assessor's
employee who retires with 16 years of service who is at least 62 years of age, with 20 years
of service who is at least 55 years of age, or who retires with 30 years of service at any age.
(Amends R.S. 47:1923(D))