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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 4
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOERGE
INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERI FFS: Provides for payment of group insurance for retired
sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1448(G)(1) and to enact R.S. 33:1448(Y), relative to the2
premium costs of group hospital and health insurance for retired sheriffs and retired3
deputy sheriffs in Webster Parish; to provide for eligibility for payment of premium4
costs; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 33:1448(G)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
33:1448(Y) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1448. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation9
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G.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the11
premium costs of group hospital, surgical, medical expense, and dental insurance and12
the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance contracted for under the provisions of13
this Section shall be paid in full from the sheriff's general fund for all sheriffs and14
deputy sheriffs retired with at least fifteen years of service who are at least fifty-five15
years of age or retired with at least thirty years of service at any age. The provisions16
of this Subsection shall be applicable only to the sheriffs' offices of the parishes of17
Bossier, St. Bernard, St. Martin, Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caddo,18
Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, East Feliciana, Grant,19
Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lincoln, Livingston, Morehouse,20 HLS 10RS-105 ORIGINAL
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Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, St. James, St. John, Union,1
Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West2
Feliciana, and any parish with a population of between one hundred thousand and3
one hundred two thousand according to the latest federal decennial census and the4
sheriff of the Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans, for their respective5
retirees. The provisions of this Subsection shall also apply to the employees of the6
Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund and the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, which7
fund and association shall pay the premium costs for their employees.8
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Y. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the10
sheriff of Webster Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the premium11
costs of group insurance for any retired sheriff and any retired deputy sheriff who12
retired from the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office as follows:13
(1) One hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical,14
medical expense, and dental insurance, and the first ten thousand dollars of life15
insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy16
sheriff retired with twenty-five years or more of creditable service with the sheriff's17
office of Webster Parish.18
(2) Seventy-five percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical,19
medical expense, and dental insurance, and the first ten thousand dollars of life20
insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy21
sheriff retired with twenty years of creditable service with the sheriff's office of22
Webster Parish.23
(3) Fifty percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, medical24
expense, and dental insurance, and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance25
contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy sheriff26
retired with fifteen years of creditable service with the sheriff's office of Webster27
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(4) The provisions of this Subsection shall apply only to persons hired by the1
Webster Parish Sheriff's Office on or after January 1, 2010, and who subsequently2
retire from the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office.3
(5) The provisions of Paragraph (G)(1) of this Section shall apply to all4
persons hired by the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office before January 1, 2010.5
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)]
Doerge HB No. 4
Abstract: Provides for the payment of insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy
sheriffs with creditable service with the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office.
Present law provides that the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, medical expense,
and dental insurance and the first $10,000 of life insurance shall be paid in full from the
sheriff's general fund for all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs retired with at least 15 years of
service who are at least 55 years of age or retired with at least 30 years of service at any age.
Proposed law removes Webster Parish from the provisions of present law and provides that
premium costs shall be paid at 100% for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs with 25 years
of service, 75% for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs with 20 years of service, and 50% for
retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs with 15 years of service.
Proposed law provides that proposed law shall only apply to persons hired by the Webster
Parish Sheriff's Office on or after January 1, 2010, and who subsequently retire from the
Webster Parish Sheriff's Office.
(Amends R.S. 33:1448(G)(1); Adds R.S. 33:1448(Y))