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ACT No. 179
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 4
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOERGE
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
Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, St. James, St. John, Union,21
Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West22
Feliciana, and any parish with a population of between one hundred thousand and23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 4
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one hundred two thousand according to the latest federal decennial census and the1
sheriff of the Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans, for their respective2
retirees. The provisions of this Subsection shall also apply to the employees of the3
Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund and the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, which4
fund and association shall pay the premium costs for their employees.5
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Y. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the7
sheriff of Webster Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the premium8
costs of group insurance for any retired sheriff and any retired deputy sheriff who9
retired from the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office as follows:10
(1) One hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical,11
medical expense, and dental insurance, and the first ten thousand dollars of life12
insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy13
sheriff retired with twenty-five years or more of creditable service with the sheriff's14
office of Webster Parish.15
(2) Seventy-five percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical,16
medical expense, and dental insurance, and the first ten thousand dollars of life17
insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy18
sheriff retired with twenty years of creditable service with the sheriff's office of19
Webster Parish.20
(3) Fifty percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, medical21
expense, and dental insurance, and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance22
contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy sheriff23
retired with fifteen years of creditable service with the sheriff's office of Webster24
Parish.25
(4) The provisions of this Subsection shall apply only to persons hired by the26
Webster Parish Sheriff's Office on or after January 1, 2010, and who subsequently27
retire from the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office.28 ENROLLEDHB NO. 4
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(5) The provisions of Paragraph (G)(1) of this Section shall apply to all1
persons hired by the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office before January 1, 2010.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: