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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 75
BY SENATOR N. GAUTREAUX
ASSESSORS. Extends from 20 to 25 years the length of service for the assessor of Acadia
Parish to be responsible for the payment of certain insurance premiums. (7/1/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1923(D), relative to tax assessors; to provide for the payment2
of certain insurance premiums for certain retired assessors and assessors' employees3
in Acadia Parish; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 47:1923(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1923. Authority for assessors separately or jointly to contract for insurance;8
payment of premiums9
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D.(1) In the parishes of Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles,11
Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Cameron, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East12
Baton Rouge, Franklin, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche,13
LaSalle, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe14
Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John15
the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union,16
Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, and17 SB NO. 75
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West Feliciana, the assessor shall pay the premium cost of group life, dental, group1
health, hospital, surgical, or other medical insurance for any assessor or assessor's2
employee who retires with at least twenty years of service who is at least fifty-five3
years of age or who retires with at least thirty years of service at any age. A uniform4
policy with respect to the payment of such premium shall be formulated and applied5
by the assessor of each parish listed in this Subsection.6
(2) In the parish of Acadia, the assessor shall pay the premium cost of7
group life, dental, group health, hospital, surgical, or other medical insurance8
for any assessor or assessor's employee who retires with at least twenty-five9
years of service who is at least fifty-five years of age or who retires with at least10
thirty years of service at any age. A uniform policy with respect to the payment11
of such premium shall be formulated and applied by the assessor of Acadia12
Parish.13
Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to assessors or assessor's14
employees who do not have twenty years of service and who are not fifty-five years of age15
as of July 1, 2010.16
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor17
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,18
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.19
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Danielle Doiron.
DIGEST
N. Gautreaux (SB 75)
Present law requires the tax assessor in Acadia Parish to pay the premium cost of group life,
dental, health, and other insurance for any assessor or assessor's employee who retires with
at least twenty years of service who is at least fifty-five years of age or who retires with at
least thirty years of service at any age. SB NO. 75
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Proposed law changes the requirement years of service for the tax assessor in Acadia Parish
to pay the premium cost of group life, dental, health, and other insurance for any assessor
or assessor's employee who retires from twenty years to twenty-five years of service who
is at least fifty-five years of age or who retires with at least thirty years of service at any age.
Applicable to assessors or assessor's employees who do not have 20 years of service and
who are not 55 years of age as of July 1, 2010.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 47:1923(D))