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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 76
BY SENATOR B. GAUTREAUX
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 11:1903(A)(2), (5), and (6) and 1922(G) and to enact R.S.2
11:1903(A)(7), relative to the Parochial Employees' Retirement System; to provide3
relative to eligibility to participate in the system; to provide for requirements and4
limitations on such ability; to require a participating employer to extend benefits to5
all employees; to prohibit participation by certain employees whose employment is6
covered by another public system, plan, or fund; to specify that an employer with7
employees eligible for another public system, plan, or fund shall not be eligible to8
enter a participation agreement with this system; to provide for an effective date; and9
to provide for related matters.10
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.11
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:12
Section 1. R.S. 11:1903(A)(2), (5), and (6) and 1922(G) are hereby amended and13
reenacted and R.S. 11:1903(A)(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 14
§1903. Admission of taxing districts; district indigent defender programs soil and15
water conservation districts16
A. Any taxing district of a parish that qualifies as an employer pursuant to17
R.S. 11:1902(13) or any branch or section of a parish that qualifies as an employer18
pursuant to R.S. 11:1902(13) including a hospital district, water district, library,19
district indigent defender program in this state, or soil and water conservation district20
in this state is hereby authorized to submit for approval by the board of trustees a21
plan for extending the benefits of this Chapter to employees of such district . Each22
such plan or any amendment thereof shall be approved by the board of trustees if it23
finds that such plan, or such plan as amended, is in conformity with such24
requirements as are provided in regulations of the board of trustees, except that no25
such plan shall be approved unless:26
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(2)(a) it provides that all services which are performed in the employ of the2
political subdivision or instrumentality, by any employees thereof, shall be covered3
by the plan; and4
(b) it extends benefits to all employees of the political subdivision or5
instrumentality;6
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(5) it provides that the political subdivision or instrumentality will make such8
reports, in such form and containing such information, as the board of trustees may9
from time to time require and comply with such provisions as the board of trustees10
may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of11
such reports; and12
(6) it authorizes the system to terminate the plan in its entirety in the13
discretion of the board of trustees if it finds that there has been a failure to comply14
substantially with any provision contained in such plan, such termination to take15
effect at the expiration of such notice and on such conditions as may be provided by16
regulations of the board of trustees.; and17
(7) none of the employees of the political subdivision or instrumentality18
are eligible to participate in another Louisiana public retirement or pension19
system, plan, or fund based on the employee's employment with the political20
subdivision or instrumentality.21
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§1922. Persons not eligible for membership; persons becoming eligible for23
membership in other systems24
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G. Any person who is ineligible for membership in the publicly funded26
retirement system covered by his employment because of his failure to meet physical27
requirements or qualifications shall not be eligible for membership in this system.28
Section 2. Nothing in this Act shall affect agreements existing on or before the29
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Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor1
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,2
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.3
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: