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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 13
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
RETIREMENT/PUBLIC OFFLS: Provides relative to service credit in public retirement
systems received by part-time public officials
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 11:164(B)(1), relative to membership in public retirement2
systems, funds, or plans; to provide relative to certain elected and appointed part-3
time public servants; to provide relative to service credit received by such persons;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution7
of Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 11:164(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:10
ยง164. Part-time public officials11
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B.(1)(a) The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to13
any person who is serving on January 1, 1997, in any elected or appointed position14
set forth in Subsection A of this Section and who is also a member on January 1,15
1997, of a retirement system covering that position.16
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, including a prohibition17
on the reduction of compensation or salary during a term of office, no person18
authorized by Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph to receive service credit in a public19
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instrumentality or political subdivision thereof shall receive service credit in any1
such system, fund, or plan for service after December 31, 2012.2
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Section 2. This Act shall take effect and become operative if and when the proposed4
amendment of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in the Act which5
originated as House Bill No. of this 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature is adopted6
at a statewide election to be held in 2012 and becomes effective.7
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)]
Talbot HB No. 13
Abstract: Prohibits certain part-time elected officials from continuing to accrue service
credit in a public retirement system for their service as part-time elected officials.
Present law prohibits a "part-time" elected or appointed official from being a member of a
public retirement system based on such service and from receiving service credit for such
service unless he was serving in such position on Jan. 1, 1997. Defines "part-time" officials
as:
(1)Legislators, school board, levee board, policy jury, and parish council members.
(2)City council, city-parish council, or town council members, aldermen, and
constables.
(3)Members of boards or commissions.
Present law exempts from this prohibition any person who was serving in one of the
enumerated part-time positions on Jan. 1, 1997, and who was a member of a retirement
system covering that position. Proposed law provides that no person covered by this
exemption shall receive service credit in any such system for service after Dec. 31, 2012.
Effective if and when the proposed amendment of Art. X of the Const. of La. contained in
the Act which originated as House Bill No. of this 2012 R.S. is adopted at a statewide
election and becomes effective.
(Amends R.S. 11:164(B)(1))