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ACT No. 242
Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 195
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5554(R), relative to the payment of group insurance premium2
costs for persons retired from the Richland Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for3
eligibility for payment of such costs for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs4
of the Richland Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for effective dates; and to provide5
for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(R) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation9
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R. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, in the11
parish the sheriff of Richland Parish shall pay one hundred percent of the premium12
costs of group hospital, surgical, and medical expense insurance and the first ten13
thousand dollars of life insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section14
shall be paid from the sheriff's general fund the premium costs of group insurance15
for any sheriff or full-time deputy sheriff who is entitled to receive monthly benefits16
from the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund and has retired who retires from the17
Richland Parish Sheriff's Office sheriff's office and who is entitled to receive18
monthly benefits from the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund and who has either of19
the following as follows:20
(1) For any sheriff or deputy sheriff who is eligible to retire and meets the21
requirements of Subparagraph (a) or (b) of this Paragraph on or before August 31,22
2013, one hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, and23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 195
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medical expense insurance and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance1
contracted for under the provisions of this Section, if the sheriff or deputy sheriff2
retires with either of the following:3
(a) At least fifteen years of full-time service with the Richland Parish4
sheriff's office Sheriff's Office and is at least fifty-five years of age.5
(2)(b) At least thirty years of full-time service with the Richland Parish6
sheriff's office Sheriff's Office, regardless of age.7
(2) For any sheriff or deputy sheriff who first becomes eligible to retire and8
subsequently retires after August 31, 2013, fifty percent of the premium costs of9
group hospital, surgical, and medical expense insurance and the first ten thousand10
dollars of life insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the11
sheriff or deputy sheriff retires with at least twenty-five years of creditable service12
with the Richland Parish Sheriff's Office and has attained the age of fifty-five.13
(3) One hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical,14
and medical expense insurance and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance15
contracted for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy sheriff16
retires with thirty years or more of creditable service with the Richland Parish17
Sheriff's Office, regardless of age.18
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: