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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 171
BY REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:81(X) and 3996(B)(34), relative to public school employers; to require2
governing authorities of public schools to offer their employees the opportunity to3
participate in the state deferred compensation plan; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:81(X) and 3996(B)(34) are hereby enacted to read as follows:7
§81. General powers of local public school boards8
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X. Each city, parish, or other local school board shall offer its employees the10
opportunity to participate in the Louisiana Public Employees Deferred Compensation11
Plan as established by R.S. 42:1301 et seq. The requirement of this Subsection does12
not prohibit a school board from offering its employees the opportunity to participate13
in other plans established pursuant to Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code.14
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§3996. Charter schools; exemptions; requirements16
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B. Notwithstanding any state law, rule, or regulation to the contrary and18
except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in an approved charter, a19
charter school established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this20
Chapter and its approved charter and the school's officers and employees shall be21
exempt from all statutory mandates or other statutory requirements that are22
applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees except for23
the following laws otherwise applicable to public schools with the same grades:24
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(34) Deferred compensation plans, R.S. 17:81(X).1
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not3
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature4
by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If5
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become6
effective on the day following such approval.7
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: