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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 24
BY SENATOR GUILLORY
SHERIFFS PEN/RELIEF FUND. Provides designations and terms of office for members
of the board of trustees. (6/30/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2173(A)(1) and (6), relative to the Sheriffs' Pension and2
Relief Fund; to provide relative to membership of the board of trustees; to specify3
terms of office and designations; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 11:2173(A)(1) and (6) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as8
follows: 9
ยง2173. Board of trustees; executive counsel; educational requirements10
A. The board of trustees shall consist of fourteen voting members as follows:11
(1) One member, who shall be an active or retired sheriff, and shall be elected12
by the members of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association as president, for a term of two13
three years from the date of taking office. A vacancy shall be filled in the same14
manner. Reelection shall be permissible.15
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(6) Annually In 2013, following the assumption of office of members set17 SB NO. 24
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forth above, one member, who shall be an active sheriff who is a participating1
member of the fund or a former sheriff who has retired and is a recipient of the fund,2
shall be elected by the members of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association. This member3
who shall be a voting member shall be designated as secretary-treasu rer, with4
remuneration being limited to travel expenses and per diem, and whose duties shall5
consist of keeping the minutes of the meetings of the board and signing checks6
drawn on the fund. Beginning in 2014, the person so elected shall be designated7
as vice president. His term of office shall be one two years ending in 2015. In8
2015, and every three years thereafter, the person so elected shall have a term9
of office of three years.10
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the11
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on12
June 30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret M. Corley.
DIGEST
Guillory (SB 24)
Present law, relative to the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund provides for a president of the
board of trustees to serve a two-year term.
Present law provides for a secretary-treasurer to serve a one-year term.
Proposed law changes the term "secretary-treasurer" to "vice president" and provides for the
president and vice president to serve three-year terms.
Effective June 30, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 11:2173(A)(1) and (6))