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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 331
BY SENATOR MORRISH
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 13:5554(G)(3), relative to the payment of group insurance premium costs for2
certain retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; to provide for eligibility for payment of3
such costs for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs of the Acadia Parish4
Sheriff's Office; to provide for effective dates; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(G)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation8
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G.(1) * * *10
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection,11
the sheriff of Acadia Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the12
premium costs of group insurance for any sheriff or deputy sheriff who is13
eligible to receive benefits from the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund, as14
follows:15
(a) Fifty percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, and16
medical expense insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section17
and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance contracted for under the18
provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy sheriff has attained the age of19
fifty-five years with twenty or more years of full-time continuous service with20
the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office.21
(b) One hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital,22
surgical, and medical expense insurance contracted for under the provisions of23
this Section and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance contracted for24
under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff or deputy sheriff has25
completed thirty years or more of full-time creditable service with twenty years26
of continuous service with the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, regardless of age.27
ACT No. 703 SB NO. 331 ENROLLED
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(c) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, as applicable to1
the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, shall apply to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs2
retired on or before December 31, 2014. The provisions of Subparagraphs (a)3
and (b) of this Paragraph shall apply to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs who retire4
on or after January 1, 2015; however, any sheriff or deputy sheriff who has met5
the eligibility requirements pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, on or6
before June 30, 2014, may retire at any time with benefits as provided in7
Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.8
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not10
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature11
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If12
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become13
effective on the day following such approval.14
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: