ENROLLED
ACT No. 312
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 281
BY REPRESENTATIVE HILL
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:5554(EE), relative to the premium costs of group insurance for retired
3 sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for
4 eligibility for payment of such costs for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs
5 of the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for effective dates; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(EE) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation
10 * * *
11 EE. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the
12 Allen Parish Sheriff's Office shall pay the premium costs of group and the first ten
13 thousand dollars of life insurance out of the sheriff's general fund for any retired
14 sheriff and any retired deputy sheriff who was hired on or after July 1, 2015, and
15 retired from the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office as follows:
16 (1) Fifty percent of the premium costs of group insurance for health, vision,
17 and dental for any sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires from the Allen Parish
18 Sheriff's Office with fifteen years of full-time continuous service with the Allen
19 Parish Sheriff's Office and is at least fifty-five years of age.
20 (2) Seventy percent of the premium costs of group insurance for health,
21 vision, and dental for any sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires from the Allen Parish
22 Sheriff's Office with twenty years of full-time continuous service with the Allen
23 Parish Sheriff's Office and is at least fifty-five years of age.
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1 (3) One hundred percent of the premium costs of group insurance for health,
2 vision, and dental for any sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires from the Allen Parish
3 Sheriff's Office with twenty-five years of creditable service with the Louisiana
4 Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund and is a least fifty-five years of age.
5 (4) One hundred percent of the premium costs of group insurance for health,
6 vision, and dental for any sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires from the Allen Parish
7 Sheriff's Office with thirty years of creditable service with the Louisiana Sheriff's
8 Pension and Relief Fund regardless of age.
9 (5) The provisions of Paragraph (G)(1) of this Section shall apply to all
10 persons hired by the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office prior to July 1, 2015.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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