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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 910
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
RETIREMENT/STATE SYSTEMS: Provides relative to membership in the Louisiana State
Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 11:411(8) and 701(33)(a)(iv), (v)(aa), (vii), and (x), relative to
3 membership in the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers'
4 Retirement System of Louisiana; to prohibit membership by employees hired by
5 certain employers on or after a specified date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution
8 of Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 11:411(8) and 701(33)(a)(iv), (v)(aa), (vii), and (x) are hereby
11amended and reenacted to read as follows:
12 §411. Eligibility for membership
13 The membership of this system shall be as follows:
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15 (8) Employees of any primary health center established under the Public
16 Health Service Act as set forth in Subpart I i of Part D of Subchapter II of Chapter
17 6A of Title 42 of the United States Code, hired by the primary health center prior to
18 September 1, 2016, provided that any such person covered by this Paragraph who is
19 eligible for membership in any other state or federal public retirement system based
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1 on employment with a primary health center shall not be eligible for membership in
2 this system.
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4 §701. Definitions
5 As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings
6 ascribed to them in this Section unless a different meaning is plainly required by the
7 context:
8 * * *
9 (33)(a) "Teacher", except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph,
10 shall mean any of the following:
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12 (iv) The president and staff of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers any of
13 whom was hired by the federation prior to September 1, 2016, and was a member
14 who were members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana prior to such
15 employment.
16 (v)(aa) The president or secretary and staff of the Louisiana Association of
17 Educators any of whom was hired by the association prior to September 1, 2016.
18 * * *
19 (vii) The director and staff of the Associated Professional Educators of
20 Louisiana any of whom was hired by the association prior to September 1, 2016.
21 * * *
22 (x) The director and staff of the Louisiana Resource Center for Educators
23 any of whom was hired by the center prior to September 1, 2016.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 910 Original 2016 Regular Session Talbot
Abstract: Prohibits membership in the La. State Employees' Retirement System (LASERS)
and the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (TRSL) for new hires of certain private
employers. Allows current members of such employers to retain their membership.
Present law, relative to LASERS, authorizes an employee of a primary health center
established under federal law to be a member of LASERS if such employee is not eligible
for membership in any other state or federal public retirement system. Proposed law
provides that employees of such employers hired on or after Sept. 1, 2016, shall not be
members of LASERS.
Present law, relative to TRSL, authorizes the following entities to enroll their employees in
TRSL:
(1)The La. Federation of Teachers (if such employees were previously members of
TRSL).
(2)The La. Assoc. of Educators.
(3)The Associated Professional Educators of La.
(4)The La. Resource Center for Educators.
Proposed law provides that employees of such employers hired on or after Sept. 1, 2016,
shall not be members of TRSL.
Present law provides that employees of the La. High School Athletic Assoc. hired on or after
July 1, 2011, shall not be members of TRSL. Proposed law retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 11:411(8) and 701(33)(a)(iv), (v)(aa), (vii), and (x))
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