ENROLLED
ACT No. 6
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 25
BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDERS AND SENATOR THOMPSON
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:5554(W)(4), relative to group insurance benefits for retired sheriffs and
3 deputy sheriffs of the Madison Parish Sheriff's Department; to provide for the
4 availability of certain insurance benefits to certain retired employees; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(W)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation
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10 W. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the
11 sheriff of Madison Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the premium
12 costs of group insurance for any retired sheriff and any retired deputy sheriff who
13 retires from the Madison Parish Sheriff's Department as follows:
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15 (4) For any sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires on and after July 1, 2017,
16 one hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, medical
17 expense, dental insurance, and life insurance contracted for under the provisions of
18 this Section, if the sheriff or deputy sheriff retires with twenty-four years or more of
19 continuous service with the Madison Parish Sheriff's Department and is at least fifty-
20 five years of age.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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