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2017 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 3
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS RET. Provides for the secretary of state to be a member of the
board of trustees for the Registrar of Voters Employees' Retirement System. (6/30/17)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2091(B), relative to the board of trustees for the Registrar of
3 Voters Employees' Retirement System; to provide for membership of the board of
4 trustees; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for 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. 11:2091(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2091. Board of trustees; membership; vacancies; compensation
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10 B. The board shall consist of eight nine trustees as follows:
11 (1) A member of the House Committee on Retirement appointed by the
12 speaker of the House of Representatives, or the member's designee.
13 (2) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Retirement, ex officio, or his
14 designee.
15 (3) The secretary of state, ex officio, or his designee.
16 (4) Six active and contributing members of the system who shall have at least
17 ten years of creditable service in the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement
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1 System who shall be elected by the members of the Registrars of Voters Employees'
2 Retirement System according to the rules and regulations adopted by the board of
3 trustees to govern such elections. The term of office of the six elected board
4 members shall be for a period of four years; provided, that one elected member
5 whose term of office begins January 1, 2012, shall serve an initial term of two years,
6 with subsequent terms of four years. No elected trustee may serve for more than two
7 consecutive four-year terms, exclusive of any term being served on December 31,
8 2011. If an elected trustee elects to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option
9 Plan after his term has commenced, he may continue to serve for the remainder of
10 the term for which he was elected; however, if he otherwise separates from service,
11 his term shall expire.
12 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, the
13 term of office for any person elected and serving on the board of trustees on
14 December 31, 2011, shall be extended to December thirty-first of the year in which
15 the term expires.
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17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2017; if vetoed by the
18 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
19 June 30, 2017, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret M. Corley.
DIGEST
SB 3 Original 2017 Regular Session Boudreaux
Present law provides for the membership of the board of trustees for the Registrar of Voters
Employees' Retirement System (ROVERS):
(1)A member of the House Committee on Retirement appointed by the speaker of the
House of Representatives, or the member's designee.
(2)The chairman of the Senate Committee on Retirement, ex officio, or his designee.
(3)Six active and contributing members of the system who shall have at least ten years
of creditable service in the ROVERS who shall be elected by the members of
ROVERS.
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Proposed law provides for an additional member, the secretary of state, ex officio, or his
designee.
Effective June 30, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 11:2091(B))
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