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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 treasurer and the secretary of state to be
members of the board of trustees. (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 ten 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) The state treasurer, ex officio, or his designee.
17 (5) Six active and contributing members of the system who shall have at least
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1 ten years of creditable service in the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement
2 System who shall be elected by the members of the Registrars of Voters Employees'
3 Retirement System according to the rules and regulations adopted by the board of
4 trustees to govern such elections. The term of office of the six elected board
5 members shall be for a period of four years; provided, that one elected member
6 whose term of office begins January 1, 2012, shall serve an initial term of two years,
7 with subsequent terms of four years. No elected trustee may serve for more than two
8 consecutive four-year terms, exclusive of any term being served on December 31,
9 2011. If an elected trustee elects to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option
10 Plan after his term has commenced, he may continue to serve for the remainder of
11 the term for which he was elected; however, if he otherwise separates from service,
12 his term shall expire.
13 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, the
14 term of office for any person elected and serving on the board of trustees on
15 December 31, 2011, shall be extended to December thirty-first of the year in which
16 the term expires.
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18 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2017; if vetoed by the
19 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
20 June 30, 2017, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
The original instrument was prepared by Margaret M. Corley. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
SB 3 Reengrossed 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.
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(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.
Proposed law provides for two additional members, the secretary of state, ex officio, or his
designee and the state treasurer, ex officio, or his designee.
Effective June 30, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 11:2091(B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Retirement to the
original bill
1. Provides for an additional member, the treasurer, ex officio, or his designee.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Makes technical change.
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