The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret M. Corley.
DIGEST
SB 7 Original 2017 Regular Session Peacock
Present law provides for the survivor benefit for the spouse and children of any sworn commissioned
law enforcement officer of the office of state police, who was first eligible for the State Police
Retirement System on or before December 31, 2010, and who was killed in the line of duty or dies
from immediate effects of an injury received while in the line of duty. Present law provides that the
benefit shall be equal to 75% of the salary received by the officer at the time of death and shall be
paid until the death of the surviving spouse notwithstanding any forfeiture provisions in present law
(R.S. 11:1321).
Proposed law provides for the survivor benefit for the spouse and children of any sworn
commissioned law enforcement officer of the office of state police, who was first eligible for the
State Police Retirement System on or before December 31, 2010, and who was killed in the line of
duty by an intentional act of violence. Proposed law provides that the benefit shall be equal to 100%
of the salary received by the officer at the time of death and shall be paid until the death of the
surviving spouse notwithstanding any forfeiture provisions in present law (R.S. 11:1321).
Proposed law provides that any surviving spouse of a member who was first eligible for the State
Police Retirement System on or before December 31, 2010, killed on or before June 29, 2017, by
an intentional act of violence who would qualify for the survivor benefit provided for in proposed
law shall have any survivor benefit payable on or after June 30, 2017, increased to the amount
calculated pursuant to proposed law regardless of the date of death of the member.
Present law provides for the survivor benefit for the spouse and children of any sworn commissioned
law enforcement officer of the office of state police who was first eligible for the State Police
Retirement System on or after January 1, 2011, and who was killed in the line of duty or died from
immediate effects of an injury received while in the line of duty. Present law provides that the benefit
shall be equal to 80% of the officer's average compensation without regard to the amount of time that
the deceased was a member of the plan.
Proposed law provides for the survivor benefit for the spouse and children of any sworn
commissioned law enforcement officer of the office of state police who was first eligible for the
State Police Retirement System on or after January 1, 2011, and who was killed in the line of duty
by an intentional act of violence. Proposed law provides that the benefit shall be equal to 100% of
the officer's salary without regard to the amount of time that the deceased was a member of the plan.
Proposed law provides that any surviving spouse of a member who was first eligible for the State
Police Retirement System on or after January 1, 2011, killed on or before June 29, 2017, by an
intentional act of violence who would qualify for the survivor benefit provided for in proposed law
shall have any survivor benefit payable on or after June 30, 2017, increased to the amount calculated pursuant to proposed law regardless of the date of death of the member.
Proposed law makes technical changes to clarify that the survivor benefit shall be paid until the death
of the surviving spouse notwithstanding any forfeiture provisions in present law (R.S. 11:1321).
Effective June 30, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 11:1316 and 1345.8)