2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 120
BY SENATOR PERRY
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:5554(II), relative to payment of certain premium costs of retired sheriffs
3 and retired deputy sheriffs; to provide relative to payment of certain premium costs
4 for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's
5 Office; to provide for eligibility for payment of premium costs; to provide for
6 applicability; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(II) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation
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11 II. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the
12 sheriff of Vermilion Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the
13 premium costs of group insurance for any retired sheriff and any retired deputy
14 sheriff who retires from the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office as follows:
15 (1) Fifty percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, dental,
16 and medical expense and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance if the
17 sheriff or deputy sheriff has at least fifteen years of full-time continuous and
18 creditable service with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office and is at least
19 fifty-five years of age and is retiring from active service with the Vermilion
20 Parish Sheriff's Office. A sheriff or deputy sheriff's creditable days of full-time
21 service shall be determined by the Louisiana Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund.
22 (2) One hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital,
23 surgical, dental, and medical expense insurance and the first ten thousand
24 dollars of life insurance if the sheriff or deputy sheriff has at least thirty years
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1 of full-time continuous and creditable service with the Vermilion Parish
2 Sheriff's Office, regardless of age. A sheriff or deputy sheriff's creditable days
3 of full-time service shall be determined by the Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension and
4 Relief Fund.
5 (3) The provisions of this Subsection shall apply only to sheriffs and
6 deputy sheriffs hired by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office on or after July
7 1, 2018.
8 (4) The provisions of Paragraph (G)(1) of this Section shall apply to
9 sheriffs and deputy sheriffs hired by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office prior
10 to July 1, 2018.
11 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2018.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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