HLS 19RS-225 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 15
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to benefit options for certain retirees
of the Firefighters' Retirement System
1 AN ACT
2To repeal R.S. 11:2259(B), relative to certain optional retirement benefits provided for in
3 the Firefighters' Retirement System; to repeal provisions applicable to a person who
4 marries after retiring.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution
7 of Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 11:2259(B) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 15 Original 2019 Regular Session Carpenter
Abstract: Repeals provisions allowing a retiree of the Firefighters' Retirement System
(FRS) who marries after retirement to name that spouse as a beneficiary.
Present law provides for optional benefit allowances for FRS members and designated
beneficiaries. Such options include providing for a beneficiary to receive retirement benefits
after the death of the member.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law further provides that an FRS member who was single at the time of retirement
but who married and has been married for at least 12 months may select such a benefit
option for his spouse.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 19RS-225 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 15
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals R.S. 11:2259(B))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.