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SENATE BILL NO. 13
BY SENATORS JOHNS, CORTEZ, LONG, MILKOVICH, MIZELL, PEACOCK, PRICE
AND WALSWORTH AND REPRESENTATIVES ABRAHAM,
ARMES, BACALA, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT,
BOURRIAQUE, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, COX, DEVILLIER,
DUBUISSON, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, GUINN,
LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HOFFMANN, IVEY, JENKINS, JONES,
JORDAN, LACOMBE, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS,
MCMAHEN, MOORE, MOSS, PEARSON, PIERRE, PYLANT,
SCHEXNAYDER, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES, TALBOT,
THOMAS, TURNER AND W RIGHT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 11:1316(C), relative to surviving spouse benefits at the State
3 Police Retirement System; to provide for reinstatement of benefits under certain
4 circumstances; 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. 11:1316(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1316. Death in the line of duty; death by an intentional act of violence; certain
9 members hired on or before December 31, 2010; benefit for surviving
10 spouse of deceased employee; minor children with no surviving
11 spouse
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13 C.(1) Notwithstanding the forfeiture provisions of R.S. 11:1321, the benefit
14 of a surviving spouse covered by Subsection B of this Section shall be paid until the
15 death of the surviving spouse.
16 (2) A surviving spouse who, on or before June 11, 1999, was subject to
17 the forfeiture provisions of R.S. 11:1321 or R.S. 40:1435 as it existed when it
18 was redesignated as R.S. 11:1321, shall resume drawing the benefit upon the
19 dissolution of the marriage by death of or divorce from the new spouse. The
20 benefit payable pursuant to this Paragraph shall be paid prospectively only.
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2 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall be known and may be cited as the
3 "Trooper William Michael Kees Act".
4 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2019; if vetoed by the governor
5 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
6 2019, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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