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HB 100 Original 2020 Regular Session Brass
Abstract: Requires the St. James Parish assessor to pay the cost of certain group insurance
premiums for retirees of the assessor's office who meet certain eligibility criteria.
Present law requires the assessor in certain specific parishes to pay the premium cost of group life,
dental, group health, hospital, surgical, or other medical insurance for any assessor or assessor's
employee who meets either of the following requirements:
(1)The assessor or assessor's employee was elected, appointed, or hired before August 1, 2014,
and retires in accordance with present law with at least 20 years of service.
(2)The assessor or assessor's employee was elected, appointed, or hired on or after August 1,
2014, and retires in accordance with present law with at least 20 years of service, at least 12
of which shall have been earned at the assessor's office from which the person retires.
Proposed law retains present law but adds the St. James Parish assessor to the list of assessors
required to pay the cost of certain group insurance premiums for retirees of the assessor's office who
meet the eligibility criteria provided for in present law.
(Amends R.S. 47:1923(D)(1)(a))