DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 15 Original 2020 Regular Session Coussan
Abstract: Relative to the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) and the Parochial
Employees' Retirement System (PERS), provides that certain employees of the Lafayette
City-Parish Consolidated Government, first employed on or after Nov. 1, 2020, shall no
longer be members of MERS but shall instead be members of PERS.
Present law, relative to MERS, provides that employees of participating incorporated cities, towns,
or villages in La. shall be members of MERS.
Present law, relative to PERS, provides that any permanent employee of a parish shall be a member
of PERS.
Present law, relative to both MERS and PERS, provides that if the governing authorities of a
municipality and a parish consolidate into one government, those members who were members of
MERS at the time of consolidation shall remain members of MERS. Those people employed after
such consolidation shall become members of PERS.
Present law provides that notwithstanding present law, any employee of the Lafayette City-Parish
Consolidated Government (LCPCG) first employed on or after Nov. 1, 2010, who is in a department
created by the LCPCG Home Rule Charter, except for police and firefighters, shall become a
member of PERS. Present law also includes certain employees of the city court.
Proposed law, applicable to the same groups of Lafayette employees, provides that those hired on
or after Nov. 1, 2020, shall become members of PERS instead of MERS.
(Amends R.S. 11:1753(C) and 1923(C))