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HB 8 Original 2021 Regular Session Butler
Abstract: Requires the tax assessor of Evangeline Parish to pay the cost of certain insurance
premiums for eligible retirees of the assessor's office.
Present law provides with respect to eligibility for normal retirement benefits from the Assessors'
Retirement Fund (R.S. 11:1421). Provides that a member of the fund hired on or before Sept. 30,
2013, may be eligible for the benefits of the fund if the member has at least 12 years of service and
is at least 55 years of age or has at least 30 years of service at any age.
Present law further provides that a member hired on or after Oct. 1, 2013, may be eligible for the
benefits of the fund upon written application if the member has at least 12 years of service and is at
least 60 years of age or has least 30 years of service and is at least 55 years of age.
Present law requires the assessor to pay certain insurance premium costs for eligible retirees in the
parishes of: Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caddo, Calcasieu,
Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge, Franklin, Iberia,
Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison,
Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River,
Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, Tangipahoa,
Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West
Carroll, and West Feliciana. Further provides that either of the following requirements must be met
to be eligible:
(1)The person is elected, appointed, or hired before Aug. 1, 2014, retires in accordance with
normal retirement eligibility under present law (R.S. 11:1421), and has at least 20 years of
service.
(2)The person is elected, appointed, or hired on or after Aug. 1, 2014, retires in accordance with
normal retirement eligibility under present law (R.S. 11:1421), has at least 20 years of
service, and at least 12 years of service credit was earned at the assessor's office from which
the person retires.
Proposed law adds Evangeline Parish to the list of parishes in which the assessor is required to pay
certain insurance premium costs for eligible retirees.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action. (Amends R.S. 47:1923(D)(1)(a))