ENROLLED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 111
BY REPRESENTATIVE RISER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5554(S)(1)(introductory paragraph) and (2), relative to the
3 Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for insurance premium payments for
4 sheriff and deputy sheriff retirees; to provide for life insurance; to provide for
5 applicability; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(S)(1)(introductory paragraph) and (2) are hereby amended
8 and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation
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11 S.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, one
12 hundred percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, and medical
13 expense insurance and life insurance contracted for under the provisions of this
14 Section shall be paid from the sheriff's general fund for any sheriff or deputy sheriff
15 who has retired from the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office and who is eligible to
16 receive benefits from the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund, and who meets either
17 one of the following conditions:
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19 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, for
20 any sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires on or after December 31, 2012, and who is
21 eligible to receive benefits from the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund, the premium
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1 costs of group hospital, surgical, and medical expense insurance and life insurance
2 shall be paid from the sheriff's general fund as follows:
3 (a) One hundred percent if the sheriff or deputy sheriff has completed thirty
4 years of full-time continuous creditable service and has completed a majority of his
5 creditable service time with the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office, regardless of age.
6 A sheriff or deputy sheriff's creditable days of full-time service shall be determined
7 by the Louisiana Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund.
8 (b) Seventy-five percent if the sheriff or deputy sheriff has attained the age
9 of fifty-five years with at least twenty-seven years of full-time creditable service and
10 has completed a majority of his creditable service time with the Franklin Parish
11 Sheriff's Office. A sheriff or deputy sheriff's creditable days of full-time service
12 shall be determined by the Louisiana Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund.
13 (c) Fifty percent if the sheriff or deputy sheriff has attained the age of fifty-
14 five years with at least twenty-three years of full-time creditable service and has
15 completed a majority of his creditable service time with the Franklin Parish Sheriff's
16 Office. A sheriff or deputy sheriff's creditable days of full-time service shall be
17 determined by the Louisiana Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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