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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 46
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
CLERKS OF COURT. Provides relative to group insurance benefits for certain clerks of
court. (8/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:783(F)(7), relative to expenses of the clerks of court; to
3 provide for insurance premium costs for certain retirees; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:783(F)(7) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง783. Expenses of clerk's office
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9 F. * * *
10 (7) In the parishes of Avoyelles, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell,
11 Cameron, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Lafayette, LaSalle, Orleans, Ouachita, Pointe
12 Coupee, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Webster, West Feliciana, and Winn, the
13 clerk of court shall pay, from the clerk's salary fund, one hundred percent of the
14 premium costs of the group life and accidental death and dismemberment, group
15 health, accident, dental, hospital, surgical, or other medical expense insurance for
16 any employee who was a covered employee, who elects to continue coverage, and
17 who retires from the Avoyelles Parish clerk of court's office, the Bossier Parish clerk
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1 of court's office, the Caddo Parish clerk of court's office, the Calcasieu Parish clerk
2 of court's office, the Caldwell Parish clerk of court's office, the Cameron Parish clerk
3 of court's office, the Franklin Parish clerk of court's office, the Grant Parish clerk of
4 court's office, the Iberia Parish clerk of court's office, the Lafayette Parish clerk of
5 court's office, the LaSalle Parish clerk of court's office, the Orleans Parish Civil
6 District Court clerk of court's office, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court clerk
7 of court's office, the Ouachita Parish clerk of court's office, the Pointe Coupee Parish
8 clerk of court's office, the St. Martin Parish clerk of court's office, the St. Mary
9 Parish clerk of court's office, the Terrebonne Parish clerk of court's office, the
10 Webster Parish clerk of court's office, the West Feliciana Parish clerk of court's
11 office, or the Winn Parish clerk of court's office who begins receiving monthly
12 benefits from the Louisiana Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief Fund
13 immediately upon retirement from active employment, who has at least twenty years
14 of full-time service with the clerk of court's office in Avoyelles Parish, Bossier
15 Parish, Caddo Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Caldwell Parish, Cameron Parish, Franklin
16 Parish, Grant Parish, Iberia Parish, Lafayette Parish, LaSalle Parish, Ouachita Parish,
17 Pointe Coupee Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Terrebonne Parish,
18 Webster Parish, West Feliciana Parish, or Winn Parish, Orleans Parish Civil District
19 Court, or Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, and who is at least fifty-five years
20 of age. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to any other insurance, such
21 as supplemental insurance, that an employee may elect to purchase.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 46 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Allain
Present law requires that in certain parishes, the clerk of court pay, from the clerk's salary
fund, 100% of the premium costs of the group life and accidental death and dismemberment,
group health, accident, dental, hospital, surgical, or other medical expense insurance for any
employee who was a covered employee, who elects to continue coverage, and who retires
from that parish clerk of court's office.
Proposed law retains present law, and adds the St. Mary Parish clerk of court's office to the
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list of parishes in which present law is applicable.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 13:783(F)(7))
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