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SENATE BILL NO. 88
BY SENATOR FRED MILLS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5554(G)(2) and (V), relative to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's
3 Office group insurance; to provide for payments of life and health insurance
4 premium costs for retirees; to provide for eligibility requirements; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(G)(2) and (V) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
8 as follows:
9 ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation
10 * * *
11 G. * * *
12 (2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, as applicable to the
13 sheriff's office of St. Martin Parish, shall apply to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs hired
14 before July 1, 2009. The provisions of Paragraph (1) of Subsection V of this
15 Section shall apply to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs hired on and or after July 1, 2009,
16 and before July 1, 2022. The provisions of Paragraph (2) of Subsection V of this
17 Section shall apply to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs hired or rehired on or after
18 July 1, 2022.
19 * * *
20 V.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the
21 sheriff of St. Martin Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund fifty percent of
22 the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, medical expense, and the first ten
23 thousand dollars of life insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section
24 if the sheriff or deputy sheriff retired from the St. Martin Parish sheriff's office
25 Sheriff's Office with twenty years of creditable service with the Louisiana Sheriffs'
26 Pension and Relief Fund. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to sheriffs
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1 and deputy sheriffs hired on or after July 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2022.
2 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the
3 sheriff of St. Martin Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the
4 premium costs of group insurance for any retired sheriff and any retired deputy
5 sheriff who retired from the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office as follows:
6 (a) Fifty percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, and
7 medical expense insurance and ten thousand dollars of life insurance contracted
8 for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff and deputy sheriff retired
9 in good standing with thirty continuous years or more of creditable full-time
10 service with the sheriff's office of St. Martin Parish and is at least fifty-five
11 years of age.
12 (b) Fifty percent of the premium costs of group hospital, surgical, and
13 medical expense insurance and ten thousand dollars of life insurance contracted
14 for under the provisions of this Section if the sheriff and deputy sheriff retired
15 in good standing with twenty continuous years of creditable full-time service
16 with the sheriff's office of St. Martin Parish and is at least sixty-five years of
17 age.
18 (c) The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply only to persons hired or
19 rehired by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office on or after July 1, 2022, and
20 who subsequently retire from the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office.
21 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2022; if vetoed by the governor
22 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day
23 following such approval by the legislature or July 1, 2022, whichever is later.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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