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HB 43 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Bacala
Abstract: Provides relative to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (MPERS)
including provisions for: deadlines for submission of member information and reports;
service on the MPERS board of trustees; and requirements for annual contribution reports.
Proposed law requires MPERS employers to submit to the retirement system a fully completed
membership enrollment form, a copy of the birth certificate and Social Security card for each
member it employs and his beneficiaries within 90 days after employment.
Present law requires an employee to have a physical examination and further requires that the
examination and the execution of any waivers of preexisting conditions or history be received by the
system within six months after employment.
Proposed law changes the deadline for submitting the physical examination to the system to 90 days
after employment.
Present law provides that the MPERS system is governed by a board of trustees comprised of 15
members. Board membership includes seven active contributing members, four of whom shall be
police chiefs and three of whom shall not be chiefs.
Proposed law provides that if such a member of the board with no more than two years left in his
term becomes a retiree of the system or is no longer a police chief, he shall continue to serve as a
member of the board until the expiration of the term for which he was elected.
Proposed law requires a municipality that employed a police officer or chief within the previous five
fiscal years to submit reports to the system as follows:
(1)Reports shall be submitted annually by June 30.
(2)The reports shall include the amount of earnable compensation per employee and shall
separately report state supplemental pay and the amount of compensation paid for overtime.
The report shall include other information prescribed by the board.
(3)If a report is in error as to the earnable compensation of any member and such an error results
in an overpayment of benefits by the system, the municipality shall reimburse the system for
the overpayments within 30 days after notification of the discovery of the error or
overpayment. Effective July 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 11:2214(A)(2)(a) and (d)(ii), 2225(A)(3)(a), 2225.4(A)(1), (B)(1), and (C)(1), and
2227(A) and (B)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Retirement to the original bill:
1. Remove proposed law regarding partial dissolution of police departments and the
calculation of UAL payment related thereto.
2. Decrease the fine for not providing documents to the retirement system from $100 per
day to $20 per day.
3. Add a penalty of $50 per day for a municipality that fails to enroll a member in the
system who should have been enrolled.
4. Add a provision for a 15-year payment plan for certain municipalities that have
outstanding amounts owed to the system.
5. Add provisions prohibiting the board from collecting certain amounts due and providing
that other amounts due never prescribe.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Remove the following fines and penalties:
(a)A fine for not providing documents to the retirement system.
(b)A penalty for failing to enroll a member.
(c)A penalty for failing to submit contribution reports.
2. Make the executive director's authority to certify unpaid amounts from employers to the
treasurer in order to recover delinquent payments subject to the approval of the board of
trustees.
3. Change frequency of required contribution reports from monthly to annually.
4. Change municipalities subject to the requirement for contribution reports from those that
employed a police officer in the previous 10 years to the previous five years.
5. Remove provision for a 15-year payment plan for certain municipalities that have
outstanding amounts owed to the system. 6. Remove provision prohibiting the board form collecting certain amounts due and
providing that other amounts due never prescribe.