§ 11:1375 — Retirement benefits; increases; maximum; minimum

Louisiana § 11:1375

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 11: Consolidated Public Retirement Systems

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A. The retirement benefits being paid on June 30, 1979, to justices and judges who retired prior to January 1, 1978, and to the surviving spouses of deceased justices and judges regardless of the date of retirement or the date of death, shall be increased by ten percent; however, no such increase shall be less than six hundred dollars per annum or more than twenty-four hundred dollars per annum.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A above, the surviving spouses of deceased justices and judges shall receive a retirement allowance of not less than six hundred dollars per month effective July 1, 1979.
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply only to justices, judges, and surviving spouses who are receiving retirement benefits governed by the provisions of the noncontributory judges retirement plan and shall not apply to those persons whose retirement is governed by the provisions of the contributory retirement plan for judges and officers of the court established by R.S. 11:551 et seq. as part of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1979, No. 70, §1, eff. July 1, 1979; Redesignated from R.S. 13:5.4 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.