§1503. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1)"Accumulated employee contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted
from a member's salary and paid to the fund.
(2)"Board" means the board of trustees of the Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief
Fund.
(3)"Designated beneficiary" means the person most recently designated in writing
by a member to receive any benefits to which he may be entitled.
(4)"Employee" means any regular employee of a clerk, minute clerk, and employees
of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, the Louisiana Clerks' of Court Retirement and
Relief Fund, and the Louisiana Clerks of Court Insurance Fund, who works more than an
average of t
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§1503. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Accumulated employee contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted
from a member's salary and paid to the fund.
(2) "Board" means the board of trustees of the Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief
Fund.
(3) "Designated beneficiary" means the person most recently designated in writing
by a member to receive any benefits to which he may be entitled.
(4) "Employee" means any regular employee of a clerk, minute clerk, and employees
of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, the Louisiana Clerks' of Court Retirement and
Relief Fund, and the Louisiana Clerks of Court Insurance Fund, who works more than an
average of twenty hours per week. Any court reporter employed by either Orleans Parish or
East Baton Rouge Parish who was enrolled in the fund on or before July 1, 2001, shall be
allowed to remain in the fund as a member or active member of the fund and to become
eligible to receive retirement benefits as required by law.
(5) "Fund" means the Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief Fund.
(6) "Minor child" means a child who is less than the age of eighteen years or who has
a physical or mental disability, regardless of age, who is the issue of a marriage of the
member or former member, the legally adopted child of a member or former member, the
natural child of a female member or former member, or the child of a male member or former
member if a court of competent jurisdiction has, during the lifetime of such male member
or former member, issued an order of filiation declaring the paternity of such male member
for the child.
(7) "Monthly average final compensation" means the average of a member's monthly
salary during the highest compensated sixty consecutive months or successive joined months
if service was interrupted. However, the salary to be considered for the thirteenth through
the twenty-fourth month may not exceed one hundred ten percent of the salary for the first
through the twelfth month. The salary to be considered for the twenty-fifth through the
thirty-sixth month may not exceed one hundred ten percent of the salary for the thirteenth
through the twenty-fourth month. The salary to be considered for the thirty-seventh through
the forty-eighth month may not exceed one hundred ten percent of the salary for the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth month. The salary to be considered for the forty-ninth through
the sixtieth month may not exceed one hundred ten percent of the salary for the thirty-seventh
through the forty-eighth month.
(8) "Salary" means the full rate of regular compensation paid to a member for the
performance of his official duties, but shall not include bonuses, payment for accrued
vacation, annual or sick leave, payment for overtime, terminal pay, severance pay, deferred
salary, or any other type of irregular or nonrecurring payment. It shall include salary
supplement payments from the Clerks' Supplemental Compensation Fund as authorized by
R.S. 13:761 and the expense allowance authorized by R.S. 13:782(H).
(9) "Surviving spouse" means the spouse of a deceased member or former member
who was married to the deceased member or former member at the time of his death.
(10) "System" means the Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief Fund.
(11) "Per-page transcription" payments means the amount a court reporter earns for
each page of court proceeding that is transcribed, at the rate per page established by each
district court.
Acts 1986, No. 1063, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 395, §2; Acts 1991, 3rd
E.S., No. 7, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 13:933 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3,
eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 157, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 337, §1, eff.
July 1, 1993; Acts 1999, No. 109, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 739, §1, eff. July 1,
2001; Acts 2006, No. 780, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2010, No. 273, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011;
Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2024, No. 12, §1.
NOTE: SEE SEC. 2 OF ACT 7 OF 1991 3RD E.S.
NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 739, §2, relative to credit for per-page
transcription payments prior to July 1, 2001, and payment of costs thereof.
NOTE: For transitional provisions relative to R.S. 11:1503(7), see Acts
2010, No. 273, §3(A) and (C).
NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with
disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a
listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts
2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that
changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance,
interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that
nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for
any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811,
§35(C) and (D)).