§ 11:2031 — Definitions

§2031. Definitions
The following words and phrases, as used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning
is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Accumulated contributions" shall mean the sum of all the amounts deducted
from the compensation of a member and credited to his individual account in the annuity
savings fund.
(2) "Actuarial equivalent" shall mean a benefit of equal value when computed upon
the basis of such mortality tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, and regular
interest.
(3) "Annuity" shall mean payments for life derived from the accumulated
contributions of a member. All annuities shall be payable in equal monthly installments.
(4) "Annuity reserve" shall mean the present value of all payments to be made on
account of any annuity, or benefit in lieu of any annuity computed upon the basis of such
mortality tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, and regular interest.
(5) "Average compensation" shall mean the average annual earned compensation of
an employee for any period of sixty successive or joined months of service as an employee
during which earned compensation was the highest. In case of interruption of employment,
the sixty-month period shall be computed by joining employment periods immediately
preceding and succeeding the interruption. The earnings to be considered for the thirteenth
through the twenty-fourth month shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings
of the first through the twelfth month. The earnings to be considered for the twenty-fifth
through the thirty-sixth month shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings
of the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth month. The earnings to be considered for the
thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth month shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent
of the earnings of the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth month. The earnings for the final
twelve months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings of the
thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth month.
(6) "Beneficiary" shall mean any person designated to receive a pension, an annuity,
a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided by this Chapter.
(7) "Board of trustees" shall mean the board provided for in R.S. 11:2091 to
administer the retirement system.
(8) "Creditable service" shall mean service for which credit is allowable as provided
in R.S. 11:2061.
(9) "Earnable compensation" shall mean the full rate of compensation that would be
payable to the member (employee) if he worked the full working time.
(10) "Employee" shall mean any registrar of voters of the state of Louisiana or any
deputy or permanent employee of the office of registrar of voters in any parish of the state
of Louisiana. "Employee" shall also mean a person employed by this retirement system or
a person employed by the Louisiana Registrar of Voters Association, Inc.
(11) "Employer" shall mean the registrar of voters of any parish in the state of
Louisiana, the state of Louisiana, or the police jury or any other governing body of a parish
which employs and pays persons as registrars of voters. "Employer" shall also mean this
retirement system.
(12) "Employer's annuity" shall mean payments for life derived from money
provided by the employer or employing agency, or the parishes of Louisiana or the state of
Louisiana.
(13) "Medical board" shall mean the State Medical Disability Board.
(14) "Member" shall include any employee, as defined in Paragraph (10) of this
Section, included in the membership of this system as provided in R.S. 11:2051.
(15) "Membership service" shall mean service as an employee while a member of
this system.
(16) "Pension reserve" shall mean the present value of all payments to be made on
account of any pension, or benefit in lieu of any pension computed upon the basis of such
mortality tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, and regular interest.
(17) "Prior service" shall mean service rendered prior to the date of the establishment
of this retirement system for which credit is allowable as provided in R.S. 11:2061.
(18) "Regular interest" shall mean interest compounded annually at such a rate as
shall be determined by the board of trustees in accordance with R.S. 11:2111.
(19) "Retirement" shall mean withdrawal from active service with a retirement
allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter.
(20) "Retirement allowance" shall mean the sum of the annuity and the pensions, or
any optional benefit payable in lieu thereof.
(21) "Retirement system" shall mean the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement
System as defined in R.S. 11:2032.
(22) "Service" shall mean service rendered as an employee as described in Paragraph
(10) of this Section.
NOTE: See Acts 2012, No. 525, §2 regarding implementation of changes to
calculation of final compensation.

Legislative History

Acts 1954, No. 215, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 445, §1; Acts 1962, No. 13, §1; Acts 1971, No. 79, §1; Acts 1974, No. 388, §1; Acts 1978, No. 727, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1989, No. 202, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 18:1651 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 780, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 44, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 525, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 614, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.