Louisiana § 11:246 Additional cost-of-living adjustments; retirees and beneficiaries over age sixty-five

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§ 11:246 — Additional cost-of-living adjustments; retirees and beneficiaries over age sixty-five

Louisiana § 11:246

Title 11Consolidated Public Retirement Systems

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La. Stat. Ann. § 11:246 (2026).

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§246. Additional cost-of-living adjustments; retirees and beneficiaries over age sixty-five A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Section shall apply to the following public retirement systems:

(1)Assessors' Retirement Fund.

(2)Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief Fund.

(3)District Attorneys' Retirement System.

(4)Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana.

(5)Parochial Employees' Retirement System.

(6)Registrar of Voters Employees' Retirement System.

(7)Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 77, §2, eff. June 30, 2019.

(8)Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 108, §2, eff. July 1, 2023.

(9)Firefighters' Retirement System. B. In addition to any other cost-of-living increases which the systems and funds enumerated in Subsection A of this Section

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§246. Additional cost-of-living adjustments; retirees and beneficiaries over age sixty-five
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this
Section shall apply to the following public retirement systems:
(1) Assessors' Retirement Fund.
(2) Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief Fund.
(3) District Attorneys' Retirement System.
(4) Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana.
(5) Parochial Employees' Retirement System.
(6) Registrar of Voters Employees' Retirement System.
(7) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 77, §2, eff. June 30, 2019.
(8) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 108, §2, eff. July 1, 2023.
(9) Firefighters' Retirement System.
B. In addition to any other cost-of-living increases which the systems and funds
enumerated in Subsection A of this Section are authorized by law to provide, the board of
trustees may provide, on July 1, 1981, and thereafter, from interest income from investments,
a supplemental cost-of-living adjustment to all retirees and beneficiaries who are sixty-five
years of age or over, which shall consist of an amount equal to two percent of the benefit
being received on October 1, 1977, or on the date the benefit is originally received if
retirement commenced after October 1, 1977. No board shall provide such additional
increases unless the board has received a rate of return in excess of the valuation interest rate
based on the actuarial value of assets for the current fiscal year and the cost-of-living increase
provided therein shall be payable only from the investment income in excess of that
determined by the application of the valuation interest rate to the actuarial value of assets.

Legislative History

Acts 1981, No. 605, §1, eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 682, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 42:712.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 1276, §1; Acts 2001, No. 817, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2007, No. 333, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2019, No. 77, §2, eff. June 30, 2019; Acts 2022, No. 360, §2, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 108, §2, eff. July 1, 2023.