Louisiana § 11:3007 Options

Louisiana Statutes

§ 11:3007 — Options

Louisiana § 11:3007

Title 11Consolidated Public Retirement Systems

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La. Stat. Ann. § 11:3007 (2026).

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A.Upon application for retirement, any member may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect at that time to receive the actuarial equivalent of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable through life with the provision that: Option 1. If he dies before he has received in annuity payments the value of the member's annuity as it was at the time of his retirement, the balance shall be paid to his legal representatives or to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board. Option 2. Upon his death, his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and

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A. Upon application for retirement, any member may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect at that time to receive the actuarial equivalent of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable through life with the provision that:
Option 1. If he dies before he has received in annuity payments the value of the member's annuity as it was at the time of his retirement, the balance shall be paid to his legal representatives or to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board.
Option 2. Upon his death, his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board of Trustees at the time of his retirement.
Option 3. Upon his death, one-half of his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of, and paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board of Trustees at the time of his retirement.
Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to such person or persons as he shall have nominated provided such other benefit or benefits, together with the reduced retirement allowance, shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value to his retirement allowance, and approved by the Board.
Option 5. The member may elect to receive the amount of his maximum retirement and upon death, if survived by a spouse, fifty percent thereof shall be paid the surviving spouse during his or her lifetime.
B. No option shall become effective until thirty days after application for retirement and no change in the option selected shall be permitted after the application has been officially filed with the Board.
Designated from Acts 1983, No. 20, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.