Louisiana § 11:3385 Persons employed after December 31, 1967; options

Louisiana Statutes

§ 11:3385 — Persons employed after December 31, 1967; options

Louisiana § 11:3385

Title 11Consolidated Public Retirement Systems

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La. Stat. Ann. § 11:3385 (2026).

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A.Any member employed after December 31, 1967, or any member employed before January 1, 1968, who elects to come under provisions of this Part which apply to members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent, at the date of retirement, of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable throughout life, with the provision that: Option 1. If he dies before he has received in annuity payments the present value of his 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

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A. Any member employed after December 31, 1967, or any member employed before January 1, 1968, who elects to come under provisions of this Part which apply to members of the fire department employed after December 31, 1967, may elect to receive his benefit in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent, at the date of retirement, of his retirement allowance in a reduced retirement allowance payable throughout life, with the provision that:
Option 1. If he dies before he has received in annuity payments the present value of his 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 of trustees; or
Option 2. Upon his death, his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement; or
Option 3. Upon his death, one-half of his reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life and paid to such person as he shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees at the time of his retirement; or
Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to such person or persons as he shall nominate; 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 of trustees.
B.(1) Any such member who is eligible for retirement at the time of his death, and who leaves a surviving spouse, shall be deemed to have exercised automatically option 2 benefits for the benefit of his surviving spouse, who shall be paid option 2 settlement benefits just as though the member had retired and elected option 2 prior to his death.
(2) Should any member be killed in line of duty his widow shall be paid a benefit equal to the amount which would have been payable had he continued in service for the remainder of a period of twenty years from the date of his employment at the same rate of salary and elected to retire under option 2 hereof with no reduction for age at the date of retirement; such option 2 shall be based on his age and the age of his widow at the date of death.