§ 11:583 — Disability retirement

§583. Disability retirement
A. Eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits,
procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority
of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and procedures governing the
restoration to active service of a formerly disabled employee are specifically described and
provided for in R.S. 11:201 through 224.
B. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have
been officially certified as disabled by the State Medical Disability Board. The disability
benefit shall be determined as follows:
(1) Any member who has become partially disabled or incapacitated because of
continued illness or as a result of an injury received, even though not in line of duty, but is
not eligible for retirement under the provisions of R.S. 11:582 may apply for retirement
under the provisions of this Subsection. The employee shall be retired on seventy-five
percent of the retirement benefit to which he would be entitled under R.S. 11:582 if he were
eligible thereunder.
(2) In case of total disability of any member resulting from injury received in line of
duty, a monthly pension of sixty percent of his average compensation shall be paid to the
disabled member under the provisions of this Subpart.
(3) In the case of total and permanent disability of a member resulting from injuries
received while on active duty status and in the line of duty as the result of an intentional act
of violence, the member shall receive a disability benefit equal to one hundred percent of his
average compensation regardless of years of service.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1972, No. 135, §2, eff. July 26, 1972. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 727, §9, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Redesignated from R.S. 56:683 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2018, No. 595, §1, eff. May 31, 2018.