§ 11:925 — Eligibility

§925. Eligibility
A. Academic and administrative employees of public postsecondary education
institutions and employees of the Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University
of Louisiana System, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College, and Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or
their successors, and any other constitutionally established board which manages public
postsecondary education institutions who are current members in the regular retirement plan
of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana may make an irrevocable election to
participate in the optional retirement plan within one hundred eighty days after the
implementation date of the optional retirement plan at their employer institution or board.
Eligible employees who are initially employed on or after the implementation date at their
employer institution or board may make an irrevocable election to participate in the optional
retirement plan within sixty days after their employment date. Any academic or
administrative employee of a public postsecondary education institution or employee of the
Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board of
Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board
of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or Board
of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or their successors, and any other
constitutionally established board which manages public postsecondary education institutions
who is not eligible for membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana because
of age shall be eligible to participate in the optional retirement plan upon election by such
employee. Elections must be made in writing and filed with the appropriate officer of the
employer institution or board, who shall forward a copy of the completed election to the
Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. Current Teachers' Retirement System of
Louisiana members' elections will be effective as of the date they are filed. Elections of
eligible employees hired on or after the implementation date of the optional retirement plan
at their institution or board will be effective as of the date of their employment. If an eligible
employee fails to make the election provided for in this Section, he shall become a member
of the regular retirement plan of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana in accordance
with R.S. 11:721.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section any academic or
administrative employee of a public postsecondary education institution and any employee
of the Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board
of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and
Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or their successors, and any
other constitutionally established board which manages public postsecondary education
institutions who is an active contributing member in the regular retirement plan of the
Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana and who has less than five years of creditable
service in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, may make an irrevocable election
to participate in the optional retirement plan and transfer his accumulated employee
contributions to the optional retirement plan under the provisions of R.S. 11:926(A). The
election provided by this Subsection can only be elected by a member prior to attainment of
five years of creditable service in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana.
C. Any person who is an academic or administrative employee of a public
postsecondary education institution or employee of the Board of Regents, Board of
Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or Board of Supervisors of Community
and Technical Colleges, or their successors, and any other constitutionally established board
which manages public postsecondary education institutions who is not eligible for
membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana because he is a part-time,
seasonal, or temporary employee as defined in 26 CFR 31.3121(b)(7)-2, or in any successor
regulation, may make an irrevocable election to participate in the optional retirement plan
and transfer any accumulated employee contributions to the optional retirement plan under
the provisions of R.S. 11:926(A).

Legislative History

Acts 1989, No. 90, §1; Acts 1991, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 17:775 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 92, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2025, No. 47, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.