§ 17:1681 — Children and spouses of police officers and deputy sheriffs; definitions

Louisiana § 17:1681

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§1681. Children and spouses of police officers and deputy sheriffs; definitions
A. The term police officers shall include only persons employed or engaged as
commissioned police officers on a full-time basis by the state of Louisiana or any of its
political subdivisions. The term deputy sheriff shall include only persons employed or
engaged as commissioned law enforcement officers on a full-time basis by a parish of the
state of Louisiana.
B. College or university means any institution of postsecondary education situated
in this state, operated by an agency, board, or other body created by the constitution or laws
of this state, operated in whole or in part with funds appropriated for that purpose by the
legislature, and authorized to confer degrees in the arts and sciences.
C. Room and board charges means the fee or charge for lodging, quarters or food
furnished by a college or university, on its campus, and for which a regular and periodic
charge is made to all students availing themselves of such services.
D. Books means text books, reference books, manuals, and other aids to instruction
which are required to be purchased by a student in a given course of study.
E. Semester means a regularly fixed period of instruction for which credit is given
whether a semester, quarter, trimester or otherwise.
F. Child means the offspring of a police officer or his spouse or a deputy sheriff or
his spouse living in the same household with and dependent upon the municipal police
officer or deputy sheriff, as the case may be, for support and the offspring of a police officer
or deputy sheriff dependent upon him for support, whether or not living in the same
household.
G. "Spouse" means the wife or husband of the police officer or deputy sheriff who
is living in the same household and who is dependent upon the police officer or deputy
sheriff for support if the police officer or deputy sheriff is alive and permanently disabled.
Spouse also means the wife or husband of a police officer or deputy sheriff who is deceased
and who was living in the same household and was dependent upon the police officer or
deputy sheriff for support at the time of the injury which resulted in the police officer or
deputy sheriff's death.

Legislative History

Acts 1974, No. 353, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2024, No. 280, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.