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Title 58 - RETIREMENTPart I - Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System
Chapter 4 - Rules Common to the Election of Both Active and Retired Member Trustees
Section I-407 - Winning Candidates [Formerly Sections 303.B and G, 501.A and 503.H]

La. Admin. Code tit. 58 § I-407

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section I-407 - Winning Candidates [Formerly Sections 303.B and G, 501.A and 503.H]
A.
1. Active Members. The three candidates who receive the most votes shall be declared successful candidates and presented to the board.
2. Retired Members. Beginning in 1995 and continuing thereafter every four years, the two retired member candidates who receive the most votes shall be declared successful candidates and presented to the board. Beginning in 1997 and continuing thereafter every four years, the retired member candidate who receives the most votes shall be declared the successful candidate and presented to the board.
B. Ties affecting elected positions shall be decided by a coin toss held by the executive director in the presence of the candidates affected or the representative they designate.
C. No department in the executive branch of state government may have more than two trustees serving on the board at the same time.
D. If, after the conclusion of the nomination process, the number of candidates does not exceed or is fewer than the number of open positions for which election is being held, no election shall be held for those positions, and those candidates that are nominated and are qualified shall be deemed successful candidates and presented to the board.
1. Active Member Trustees' Elections. Any remaining open positions shall be filled in accordance with Title 58, Part I, Chapter 3, §305 of the Louisiana Administrative Code.
2. Retired Member Trustees' Elections. Any remaining open positions shall be filled in accordance with Title 58, Part I, Chapter 5, §505 of the Louisiana Administrative Code.
E. Subsection D shall apply to both active member trustee elections and retired member trustee elections.
F. For all relevant purposes, those candidates elected under Subsection D shall be considered to have received the maximum number of votes possible.

La. Admin. Code tit. 58, § I-407

Promulgated by the Department of Treasury, Board of Trustees of the State Employees' Retirement System, LR 22:373 (May 1996), amended LR 23:996, 997 (August 1997), LR 25:1278 (July 1999), LR 26:1490 (July 2000), LR 26:2633 (November 2000), LR 31:946, 947 (April 2005), LR 34:446, 447 (March 2008), LR 37:1616 (June 2011), LR 39:119 (January 2013).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 11:511 and R.S. 11:515.