La. Consolidated Public Retirement § 11:1692

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session

Section 11:1692 - Annuity savings fund; contributions defined

A. The annuity savings fund shall be a fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the compensation of members to provide for their annuities. Contributions to and payments from the annuity savings fund shall be made as follows.

B. The parish treasurer, state auditor, state treasurer, or other disbursing authority of the state or any municipality or parish and the District Attorneys' Association shall make deductions from any payments or fees paid by him to any district attorney or assistant district attorney or employee of the District Attorneys' Association who elects to become a member as provided herein, from each and every payroll paid, an amount equal to seven percent of his earnable compensation. In determining the amount earnable by a member in a payroll period, the board of trustees may consider the rate of annual compensation payable to such member on the first day of the payroll as continuing throughout such payroll period, and it may omit deduction from compensation for any period less than a full payroll period if an employee was not a member on the first day of the payroll period.

C. The deductions provided for herein shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein and shall receipt for his full salary or compensation, and payment of salary or compensation less said deductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment, except as to the benefits provided under this Chapter. The employer shall certify to the board of trustees on each and every payroll or in such other manner as the board of trustees may prescribe, the amounts to be deducted; and each of said amounts shall be deducted, and when deducted shall be paid into said annuity savings fund, and shall be credited, together with regular interest thereon to the individual account of the member from whose compensation said deduction was made.

D. The parish treasurer, state treasurer, or other disbursing authority of the state or any municipality or parish shall make deductions as authorized by the employee from any payments or fees paid by the disbursing authority to any district attorney or assistant district attorney who elects to become a member of the district attorneys deferred compensation program.

La. Consolidated Public Retirement § 11:1692

Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §8(1)(a to c). Amended by Acts 1958, No. 156, §1; Acts 1975, No. 745, §1; Acts 1979, No. 585, §2; Acts 1981, No. 308, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1102 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 234, §1, eff. June 1, 1993.