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Code · Louisiana · Title 11 — Consolidated Public Retirement

RS 11:3556

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RS 11:3556
§3556. Morgan City; eligibility to participate in fund
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary and particularly the provisions of R.S. 11:3520, any person presently employed as a police officer by the city of Morgan City shall be eligible for membership in the police pension and relief fund if such person had been between twenty-one and forty-five years of age at the time of his appointment. Such memberships shall be conditioned upon the filing of an application therefor with the board of trustees of the fund on or before December 31, 1970, together with such information as the board shall require.
Any such person also shall be eligible to receive credit in the system for all service rendered as an employee of the police department of Morgan City prior to the date on which he becomes a member in accordance with the provisions of this Section. To obtain such credit the member shall make application therefor and shall pay into the fund employee contributions at the current rate on all contributions earned during the period for which credit is claimed, plus two percent per annum interest thereon, provided that said contributions may be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as shall be agreed upon between the board of trustees and the applicant for membership, provided that all of such installments shall be paid on or before the date on which application for retirement is made.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary and particularly the provisions of R.S. 11:3520, any person between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five who is hereafter employed by the police department of the city of Morgan City shall be eligible for membership in the police pension and relief fund thereof.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 143, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2240.3 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
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