HB 1082 — CIVIL/VENUE: Provides for venue with respect to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System

HLSENROLLED 26RS-2399 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

1082 BY REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVES DEWITTDEWITT, CIVIL/VENUE:BUTLER, FIRMENT, TRAVIS JOHNSON, AND OWEN AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 84 and to enact Code of Civil Procedure Article 84.1, relative to venue;

Providesto provide for venuesuits withinvolving respect to the MunicipalMunicipalPoliceEmployees'RetirementSystem;toestablishvenue;andto Policeprovide Employees'for Retirementrelated Systemmatters. AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 84 and to enact Code of Civil Procedure Article 84.1, relative to venue;

to provide for suits against the Municipal PoliceEmployees'RetirementSystem;

to establishvenue;andto provideforrelated matters.

CodeCodeofCivil ofProcedureArticle84 Civilis ProcedureArticleherebyamended 84isand herebyamendedandreenactedandreenactedand Code of Civil Procedure Article 84.1 is herebyenacted to read as follows:

Actioninvolvingcertainretirementsystemsandemployeebenefitprograms ActionsinvolvingtheLouisianaStateEmployees'RetirementSystem,Office of Group Benefits, State Police Pension and Relief Fund, Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System, Louisiana School Lunch Employees' Retirement System, Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, Assessors' Retirement Fund, ClerksofCourtRetirementandReliefFund,DistrictAttorneys'RetirementSystem,ClerksofCourt RetirementandReliefFund,DistrictAttorneys'RetirementSystem, Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, Parochial Employees' RetirementSystemofLouisiana,RegistrarofVotersEmployees'RetirementSystem, Sheriffs'PensionandReliefFund,MunicipalPoliceEmployees'RetirementSystem, or the Firefighters' Retirement System shall be brought in the parish of East Baton Rouge or in the parish of the domicile of the retirement system or employee benefit program.

Art.

84.1.

Actions involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System A.

If the defendant is the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or its board of trustees, theactionshall bebrought in theparishofEastBaton Rouge or in the parish of the domicile of the retirement system or employee benefit program.

HLS 26RS-2399 ENGROSSED HB NO.

1082 Art.ENROLLED B.

84.1.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or its board of trustees is the plaintiff, the action shall be brought only in the district court having jurisdiction in the parish in which the cause of action arises.

ActionsSPEAKER involvingOF theTHE MunicipalHOUSE PoliceOF Employees'REPRESENTATIVES RetirementPRESIDENT SystemOF Notwithstandinganylawtothecontrary,anyactioninvolvingtheMunicipalTHE PoliceSENATE Employees'GOVERNOR RetirementOF SystemTHE orSTATE itsOF boardLOUISIANA ofAPPROVED: trustees shall be instituted before the district court of the judicial district in which the employer is located.

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[R.S.

1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1082 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Dewitt Abstract:

Provides relative to venue in suits against the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System.

Present law (C.C.P.

Art.

84) requires actions involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System to be brought in the parish of East Baton Rouge or in the parish of the domicile of the retirement system or employee benefit program.

Proposed law amends present law to require actions involving the Municipal Police Employees'RetirementSystemtobeinstitutedbeforethedistrictcourtofthejudicialdistrict in which the employer is located.

(Amends C.C.P.

Art.

84;

Adds C.C.P.

Art.

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