SB 12 — STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides for the membership and definitions of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System. (6/30/26) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

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12 BY SENATOR PRICE AND REPRESENTATIVE BACALA STATEAN POLICEACT RETIREMENT.To amend and reenact R.S.

Provides for the membership and definitions of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System.

(6/30/26) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

(2)"Commission" meanstheStatePoliceCommissionmeans theStatePoliceCommission as established by Article X, Section 43 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(3)(4) "Division" or "office" means the office of state police, Department of PagePublic 1Safety. of 6 Coding:

(4)(5) "Fund" means the Louisiana State Police Retirement System Fund.

(5)(6)"Minor Child" means a child of a member of this system who is under the age of eighteen years or who is a student who is under the age of twenty-three Page 1 of 6 Coding:

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(4)(5)(6)(7) "Fund""Pension meansplan"meansthedefined thebenefit Louisianaplan Statecreatedbythis PoliceChapter Retirementandadministeredbytheboardtoprovidemonthlybenefitsforretirees,beneficiaries, Systemand Fund.survivors.

(5)(6)(7)(8) "Minor"Student" Child" means a childperson ofin amembera ofhigh thisschool, systema whovocational-technical isschool, underor thea agecollege or university, in a sufficient number of eighteencourses yearsand orclasses whoin isan accreditedinstitution to be classified as a studentfull-time whoregular isstudent under the agecriteria ofused twenty-threeby years.the institution in which he is enrolled.

(6)(7) "Pension plan"means the defined benefit plan createdbythis Chapter andadministeredbytheboardtoprovidemonthlybenefitsforretirees,beneficiaries, and survivors.

(7)(8) "Student" means a person in a high school, a vocational-technical school, or a college or university, in a sufficient number of courses and classes in an accredited institution to be classified as a full-time regular student under the criteria used by the institution in which he is enrolled.

Exceptions * * * PageB.(1) 2* * * (2)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 6law Coding:to the contrary and specifically the provisions of R.S.

11:1310, the phrase "average salary" as used in this Subsection for the purpose of computing the regular retirement benefits of any member who entered the Deferred Retirement Option Plan based on less than Page 2 of 6 Coding:

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12 B.(1)ENROLLED *twenty-five *years *of (2)(a)service Notwithstandingshall mean the average salary including any otherpay provisionor ofsalaryprovided lawbythelegislaturein addition to that payor salarythat is set byeither the contraryCivil andService specificallyCommission or the provisionsState Police Civil Service Commission commission for any twelve-month period of R.S.service occurring while a member of this system, but limited to the first twenty-five years of state trooper service, regardless of whether such state trooper service occurred before, during, or after participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

11:1310, the phrase "average salary" as used in this Subsection for the purpose of computing the regular retirement benefits of any member who entered the Deferred Retirement Option Plan based on less than twenty-five years of service shall mean the average salary including any pay or salaryprovidedbythe legislature in addition to that payor salarythat is setbyeither the Civil Service Commission or the State Police Civil Service Commission commission for any twelve-month period of service occurring while a member of this system, but limited to the first twenty-five years of state trooper service, regardless of whether such state trooper service occurred before, during, or after participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

(b) Any supplemental regular retirement benefit which is payable based on servicewhichoccursafterthemember'sservicewhichoccursafterthe member's termination ofofparticipationin participationtheDeferred in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan shall be based on the greater of the average salary as determinedinSubparagraph(a)ofthisParagraphortheaveragesalaryincludingany pay or salary provided by the legislature in addition to that pay or salary that is set byeithertheCivilServiceCommissionortheStatePoliceCivilServiceCommission commission for any twelve-month period of service occurring while a member of this system, but limited to the years of service which are attributable to twenty-five or more years of state trooper service.

method of determining A.(1)WithrespecttopersonsemployedpriortoSeptember8,1978,theterm "average salary" as used in this Chapter for the purpose of determining pension payments and retirement is the average salaryincluding anyadditional payor salary Pageprovidedbythelegislatureoverand 3above that set bytheCivil ServiceCommission commission, received for the year ending on the last dayof the month immediately preceding the date of 6retirement Coding:or date of death or for any one-year period, whicheveristhegreatest.Forthepurposesofcomputation,"averagesalary"shallnot include overtime, expenses, or clothing allowances.

(2)(a) With respect to persons becoming employed on and after September Page 3 of 6 Coding:

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12 providedbytheENROLLED legislature8, over1978, and abovethatsetbytheCivilwhose ServiceCommissionfirst commission,employment receivedmaking them eligible for membership in one of the yearstate endingsystems occurred on theor lastbefore dayofDecember 31, 2010, the monthterm immediately"average precedingsalary"as theused datein ofthis Chapter for thepurposeofdeterminingpensionpayments and retirement is the average salary including any additional pay or datesalary provided by thelegislatureoverandabovethatsetbytheCivilServiceCommissioncommission, received for the thirty-six highest months of deathsuccessive employment, or for anythe one-yearhighest period,thirty-six whicheveristhegreatest.Forthepurposesofcomputation,"averagesalary"shallnotsuccessive includejoined overtime,months expenses,of oremployment clothingwhere allowances.interruption of service occurred, whichever is the greatest.

(2)(a) With respect to persons becoming employed on and after September 8, 1978, and whose first employment making them eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or before December 31, 2010, the term "average salary"asusedinthis Chapterforthe purpose of determiningpension payments and retirement is the average salary including any additional pay or salary provided by thelegislatureoverandabovethatsetbytheCivilServiceCommissioncommission, received for the thirty-six highest months of successive employment, or for the highest thirty-six successive joined months of employment where interruption of service occurred, whichever is the greatest.

conversion to membership service A member shall be allowed to accumulate without limitation all of the member's unusedannualleave.Whenamemberretires,ordieswhilestillunusedannualleave.Whena memberretires,ordieswhilestill amember of the fund and before retirement leaving a surviving spouse or dependent, or both, whoareentitledtobenefitsunderthisChapter,hisunusedaccumulatedannualleave which was earned under civil service the commission or administrative rules shall beaddedto his membershipservice,theadditiontomembershipservicetobeonthe basis of one work day for each eight hours of unused annual leave.

The member's unused annual leave shall not be usedusedto todetermineeligibilityfor determine eligibilityfor retirement, but shall becreditedtobe creditedto the memberonly after it is determined that the member is otherwise eligible for retirement.

conversion to membership service PageWhen 4a member retires, or dies while still a member and before retirement leaving a surviving spouse or dependent, or both, who are entitled to benefits under this Chapter, his unused accumulated sick leave which was earned under the civil service commission or administrative rules shall be added to his membership service, the addition to be on the basis of 6one Coding:work day for each eight hours of unused sick leave.

Fractional days of one-half day or more shall be counted as one daybut fractional days of less than one-halfdayshall be disregarded.

The member's Page 4 of 6 Coding:

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12 WhenENROLLED a member retires, or dies while still a member and before retirement leaving a surviving spouse or dependent, or both, who are entitled to benefits under this Chapter, his unused accumulated sick leave whichshall wasnot earnedbe underused theto civildetermine serviceeligibility commissionfor orretirement, administrativebut rules shall be addedcredited to histhe membershipmember service,only theafter additionit tois bedetermined onthat the basismember ofis oneotherwise workeligible day for eachretirement. eight hours of unused sick leave.

Fractional days of one-half day or more shall be counted as one daybut fractional days of less than one-half dayshall be disregarded.The member's unused accumulated sick leave shall not be used to determine eligibility for retirement, but shall be credited to the member only after it is determined that the member is otherwise eligible for retirement.

The earnings to be considered for the thirteenth through thetwenty-fourththe monthtwenty-fourthmonth shall not exceedonehundredfifteenpercentoftheexceedonehundredfifteenpercentof the earningsofthefirstthroughthetwelfthmonth.Theearningstobeconsideredforthe twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth month shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings of the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth month.

The earnings tobeconsideredforthethirty-sevenththroughtheforty-eighth monthmonthshall shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings of the twenty-fifth through thethirty-sixthmonth.Theearningsforthefinaltwelvemonthsshallnotexceedone Pagehundredfifteenpercentoftheearnings 5ofthethirty-sevenththroughtheforty-eighth month.Thelimitationsonthecomputationofaveragecompensationcontainedinthis Paragraph shall not apply to any twelve-month period during which compensation increasedbymorethanfifteenpercentovertheprevioustwelve-monthperiodsolely because of 6an Coding:increase in compensation bya uniform systemwide increase adopted bythe state Departmentof Civil Service commission and approvedbythe governor or because of a payadjustment enacted by the legislature.

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12 hundredfifteenpercentoftheearningsofthethirty-sevenththroughtheforty-eighthENROLLED month.ThelimitationsonthecomputationofaveragecompensationcontainedinthisSection Paragraph2. shall not apply to any twelve-month period during which compensation increasedbymorethanfifteenpercentovertheprevioustwelve-monthperiodsolely because of an increase in compensation bya uniform systemwide increase adopted bythe state Department of Civil Service commission and approvedbythe governor or because of a payadjustment enacted by the legislature.

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