§107.2. Employer contributions; maintaining rates; reducing rate decreases; Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System
A. The provisions of this Section apply to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System, hereinafter referred to in this Section as "system".
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 11:103 and 104, in any fiscal year during which the recommended net direct employer contribution rate would otherwise be decreased for the system, the board of trustees is hereby authorized to either:
(1) Maintain the previous fiscal year's net direct employer contribution rate at the time that the decrease would otherwise occur according to R.S. 11:103.
(2) Set the employer contribution rate at any point between the previous year's net direct employer contribution rate and the recommended net direct employer contribution rate that would otherwise occur pursuant to R.S. 11:103.
C. Any excess funds resulting from the board's exercise of its authority pursuant to Subsection B of this Section shall be combined with any contribution surplus, or offset by any contribution shortfall, and the resulting balance, if greater than zero, shall be applied, until exhausted, exclusively for and in the order of the following purposes:
(1) To reduce the outstanding balance of any unfunded accrued liability existing as of the end of Fiscal Year 1988-1989, if any; however, the future payments for such unfunded accrued liability shall continue to be made according to the original amortization schedule established in compliance with the requirements of Article X, Section 29(E)(3) of the Constitution of Louisiana until the outstanding balance is fully liquidated.
(2) To reduce the outstanding amortization charge base or bases with the greatest number of outstanding payments; however, the future payments on the base or bases shall continue to be made according to the original amortization schedule until the outstanding balance is fully liquidated.
D. The board's exercise of its authority pursuant to Subsection B of this Section shall not cause the employer contribution rate to exceed fifteen percent in any fiscal year.
Acts 2011, No. 238, §1, eff. June 30, 2011; Acts 2016, No. 208, §1, eff. July 1, 2016.
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