PART II. MEMBERSHIP

§1601. Membership; condition of employment; exceptions

The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as follows:

(1) All persons who shall become employees as defined in R.S. 11:1581(10), after the date on which the retirement system is established, except those specifically excluded under Paragraph (3) of this Section, shall become members as a condition of their employment; however, in the case of assistant district attorneys, they must be paid an amount determined by the board but not less than eleven thousand one hundred dollars per year. Employees of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association who were employed prior to August 15, 1997, shall have from August 15, 1997, to January 15, 1998, to exercise the option to terminate their membership in this system. Employees of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association employed on or after August 15, 1997, shall have six months from the date of their employment to, at their option, become members of this system. An employee's election as to membership shall be irrevocable. Purchase of credit for prior service by any employee of the association shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 11:158.

(2) All persons who are employees as the term is defined in R.S. 11:1581(10) on the date as of which the retirement system is established, except those specifically excluded under Paragraph (3) of this Section shall become members as of this date unless within a period of ninety days next following, any such employee shall file with the board of trustees on a form prescribed by such board a notice of his election not to be covered in the membership of the system and a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise inure to him on account of his participation in the retirement system.

(3)(a) All persons who are employees as the term is defined in R.S. 11:1581(10) on the date as of which the retirement system is established, who are members of any fund or who are eligible for membership in any fund operated for the retirement of employees by the state of Louisiana, or by a city, parish, or other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana on August 1, 1956, shall cease to be members in such fund on that date and shall receive a refund of all amounts paid into such fund, together with any interest which may have accrued thereon, and shall become a member of the district attorneys' retirement system with full credit for all prior service.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 389, §3, eff. July 1, 2009.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §3(1) to (3). Amended by Acts 1976, No. 663, §1; Acts 1977, No. 592, §1; Acts 1979, No. 585, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1021 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 234, §1, eff. June 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1404, §1; Acts 2009, No. 389, §3, eff. July 1, 2009.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 389, §4, eff. July 1, 2009, relative to repeal of Subparagraph (3)(b).