PART III. CREDITABLE SERVICE

§1611. Prior service credit; determination

A. Any person who becomes a member of the system within the first two years of its operation and who was employed by the state of Louisiana, or a parish of the state or a municipality of any parish of the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision or corporation of the state of Louisiana, including corporations operated jointly by the state and the federal government at any time preceding the establishment of the system, or who was employed by the federal government in a legislative, judicial, quasi-judicial, or law enforcement capacity; shall be entitled to prior service credit for all state, city, parish or federal service rendered prior to August 1, 1956, provided that within the first year of his membership he file a detailed statement of all service rendered by him as an employee prior to the date of the establishment of the system for which he claims credit. The two year provision for membership contained herein, shall not apply to those persons who elected not to become a member and who thereafter applied for membership, but they shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 11:1602.

B. If, through error in law or fact by the board of trustees, any prior service to which a member is entitled shall not have been included in his prior service certificate, but which prior service shall have been claimed and included in the detailed statement of prior service filed by the member, this service shall be included in this prior service certificate at any time upon application therefor by the member.

C. In the computation of membership service or prior service under the provisions of this Chapter, a member shall receive pro rata service credit for any fractional years of credit, provided that no person shall receive less than the benefit accrued as of August 15, 1993.

D. In the computation of any retirement allowance or any annuity or benefit, any fractional period of service of less than one year shall be taken into account and a proportionate amount of such retirement allowance, annuity or benefit, shall be granted for any such fractional period of service.

E. No credit for membership service shall be allowed for any period of absence without compensation, nor shall more than one year of service be credited for all service rendered in any one fiscal year.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 56, §4(1), (2). Amended by Acts 1958, No. 158, §1; Acts 1979, No. 585, §3; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1031 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 234, §1, eff. June 1, 1993.