§1612. Employees of Louisiana District Attorneys' Association; prior service credit

A. Any employee of the Louisiana District Attorneys' Association shall be eligible to receive prior service credit for all service rendered as such an employee prior to the date as of which such employees become eligible to be included in the membership of this system. In order to obtain such credit, any such employee, prior to the date of application for retirement, shall make application to the board of trustees for such credit and shall furnish a detailed statement of all service for which credit is claimed in such form as the board may require. In addition, each such employee shall pay into the system an amount equal to the employee and employer contributions which would have been made had the employee been a member during the period for which credit is claimed, plus five percent compound interest per annum thereon from date of service until paid.

B. The system shall accept as the member's payment of amounts payable by the member under this Section any assets held in an individual retirement account or annuity or a plan qualified under 26 U.S.C. 401(a) or under 26 U.S.C. 403(a), a governmental deferred compensation arrangement subject to 26 U.S.C. 457(g), or a tax sheltered annuity or other arrangement under 26 U.S.C. 403(b).

Added by Acts 1975, No. 745, §4; Redesignated from R.S. 16:1031.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2012, No. 523, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.