§1925. Creditable service; service certificate; adjusted service date; repayment of withdrawn contributions; purchase of prior service credit

A. Benefits and allowances as provided by this Chapter shall be based on total creditable service as prescribed below:

(1) Membership service: Service rendered by an employee after the agreement date for which contributions have been made and not withdrawn.

(2) Prior service: Service rendered by an employee prior to the agreement date, which has been credited under the terms of the agreement.

B. Immediately after the revision date, the board shall issue a service certificate to each member who has received credit for any service other than membership service. Such certificate shall include an adjusted service date which shall be the service date adjusted by the period of time for which credit has been approved. Service certificates shall be presented, thereafter, for any service date adjustments as a result of acquired credits or interruptions of service under rules prescribed by the board.

C. A member who had withdrawn his contributions shall be entitled to credit for all previously credited service after at least six months of current membership service, upon repayment of withdrawn contributions for such service plus interest at the board adopted valuation interest rate, compounded annually, from date of withdrawal of such contributions.

D. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section, any member who after having been a member of this system withdraws or withdrew from membership and thereafter returns to membership in a plan other than the plan in which he was previously a member, shall receive credit for such service only after payment of an amount to be determined by an actuarial study, based on the increased or decreased benefits of the new plan.

E. A member of this system who has consecutive uninterrupted service in Plan A and Plan B or Plan A and Plan C shall comply with the eligibility and benefit computation provisions provided for in R.S. 11:142.

F. On and after January 1, 1990, a member of Plan A who repays withdrawn contributions based on service rendered in the Regular Plan shall comply with the eligibility and benefit computation provisions provided for in R.S. 11:142.

G. Any member who otherwise may purchase creditable service or repays refunded contributions to establish creditable service in the system pursuant to any provision of Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, including but not limited to R.S. 11:143(D)(1), R.S. 11:144, R.S. 11:153, R.S. 11:1925, or R.S. 11:1939, may purchase or make a repayment for such creditable service through a direct transfer from a member's account balance in an Internal Revenue Code Section 403(b) Annuity or Internal Revenue Code Section 457 Plan. The system will accept such direct transfers as payment for creditable service purchased, or as repayment of refunded contributions to establish creditable service.

Acts 1979, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 224, §1; Acts 1989, No. 557, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:6124 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 749, §1, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 867, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 902, §2; Acts 1999, No. 28, §1, eff. May 21, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 631, §1, eff. July 5, 2004.