§3145. Military service credit

A.(1) Time served in the military service of the United States to fulfill military obligation shall be credited as "time served" for retirement benefits. Any voluntary reenlistment time shall not be credited and upon such reenlistment all rights hereunder shall be forfeited. Obligatory time served in military service must interrupt the member's employment with the fire department in order to be credited.

(2) A member serving in the Armed Forces of the United States Government, must apply for reemployment with said fire department within 90 days after his release from military service for said service time to be so applied.

B. Time lost on account of sickness and fire department "service injury" shall constitute "service" in the fire department.

C. "Service" in said fire department, as used in this Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund, shall also include any activity while on or off duty with a view toward saving life or property, excluding injury or disease from other gainful employment.

D. That period of time during which a fireman has a disability by reason of service and is drawing disability benefits pursuant to R.S. 11:3143(1) shall be credited to the member with a disability as "time served" for purposes of retirement on years of service.

E. Time served prior to the enactment of this Part in the active service of said fire department shall be considered as "service" in the said fire department and shall be credited to all active members on July 26, 1972. However, certain active members of the Bastrop Fire Department have heretofore withdrawn certain salary deductions from an existing retirement plan with the City of Bastrop. In order to be eligible for any benefits under this Part, such members must immediately begin a plan of refund of such amounts acceptable to the Board of Trustees, into this Fund and the entire amount of such withdrawals must be recovered within six months of July 26, 1972. No benefits will be paid hereunder until the entire amount withdrawn shall have been replaced.

Designated from Acts 1972, No. 23, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).