§451.1. Self-direct Deferred Retirement Option Plan participants' subaccounts
A. Each participant who at his option continues employment after participation in the contribution portion of the Deferred Retirement Option Plan may have the balance of his subaccount as of the end of the contribution period transferred to a subaccount to be managed by a third-party provider selected in accordance with R.S. 11:451.2 in accordance with the agreement entered into by the system and the third-party provider. Each participant who terminates employment, as defined herein, after the contribution period may at his option participate in the self-directed plan under the same conditions.
B. Each participant in the self-directed portion of this plan agrees that the benefits payable to participants are not the obligations of the state of Louisiana or the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and that any returns and other rights of the plan are the sole liability and responsibility of the participant and the designated provider to which contributions have been made. Furthermore, each such participant, in accordance with this provision, shall expressly waive his rights set forth in Article X, Section 29(A) and (B) of the Louisiana Constitution as it relates to his subaccount in the self-directed portion of the plan.
C. By participating in the self-directed portion of the plan, the participant agrees that he and the provider shall be responsible for complying with all applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and if any violation of that code occurs as a result of the participant's participation in this portion of the plan, it will be the responsibility and liability of the participant and the provider and not the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System.
D. There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, or its agents or employees, for any action taken by the participants for choices the participants make in relationship to the funds they chose to place in their subaccount balance.
Acts 2003, No. 818, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 714, §1.
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