§1454. Disbursement of funds

A. The funds credited and dedicated as provided in R.S. 40:1453 shall be disbursed upon warrants drawn by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, which warrants shall have attached to them a detailed list of the names of the officers for whose benefit any particular warrant is drawn, together with the completed years of service of such officers and such other information as the State Comptroller or the State Treasurer may require. A list of the names of the drivers license examiners together with their classifications shall also be attached to the warrants.

B. The Director of the Department of Public Safety, on the basis of such warrants, shall prepare and sign individual checks representing the amount to be paid out of the special fund created by R.S. 40:1667.2 to each person in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part. Each such check shall show the legislative appropriation from which payment is made and shall note that it represents additional compensation paid by the state under the provisions of this Sub-part. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall deliver the checks to the individual person in whose favor drawn, by mail or by such other means as he shall determine.

C. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall include the additional compensation paid by the individuals in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part in the calculation and deduction from the pay of such individuals of sums required by state or federal laws to be withheld by an employer, such as federal income tax and social security tax or contribution to a state retirement system. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall be further charged with the responsibility for transmitting the sums so withheld in accordance with the law or laws requiring the withholding.

D. The additional compensation paid by the state to state police officers and drivers license examiners in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part shall be included in the calculation and computation of the total wages paid to a state police officer or drivers license examiner in the determination of employer contributions to any retirement system or pension fund of which the individual may be a member as well as in the determination of retirement eligibility and benefits which may accrue to the individual under any retirement system or pension fund, as well as in the determination of any other employee benefits, sick leave, or disability pay to which the individual might be entitled.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 50, §1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

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