RS 11:1115 Election of membership; termination

§1115.  Election of membership; termination

A.  An employee whose membership in the retirement system is contingent upon his own election and who elects not to become a member may thereafter apply for and be admitted to membership, but no such employee shall receive prior service credit unless he became a member within sixty days after July 28, 1948.  

B.  The board of trustees may, at its discretion, deny the right to become a member to any employee who is only partly paid by a parish or city school board, or who is paid by any other agency or any local government, or who is occupying a position on a part-time or intermittent basis.  

C.  Any member who:

(1)  Is absent from service more than five consecutive years and has credit for fewer than twenty years of service.  

(2)  Withdraws his accumulated contributions.  

(3)  Withdraws from active service with a retirement allowance.  

(4)  Dies

shall thereupon cease to be a member.  

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 458, §1; Acts 1972, No. 643, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:895 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.