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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:11:1115",
  "title_number": "11",
  "section_number": "1115",
  "citation": "R.S. 11:1115",
  "heading": "Election of membership; termination",
  "text": "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.\n\nB. 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.\n\nC. A member ceases to be a member if he:\n\n(1) Is absent from service more than five consecutive years and has credit for fewer than twenty years of service.\n\n(2) Withdraws his accumulated contributions.\n\n(3) Withdraws from active service with a retirement allowance.\n\n(4) Dies.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "11",
      "name": "CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS"
    },
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      "level": "subtitle",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "STATE SYSTEMS"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "2",
      "name": "TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "MEMBERSHIP"
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      "act_year": 1956,
      "act_number": 458,
      "section": 1,
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      "act_year": 1972,
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      "act_year": 2013,
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      "effective_date": "2013-06-11",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "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; Acts 2013, No. 220, §3, eff. June 11, 2013.",
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