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urn: urn:us-la:rs:11:1115
citation: "R.S. 11:1115"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 11 › Subtitle II › Chapter 2 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1956, number: 458, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1972, number: 643, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2013, number: 220, section: 3, effective_date: 2013-06-11, role: amendment }
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# 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. A member ceases to be a member if he:

(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.