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urn: urn:us-la:rs:11:1116
citation: "R.S. 11:1116"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 11 › Subtitle II › Chapter 2 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1962, number: 135, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1965, number: 79, section: 3, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1972, number: 643, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Membership compulsory for employees employed after August 1, 1962

All persons who become employees, as defined in R.S. 11:1002, on or after August 1, 1962, may become members of this system during the first ninety calendar days immediately following the date of employment, and shall become members on the ninety-first calendar day following the date of employment as a condition of their employment. All employees who were employed prior to August 1, 1962, shall be governed by and have the benefit of all existing applicable laws.