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urn: urn:us-la:rs:11:1602
citation: "R.S. 11:1602"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 11 › Subtitle II › Chapter 2 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1991, number: 74, section: 3, effective_date: 1991-06-25, role: amendment }
---

# Persons failing to elect coverage; admission to membership; election to become member

A person whose membership in this retirement system is contingent on his own election and who elects not to become a member, may thereafter but not subsequent to the attainment of age fifty-five apply for and be admitted to membership, but no such person shall receive prior service credit unless he becomes a member within the first year following the establishment of this retirement system.