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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:11:1781",
  "title_number": "11",
  "section_number": "1781",
  "citation": "R.S. 11:1781",
  "heading": "Eligibility for normal retirement",
  "text": "Any member of Plan A shall be eligible to retire if he has at least:\n\n(1) Twenty-five years of creditable service, regardless of age.\n\n(2) Ten years of creditable service, and is at least age sixty.",
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      "number": "11",
      "name": "CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS"
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "STATEWIDE SYSTEMS"
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      "number": "4",
      "name": "MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA"
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "PLAN A. RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY; RETIREMENT COMPUTATION; SURVIVOR BENEFITS; CONTRIBUTIONS"
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      "act_year": 1999,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:7231 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 240, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.",
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