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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:11:2162",
  "title_number": "11",
  "section_number": "2162",
  "citation": "R.S. 11:2162",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "All definitions provided in this Chapter are applicable to this excess benefit plan unless a different definition is provided in this Part or the context in which a term is used in this Part indicates a different meaning:\n\n(1) \"Excess benefit participant\" shall mean any member whose retirement benefit as determined on the basis of all qualified plans without regard to the limitations of R.S. 11:2151 and comparable provisions of other qualified plans of the employer would exceed the maximum benefit permitted under Section 415 of the Code.\n\n(2) \"Maximum benefit\" shall mean the retirement benefit a member is entitled to receive from the pension plan set forth in this Chapter in any month after giving effect to R.S. 11:2151 and any similar provisions of any other qualified plans designed to conform to Section 415 of the Code.\n\n(3) \"Unrestricted benefit\" shall mean the monthly retirement benefit a member, or the spouse, child, or dependent parent of a member, would have received under the terms of all qualified plans of the employer, except for the restrictions of R.S. 11:2151 and any similar provisions of any other qualified plans designed to conform to Section 415 of the Code.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "11",
      "name": "CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS"
    },
    {
      "level": "subtitle",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "STATE SYSTEMS"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "2",
      "name": "TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "IX",
      "name": "EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 11 › Subtitle II › Chapter 2 › Part IX",
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    {
      "act_year": 2004,
      "act_number": 259,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2004-07-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "July 1, 2004",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2004, No. 259, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.",
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