---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:11:922
citation: "R.S. 11:922"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 11 › Subtitle II › Chapter 2 › Part VIII › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1989, number: 90, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1999, number: 1320, section: 1, effective_date: 1999-07-12, role: amendment }
---

# Purpose

The purpose of the optional retirement plan is to provide retirement and death benefits to the participants while affording the maximum portability of these benefits to the participants.