RS 11:212 Louisiana state employees' retirement system
§212. Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System
A. A member who becomes disabled, and who is not eligible for regular retirement, and who files for disability benefits while in service, and who upon medical examination and certification, as provided for elsewhere in this Subpart, is found to be totally disabled for any cause, shall be entitled to disability benefits under the provisions of R.S. 11:461(B), provided the member has at least ten years of creditable service, and provided that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active state service. However, if the application for disability benefits is not filed while the member is in state service, it shall be presumed that the disability was not incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active state service; such presumption may be overcome only by clear, competent, and convincing evidence that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active state service.
B. Subject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose, a member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System who is a correction officer, probation or parole officer, or security officer of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and who, upon medical examination and certification as provided in this Subpart, is found to be either totally disabled or partially disabled or incapacitated solely as the result of injuries sustained in the official performance of official duties of a hazardous nature, shall be entitled to disability benefits under the provisions of R.S. 11:461(B) regardless of the number of years of service, provided the member has been a correction officer, probation or parole officer, or a security officer of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. If the application for disability or survivors' benefits is not filed while the member is in state service, it shall be presumed that the disability was not incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service. Such presumption may be overcome only by clear, competent, and convincing evidence that the disability was incurred while the member was an active contributing member in active service.
Redesignated from R.S. 42:702(M) by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 864, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 7, §6, providing that the Act shall not affect or change any law relative to retirement or retirement or survivor benefits of employees of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.