§3564. City of Crowley; credit for military service

In addition to any other provisions of any other law and particularly R.S. 11:3521, any person who is a member of the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Crowley shall be entitled to service credit in such pension fund for active military service of the United States, for up to but not in excess of four years, under the following provisions:

(1) If the member of the fund leaves employment to enter the military service and returns in one year after release from active military service, he shall receive service credit for such military service, provided employee and employer contributions, based on the current contribution rate and salary at the time he left service, plus five percent compound interest per year, are paid to the system prior to retirement. The employer shall pay the employer contributions and interest thereon.

(2)(a) Any member who has at least two years of creditable service in the fund shall be entitled to up to four years of military service credit regardless of when served, provided application is filed with the fund, together with proof of the inclusive dates of military service performed. In order to obtain such credit, the member shall pay into the fund an amount equal to the employer and employee contributions which would have been paid for the period involved had the officer been a member of the fund. The contributions shall be based on the current employer and employee contribution rate and shall be based on the salary schedule provided for in this Paragraph corresponding with the year the service was rendered, plus five percent compound interest thereon from date of service until paid. The employer may pay the employee and/or the employer contributions and interest thereon. The amount to be paid shall be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as shall be agreed upon by the member or the governing authority of the city of Crowley, or both, and the board of trustees, provided that all of such payments shall be paid in full within four years after the date of any application for such service.

(b) For computation purposes, only full calendar months may be purchased, and contributions shall be based on the following salary schedule corresponding to the year in which the service was rendered or on the actual salary received if less than in the schedule provided herein.

Year

Salary

Year

Salary

1940

$ 848.00

1959

$3,800.00

1941

875.00

1960

3,800.00

1942

950.00

1961

3,800.00

1943

1,030.00

1962

3,800.00

1944

1,150.00

1963

3,800.00

1945

1,190.00

1964

4,400.00

1946

1,230.00

1965

4,400.00

1947

2,400.00

1966

4,400.00

1948

2,400.00

1967

4,800.00

1949

2,400.00

1968

5,200.00

1950

2,400.00

1969

5,600.00

1951

2,400.00

1970

6,000.00

1952

2,640.00

1971

6,000.00

1953

2,800.00

1972

6,200.00

1954

2,800.00

1973

6,400.00

1955

3,400.00

1974

6,600.00

1956

3,400.00

1975

6,800.00

1957

3,400.00

1958

3,800.00

(c) For military service rendered on or after January 1, 1976, the employer and employee contributions shall be based on the member's salary at the time the military service credit is applied for.

(3) No member shall receive more than four years of total military service credit under any provision of law unless a discharge was not obtainable within the four-year period, in which case he shall be eligible for up to but not to exceed five years of total military service credit. No member shall be entitled to purchase military service credit unless he has been honorably released from service.

(4) No credit for military service shall be given for service in any state national guard or in the reserve forces of the United States, or for which a member is drawing a benefit based on military service.

(5) There shall be no duplication of credit for military service, and no member shall be entitled to purchase or receive credit for military service pursuant to this Section, if he has previously received credit for such in any other public retirement system or pension fund, including any retirement plan for members of the armed forces of the United States.

(6) Military service shall not be used for purposes of acquiring eligibility for disability or survivors benefits, and shall only be used for purposes of acquiring eligibility for normal retirement benefits provided however, military service credit shall not be computed until after the completion of twenty full years of service; and provided further, such military service credit can not be used to meet minimum eligibility requirements of any regular retirement of less than twenty years.

(7) The board of trustees of the police pension and relief fund, as soon as practicable after September 11, 1981, shall notify the members of the city of Crowley police force of the privilege granted by this Section, together with necessary information for obtaining such credit.

(8) The credit herein authorized shall be only for purposes of the police pension and relief fund and shall not be used to compute time served with the department for purposes of compensation, promotion, longevity, or any other purpose.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 569, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 394, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2241.8 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.