Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 1808.1. Application; definitions

(1) “Final compensation” shall mean the average monthly earnings during the highest sixty consecutive months, or joined months if service was interrupted. The earnings to be considered for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the first through the twelfth months. The earnings to be considered for the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth months. The earnings to be considered for the thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings for the twenty-fifth through the thirty-sixth months. The earnings to be considered for the final twelve months shall not exceed one hundred fifteen percent of the earnings of the thirty-seventh through the forty-eighth months.

(2) “Member” shall include persons who would be eligible for system membership pursuant to R.S. 11:1751 but whose first employment making them eligible for membership in this system occurred on or after January 1, 2013.