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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any person who is a member of the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Houma who heretofore terminated or hereafter terminates his membership in that fund and withdrew or hereafter withdraws his contributions and thereafter again is employed by the Houma Police Department and thereafter again is or becomes a member of the fund, shall be eligible to obtain credit in the fund for previous service as an employee of the department. In order to obtain such credit, the member shall notify the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Houma of his intent to repurchase such credit within one year of reemployment, or within one year of the effective date of this Section for any members presently employed by the Houma Police Department. The member shall pay into the fund the amount of the contributions refunded to him, plus interest compounded from the date such refund was made until the date of full repayment at a minimum rate of five percent per annum or at such higher rate as is determined to be actuarially sound by the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Houma. The period in which the member shall be allowed to repay such amounts shall be determined by the Police Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Houma.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 3565. City of Houma; repurchase of service credit after reemployment - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-11-sect-3565/
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