Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 3869. Retirement allowance fund

A. The governing body of the municipality shall anticipate and provide in the annual budget a sufficient appropriation to the retirement fund herein established, a sum sufficient to meet the obligations herein established.

B. When a formal application for retirement benefits is filed by an eligible person, the treasurer of the municipality affected is hereby directed to compute the amount of retirement allowance to be paid and thereafter draw proper warrant for the same.

C. In the event of death of a retired elective official, the unpaid amount of his retirement allowance in the retirement allowance fund shall be used to reduce subsequent withdrawals from the general fund of the city after a sufficient amount has been reserved for the payments due the surviving spouse to the end of that fiscal year.

D. In the event of death of the surviving spouse, the amount unpaid in that fiscal year shall be used to reduce future withdrawals, as set forth in Subsection B of this Section.