Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 565. Credit for service with Legal Aid Bureau

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who is a participant in the retirement plan maintained for judges and officers of the court within the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible to receive nonjudicial credit for all service rendered as a full-time employee of either the Legal Aid Bureau of New Orleans, Louisiana, or the Capital Area Legal Services Corporation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In order to obtain this credit, the member shall make application therefor on or before January 1, 2003, and furnish to the board of trustees a detailed statement of all service for which credit is claimed in such form as the board may require. In addition, there shall be paid into the system an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:158. Such amount shall be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as shall be agreed upon between the member and the board of trustees.