AI-assisted research summary: This section defines “average salary” for pension and retirement calculations and requires members claiming extra service credit to provide proof approved by the superintendent.
§1310. Average salary; method of determining A.(1) With respect to persons employed prior to September 8, 1978, the term "average salary" as used in this Chapter for the purpose of determining pension payments and retirement is the average salary including any additional pay or salary provided by the legislature over and above that set by the Civil Service Commission, received for the year ending on the last day of the month immediately preceding the date of retirement or date of death or for any one-year period, whichever is the greatest. For the purposes of computation, "average salary" shall not include overtime, expenses, or clothing allowances. (2)(a) With respect to persons becoming employed on and after September 8, 1978, and whose first employment making them eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or before December 31, 2010, the term "average salary" as used in this Chapter for the purpose of determining pension payments and retirement is the average salary including any additional pay or salary provided by the legislature over and above that set by the Civil Service Commission, received for the thirty-six highest months of successive employment, or for the highest thirty-six successive joined months of employment where interruption of service occurred, whichever is the greatest. For the purposes of computation, "average salary" shall not include overtime, expenses, or clothing allowances. (b) The earnings to be considered for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth month shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the earnings of the first through the twelfth month. The earnings to be considered for the final twelve months shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the earnings of the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth month. Nothing in this Subparagraph, however, shall change the method of determining the amount of earned compensation received. B. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 769, §3. C. Every member of this police pension and retirement system who claims additional credit for services rendered under any of the provisions of this section, shall furnish proof of such service, in the form of a certificate satisfactory to the superintendent of the division. Amended by Acts 1951, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 32, §1; Acts 1952, No. 385, §1; Acts 1958, No. 19, §1; Acts 1960, No. 129, §1; Acts 1966, No. 94, §4; Acts 1970, No. 229, §1; Acts 1973, No. 137, §1; Acts 1975, No. 532, §2; Acts 1977, No. 475, §1, eff. July 13, 1977; Acts 1977, No. 751, §1, eff. July 25, 1977; Acts 1978, No. 532, §§4, 5; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1427 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2022, No. 247, §1, eff. June 30, 2022.