Section 11:885 - Collection of employers' contributions; procedureThe collection of employers' contributions on the earnable compensation of members shall be made as follows:
(1) The board of trustees shall certify to the State Department of Education, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or its successors, the state treasurer, and all employers the contribution rate to be paid as employers' contributions.(2) Immediately upon approval by the State Board of Education, or its successor, of the minimum foundation program distribution of the current fiscal year, the State Department of Education shall certify to the state treasurer the monthly amount due by each parish and city school board and each vocational-technical school and special school under its jurisdiction as the employer contribution at the rate determined and certified in Paragraph (1) of this Section to the retirement system based on the total earnable compensation from state funds of each member of the system in the employ of the school board, vocational-technical school or special school. The treasurer shall deduct from the state funds due each such employer monthly the employer contribution of each such employer and shall remit this amount directly to the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees within five working days after the first day of each month.(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section, the employer contribution rate for local school boards shall be the same as the employer contribution rate fixed and paid by the state.(4) At the beginning of each school year, not later than September first of each year, the State Board of Education, or its successors, and the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall certify to the state treasurer the monthly amount due by each college or university under its jurisdiction as the employer contribution at the rate determined and certified in Paragraph (1) of this Section to the retirement system based on the total earnable compensation from state funds of each member of the system in the employ of the college or university. The state treasurer shall deduct from the state funds due each college or university monthly the employer contribution for each college or university and shall remit this amount directly to the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees within five working days of the first of each month.(5) The treasurer of each employer, other than the employers enumerated in Paragraphs (2) and (3) hereof, shall transmit on or before the tenth day of each month to the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees employers contributions on the earnable compensation of members for the preceding month at the rate determined and certified above.(6) Each employer shall submit to the board of trustees at the close of each fiscal year, a check list of all members in its employ during that fiscal year showing each member's earnable compensation for that year. Adjustments shall be made at this time for under or over remittance of employers contributions, if any. Such adjustments shall take into consideration the amount of taxes received from the sheriff and ex officio tax collector of the particular parish under the provisions of R.S. 11:875(4).(7) All employers must pay the entire amount of the required employer contribution.La. Consolidated Public Retirement § 11:885
Amended by Acts 1959, No. 54, §7; Acts 1962, No. 186, §1; Acts 1965, No. 6, §1; Acts 1970, No. 28, §6; Acts 1972, No. 112, §1; Acts 1974, No. 411, §1; Acts 1987, No. 724, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:703 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 592, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.Amended by Acts 1959, No. 54, §7; Acts 1962, No. 186, §1; Acts 1965, No. 6, §1; Acts 1970, No. 28, §6; Acts 1972, No. 112, §1; Acts 1974, No. 411, §1; Acts 1987, No. 724, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:703 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. 6/25/1991; Acts 1995, No. 592, §1, eff. 7/1/1995.SEE ACTS 1987, No. 724, §2 - SPECIAL EFFECTIVENESS.