§ 1:259. Membership.

A.

Membership of the pension plan shall consist of any person who was a member of the retirement system on March 31, 1997, and any person who becomes a member after that date. Such persons shall become members of the pension plan as a condition of their employment. Any person who simultaneously holds more than one (1) position of full-time employment with the employer shall be considered, for the purposes of pension plan participation, on both an employee and employer basis, as being employed in only one such position, at the irrevocable option of the member.

B.

Membership in the pension plan shall cease when the member terminates employment.

C.

Membership in the pension plan shall include, as of July 1, 1991, the positions of anti-drug task force coordinator, assistant to the anti-drug task force coordinator, research assistant to the anti-drug task force coordinator, clerk typist III for the anti-drug task force coordinator, program field coordinator of the street and road rehabilitation program, program manager for the street and road rehabilitation program, and recycling coordinator. Those positions were contractual positions before July 1, 1991, and individuals holding those positions shall not be entitled to have or to obtain any credit for any service for any time spent in those contractual positions prior to July 1, 1991.

D.

Membership in the pension plan shall include, as of December 14, 1988, the positions of three (3) assistant chief administrative officers; two (2) confidential secretary IIIs; and one (1) confidential secretary II, all within the office of the mayor-president of the city-parish.

E.

Membership in the pension plan shall not include the position of judicial administrator of the district court for the parish; provided, however, that any person holding this position as of March 31, 1997, shall be allowed to continue membership until his termination of employment.

F.

Membership in the pension plan shall not include assistant district attorneys employed by the office of the district attorney for the parish.

G.

Membership in the pension plan shall not include student interns who by agreement or contract perform services for any department of the city-parish.

H.

Membership in the pension plan shall not include any construction trade employees of the recreation and park commission for the parish during any period for which such employee is covered by a collective bargaining agreement that requires the employer to make contributions on his or her behalf to a multiemployer pension plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any amendment thereto.

(Ord. No. 10779, § 1, 12-11-96; Ord. No. 13772, § 1, 10-11-06; Ord. No. 15762, § 1, 9-10-14; Ord. No. 16039, § 1, 8-12-15)