Legal Opinion
Opinion Number
Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided November 16, 1993Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Senator Thompson:
Your recent letter requests the opinion of this office as to the "legal status" of the various state and statewide retirement systems. In particular, you ask this office to examine whether the systems "are state agencies, or some type of private corporation".
Both the state and statewide retirement systems are provided for constitutionally at La. Const. (1974) Art. X, Sec. 29. This provision requires the legislature to "provide for retirement of teachers and other employees of the public educational system", and to "enact laws providing for retirement of officials and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Buras v. Board of Trustees of Police PensionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Louisiana State Employees'retirement System v. State, Etc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- Henning v. CarrierLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Werner v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF NEW ORLEANS POLICE, ETC.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- Darbonne v. Louisiana State Police Retirement BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981