RS 3715 - Management of fund; salary deductions; action of board to be final; meetings
A. The board shall have charge of the fund. The board shall assess each member of the police department an amount not to exceed nine percent of his salary excluding overtime pay but including state supplemental pay which shall be deducted monthly. This assessment is to be deposited by the treasurer of the fund in a depository chosen by the board and subject to the orders of the board. The city of Shreveport shall, in addition to those funds deposited pursuant to R.S. 11:3712, appropriate and pay over into said fund annually a sum in the identical amount as that total sum paid over into the fund from the payroll deductions of all employees of the police department as described in this Subsection.
B. The board shall make regulations for its government and hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions under this Subpart. Its decision on applications shall be final and conclusive and not be subject to review or reversal except by the board. The board shall, within thirty days after an application is made by a member, pass upon said application and notify the member. If no notice is received within thirty days from date of filing of said application, the application shall be considered automatically approved. The board shall keep a record of all its meetings and proceedings. The board shall meet at least once annually and when called by the president or secretary.
Acts 1968, No. 641, §2. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 497, §1; Acts 1988, No. 417, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2355 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.