RS 11:924 Criteria for placement of contracts - Louisiana Statutes

§924.  Criteria for placement of contracts

The Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana shall select no more than three companies from which contracts will be purchased.  In setting the criteria for this selection, the board shall consider, among other things, the following:

(1)  The portability of the contracts offered or to be offered by the company, based on the number of states in which the designated company provides contracts under similar plans.

(2)  The efficacy of the contracts in the recruitment and retention of employees for the various state public institutions of higher education and for the Board of Regents, Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or their successors, and any other constitutionally established board which manages institutions of higher education.

(3)  The nature and extent of the rights and benefits to be provided by the contracts for participating employees and their beneficiaries.

(4)  The relation of the rights and benefits to the amount of the contributions to be made pursuant to the provisions of this Part.

(5)  The suitability of the rights and benefits to the needs and interests of participating employees and the various state public institutions of higher education and the Board of Regents, Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or their successors, and any other constitutionally established board which manages institutions of higher education.

(6)  The ability of the designated company or companies to provide the rights and benefits under such contracts.

Acts 1989, No. 90, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 17:774 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88, §1, eff. July 1, 1998.