Art. 84.Action Involving Certain Retirement Systems and Employee Benefit Programs

Article 84 lists a wide range of Louisiana public retirement systems and benefit programs — including the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, the Office of Group Benefits, the State Police Pension and Relief Fund, the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, and similar systems for school employees, assessors, clerks of court, district attorneys, municipal and parochial employees, registrars of voters, sheriffs, municipal police, and firefighters. Any action involving one of these systems or programs is governed by this article rather than the general venue rule.

Venue for such an action lies in the parish of East Baton Rouge, home to Louisiana's state capital and many of these systems' administrative offices, or in the parish where the particular retirement system or employee benefit program is domiciled. Giving plaintiffs both options avoids forcing every claim involving a locally based system, such as one tied to a specific parish's sheriff or police department, into the state capital when the system's own home parish would serve just as well.