Louisiana Constitutional Amendment No. 5 — Authorizes a state retirement system receiving nonrecurring state monies to apply those monies to any of its outstanding unfunded accrued liability (UAL) rather than its oldest UAL first
Ballot measure · November 3, 2026
- What it does
- Do you support an amendment to authorize a state retirement system to apply any nonrecurring state monies it receives to any of its unfunded accrued liability rather than requiring application to its oldest unfunded accrued liability? (Amends Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b)(iii))
- A YES vote means
- State retirement systems could apply one-time state money to any of their unfunded accrued liability, not only the oldest.
- A NO vote means
- State retirement systems would still have to apply such money to their oldest unfunded accrued liability first.
- Needed to pass
- A simple majority
- Put on the ballot by
- the Legislature
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