Service retirement allowance

A. For service retirement commencing with the end of the 1974-1975 academic year, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance, inclusive of any tax-sheltered annuity purchased for the member under the provisions of R.S. 11:952.52(F), for each year of his credited service, computed as follows: (1) For service rendered prior to July 1, 1971, one and one-third percent of that part of his average regular compensation not in excess of seven thousand eight hundred dollars, plus two and one-half percent of that part of his average regular compensation in excess of seven thousand eight hundred dollars. (2) For service rendered on and after July 1, 1971, one and one-third percent of that part of his average regular compensation not in excess of the social security breakpoint average commencing July 1, 1971, through the year of retirement, or establishment of a vested deferred service allowance, plus two and one-half percent of that part of his average regular compensation in excess of such social security breakpoint, but the computation of the social security breakpoint average shall exclude any calendar year subsequent to July 1, 1971, in which the member was not employed during any part of such calendar year. B. The benefits provided by this Section, together with the primary worker's benefits he then is eligible to receive under the federal Social Security Act, shall not exceed one hundred percent of his average compensation, except that this provision shall not be applied to reduce the benefits available to any employee prior to September 12, 1975.