NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1029

HOUSE BILL 433

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 51 AND 52 OF CHAPTER 1219 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1977, SECOND SESSION 1978 TO PROVIDE THE CONTINUATION OF THE STUDY OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS IN ADDITION TO SALARIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 51 of Chapter 1219 of the Session Laws of 1977, Second Session in 1978 is rewritten to read as follows:

"A special study commission is established to examine the situation of retirees returning to work in government jobs and drawing both retirement benefits and salaries (or consultant income). The membership of the commission shall be: three Senators appointed by the President of the Senate, three Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, the two legislative members of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the Director of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the State Treasurer, the State Auditor, and the Director of State Personnel (12 members). The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the legislative members of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, and the chairman of the commission shall be elected by the membership. Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for commission-related expenses under G.S. 138-6 and G.S. 120-3.1. The commission shall report to the 1980 adjourned session of the 1979 General Assembly. Within the limit of funds available in the appropriations in Section 52 of this act, the commission shall have the authority to employ part-time clerical staff and to contract for professional consultants from the Institute of Government of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or from other sources."

Sec. 2.  All monies remaining from the amount appropriated by Section 52 of Chapter 1219 of the Session laws of 1977, Second Session 1978 shall not revert but shall be available in the next fiscal year. This amount is to be administered by the Legislative Services Office for the reasonable expenses of the commission created by Section 51 of Chapter 1219 of the Session Laws of 1977, Second Session 1978.

Sec. 3.  In the event that the 1979 General Assembly should enact a Commission or Committee to make a formula comparison study between the several retirement plans in the State court system and the other State retirement systems, one contributing member each from the Uniform Judicial, Solicitorial and Superior Court Clerk Retirement Systems to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall sit as voting members of the commission or committee.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.