GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1111

Short Title:  Amend LEO Retirement Def'n.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives McMahan; Berry, Black, Buchanan, Creech, Culp, Cunningham, Dockham, Earle, Easterling, Gulley, Kiser, McCombs, Mitchell, Rayfield, Saunders, Sexton, Starnes, and Tallent.

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Referred to:  Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 128-21(11b) reads as rewritten:
"(11b)	'Law Enforcement Officer' means a full-time paid employee of an employer, who possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by G.S. 11-11, and who is certified as a law enforcement officer  under the provisions of Chapter 17C of the General Statutes or certified as a deputy sheriff under the provisions of Chapter 17E of the General Statutes.  'Law enforcement officer' also means the sheriff of the county.  The number of paid personnel employed as law enforcement officers by a law enforcement agency may not exceed the number of law enforcement positions approved by the applicable local governing board."
Section 2.  G.S. 143-166.50(a)(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	'Law-enforcement officer' means a full-time paid employee of an employer, who possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by G.S. 11-11, and who is certified as a law enforcement officer  under the provisions of Chapter 17C of the General Statutes or certified as a deputy sheriff under the provisions of Chapter 17E of the General Statutes.  'Law enforcement officer' also means the sheriff of the county.  The number of paid personnel employed as law enforcement officers by a law enforcement agency may not exceed the number of law enforcement positions approved by the applicable local governing board."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997, and applies to all persons enrolled in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System on or after that date.