GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 766

Short Title:  Mecklenburg/Amend LEO Def'n.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives McMahan; Alexander, Black, Cunningham, Earle, Gulley, Kiser, Rayfield, Saunders, and C. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government II, if favorable, Pensions & Retirement.

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April 3, 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 IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
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, who is certified under the provisions of Chapter 17E of the General Statutes, and who is employed as a law enforcement officer in a position authorized by the local governing board of the employer."
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, who is certified under the provisions of Chapter 17E of the General Statutes, and who is employed as a law enforcement officer in a position authorized by the local governing board of the employer."
Section 3.  This act applies only to Mecklenburg County.
Section 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997, and applies to employees of Mecklenburg County enrolled in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System on or after that date.