GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 944

Short Title:  Barber Examiners Retirement.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Rand.

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Referred to:  Pensions & Retirement and Insurance.

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April 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 135-1(11) reads as rewritten:
"(11)	'Employer' shall mean the State of North Carolina, the county board of education, the city board of education, the State Board of Education, the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina, the board of trustees of other institutions and agencies supported and under the control of the State, the North Carolina Board of Barber Examiners established in Chapter 86A of the General Statutes, or any other agency of and within the State by which a teacher or other employee is paid."
Section 2.  G.S. 135-1.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 135-1.1.  Licensing and examining boards.
Any State board or agency charged with the duty of administering any law relating to the examination and licensing of persons to practice a profession, trade or occupation, other than the North Carolina Board of Barber Examiners established in Chapter 86A of the General Statutes, in its discretion, may elect on or before July 1, 1983, by an appropriate resolution of said board, to cause its employees so employed prior to July 1, 1983 to become members of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System. Such Retirement System coverage shall be conditioned on such board's paying all of the employer's contributions or matching funds from funds of the board and on such board's collecting from its employees the employees' contributions, at such rates as may be fixed by law and by the regulations of the Board of Trustees of the Retirement System, all of such funds to be paid to the Retirement System and placed in the appropriate funds. Retroactive coverage of the employees of any such board may also be effected to the extent that such board requests provided the board pays all of the employer's contributions or matching funds necessary for such purpose and provided said board collects from its employees all employees' contributions necessary for such purpose, computed at such rates and in such amount as the Board of Trustees of the Retirement System determines, all of such funds to be paid to the Retirement System, together with such interest as may be due, and placed in the appropriate funds."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1997.