NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 80

HOUSE BILL 183

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 143-166, RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT FUND, SO AS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR RETIREMENT AND TO REDEFINE ELIGIBLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143-166, Subsection (j), is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"(j)       All officers who have contributed to the Retirement Fund herein provided for, and who have at least 15 years of membership service in the Fund, shall be eligible for retirement benefits. The Board of Commissioners is authorized, in its discretion under the rules and regulations promulgated by it, to determine when an officer has completed at least 15 years of membership service and the age at which a member may be deemed eligible to apply for retirement benefits."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-166, Subsection (m), is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"(m)      'Law enforcement officers' in the meaning of this Article shall mean all officers employed by the State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof, who are clothed with the full power of arrest and whose primary duty is that of enforcing on public property the criminal laws of the State and/or serving civil processes."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of March, 1971.