NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1038

SENATE BILL 862

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 17 OF CHAPTER 106 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE AGGREGATE STATE SERVICE CREDIT FOR AGRICULTURE, POULTRY, FRUIT, VEGETABLE, AND GRAIN GRADERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 17 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section, to be numbered G.S. 106-190.1, and to read as follows:

"§ 106-190.1.  Aggregate State service credit for graders. All fruit, vegetable, grain, poultry, egg and egg products graders employed by the board in positions in fact permanent and full time, but who were inadvertently or incorrectly classified as temporary until January 1, 1974, shall be given aggregate State service credit for the period of employment before January 1, 1974. This credit shall be given only to persons employed on a full-time, year‑round basis during which time they were classified as temporary. Credit shall be given for purposes of determining the amount of leave earned by the employee, eligibility for and amount of longevity pay, and any other determinations for which the length of State service is relevant. Employees given retroactive aggregate State service credit under this section shall receive retroactive longevity pay, to the extent for which they would have been eligible for longevity pay if they had been correctly classified from the date of their initial employment, for all service beginning January 1, 1974, until the effective date of this section, with any longevity pay actually paid to be subtracted therefrom."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective August 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.