GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 500

HOUSE BILL 237

AN ACT TO ALLOW A RESCUE SQUAD WORKER ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FIREMEN'S AND RESCUE SQUAD WORKER'S PENSION FUND TO PURCHASE AS MANY AS TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY MONTHS OF PRIOR SERVICE, ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1983.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 118-41 is amended by rewriting the fourth sentence of the first paragraph to read:  "A rescue squad worker who, on the date of the establishment of the fund, has service as a rescue squad worker certified by the Department of State Auditor, may make a lump sum payment of five dollars ($5.00) per month for each month of service as an eligible rescue squad worker as defined by G.S. 118-39, on or before December 31, 1983, for as many as 240 months together with interest at an annual rate of six percent (6%)."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 118-42 is amended by rewriting the second sentence of the second paragraph, to read as follows:  "No 'eligible rescue squad member' shall receive a pension prior to July 1, 1983."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1983.