GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1160

Committee Substitute Favorable 5/7/09

Short Title:        Fire and Rescue Pension Fund Additions‑AB.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

April 8, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to ALLOW CERTAIN FIREFIGHTERS the opportunity to continue as members of the Firemen's and rescue squad workers' pension fund by making retroactive payments.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any member who was a firefighter employed by the Asheville Regional Airport Fire Department on April 1, 2005, and who has not received credit for periods of service with the Firemen's and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund since that time, may receive credit for that service upon making a lump sum payment of ten dollars ($10.00) for each month of service not credited and may continue as a member of the Pension Fund as long as the firefighter is continuously employed by the Asheville Regional Airport Fire Department.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.