GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 468

Short Title:        Authorize Insurance for Former Employees.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators McKissick;  Atwater, Bingham, Clary, Davis, Dorsett, Foriest, Forrester, Goodall, Graham, Hartsell, Jones, Kinnaird, Nesbitt, Purcell, Shaw, Snow, and Stevens.
Referred to:	Pensions & Retirement & Aging.

March 9, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize counties to provide health insurance benefits to former employees who are not receiving retirement benefits.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 153A‑93(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d)      A county which is providing health insurance under G.S. 153A‑92(d) may provide health insurance for all or any class of former officers and employees of the county who are receiving benefits under subsection (a) of this section.county. Such health insurance may be paid entirely by the county, partly by the county and former officer or employee, or entirely by the former officer or employee, at the option of the county."

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