GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 556

Corrected Copy 4/4/11

Committee Substitute Favorable 6/1/11
Fourth Edition Engrossed 6/3/11

Short Title:        Volunteer Service in Retirement.	(Public)
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March 31, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the definition of retirement To clarify that service as A volunteer guardian ad litem in the guardian ad litem program or as a volunteer for a state historical and cultural organization is not considered service for the purpose of that definition.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 135-1(20) reads as rewritten:

"(20)    "Retirement" means the termination of employment and the complete separation from active service with no intent or agreement, express or implied, to return to service. A retirement allowance under the provisions of this Chapter may only be granted upon retirement of a member. In order for a member's retirement to become effective in any month, the member must render no service, including part-time, temporary, substitute, or contractor service, at any time during the six months immediately following the effective date of retirement. For purposes of this subdivision, service as a member of a school board board, or as an unpaid bona fide volunteer in a local school administrative unit unit, as an unpaid bona fide volunteer Guardian ad Litem in the Guardian ad Litem Program, or as an unpaid bona fide volunteer for a State historical and cultural organization shall not be considered service. For purposes of this subdivision, an unpaid bona fide volunteer for a State historical and cultural organization is prohibited from volunteering for a position in which the individual was previously employed."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.