GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 290

Short Title:  Redefine "Employee”and "Employer".	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Block.
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Referred to:  Pensions and Retirement.
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March 27, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REDEFINE "EMPLOYEE”AND "EMPLOYER”IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 128-21(10) reads as rewritten:
"(10)	‘Employee' shall mean any person who is regularly employed in the service of and whose salary or compensation is paid by the employer as defined in subdivision (11) of this section, whether employed or appointed for stated terms or otherwise, except teachers in the public schools and except such employees who hold office by popular election as are not required to devote a major portion of their time to the duties of their office. In all cases of doubt the Board of Trustees shall decide who is an employee."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 128-21(11) reads as rewritten:
     	" (11)	‘Employer' shall mean any county, incorporated city or town, the board of alcoholic control of any county or incorporated city or town, the North Carolina League of Municipalities, and the State Association of County Commissioners. ‘Employer' shall also mean any separate, juristic political subdivision of the State as may be approved by the Board of Trustees upon the advice of the Attorney General."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.