GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 1269
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/6/96

Short Title:  Comm. Coll. Employee Retirement.	(Public)

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May 21, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK FOR NINE OR MORE MONTHS PER CALENDAR YEAR ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 135-1(25) reads as rewritten:
"(25)	'Teacher' shall mean any teacher, assistant teacher, teacher's aide, librarian, principal, administrator, superintendent, or other full-time employee of a public school, city or county, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or any full-time employee of the Department of Public Instruction, and any  president, administrator, teacher, or other full-time employee in any educational institution supported by and under the control of the State.  The term 'teacher' shall not include any part-time, temporary, or substitute teacher or employee, and shall not include those participating in an optional retirement program provided for in G.S. 135-5.1; provided however, any 'teacher' who is employed in a permanent job position on a recurring basis and who works 30 or more hours per week for nine or more months per calendar year is covered by the provisions of this subdivision.  In all cases of doubt, the Board of Trustees shall determine whether any person is a teacher as defined in this subdivision."
Sec. 2.  Any employee of a community college in service on the effective date of this act may purchase service described by this act which was previously rendered at the same institution by paying an amount equal to six percent (6%) of the compensation earned during that service plus regular interest, and the employing community college shall pay the difference between the full actuarial cost and the employee's purchase cost.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.  Section 2 of this act shall expire on July 1, 1998.