GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 543

Short Title:  Catawba/Deputies' Retirement.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senator Allran. (by request).

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Referred to:  Pensions and Retirement/Insurance/State Personnel

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April 3, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT JAILERS AND COMMUNICATORS EMPLOYED BY THE CATAWBA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS AFFORDED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THROUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 128-21(11b) reads as rewritten:
"(11b)	'Law Enforcement Officer' means a full-time paid employee of an employer who is actively serving in a position with assigned primary duties and responsibilities for prevention and detection of crime or for the general enforcement of the criminal laws of the State or for serving civil processes, including an employee serving as a jailer or communicator, and who possesses the power of arrest by virtue of an oath administered under the authority of the State."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-166.50(a)(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	'Law-enforcement officer' means a full-time paid employee of an employer, who is actively serving in a position with assigned primary duties and responsibilities for prevention and detection of crime or the general enforcement of the criminal laws of the State or serving civil processes, including an employee serving as a jailer or communicator, and who possesses the power of arrest by virtue of an oath administered under the authority of the State."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies only as to persons who are employees of the Catawba County Sheriff's Department enrolled in the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System on that date.