GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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SENATE BILL 543
Pensions and Retirement/Insurance/State Personnel Committee Substitute Adopted 5/10/95

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

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April 3, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT SWORN AND CERTIFIED JAILERS AND TELECOMMUNICATORS 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.  For the purposes of benefits afforded on account of membership in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, a "law enforcement officer" as defined in G.S. 128-21(11b) and a "law-enforcement officer" as defined in G.S. 143-166.50(a)(3) shall include an employee of the Catawba Sheriff's Department serving as a sworn and certified jailer or telecommunicator.
Sec. 2.  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.