GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 992

Short Title:  Amend LEO Retirement Definition.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand, Perdue, Plyler, and Hobbs.

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Referred to:  Pensions and Retirement/Insurance/State Personnel

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May 4, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE NORTH CAROLINA LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF NORTH CAROLINA.
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 possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement officer oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by G.S. 11-11, and who is certified under the provisions of Chapter 17C or Chapter 17E of the General Statutes. 'Law enforcement officer' also means the sheriff of a county, the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, the Director of the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation.  'Law enforcement officer' shall also mean all members of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina reported by their employers as law enforcement officers on July 1, 1995."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 135-1(11b) reads as rewritten:
"(11b)	'Law-Enforcement Officer' means a full-time paid employee of an employer who possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement officer oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by G.S. 11-11, and who is certified under the provisions of Chapter 17C or Chapter 17E of the General Statutes. 'Law enforcement officer' also means the sheriff of a county, the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, the Director of the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation.  'Law enforcement officer' shall also mean all members of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina reported by their employers as law enforcement officers on July 1, 1995."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 143-166.30(a)(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	'Law-enforcement officer' means a full-time paid employee of an employer who possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement officer oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by G.S. 11-11, and who is certified under the provisions of Chapter 17C or Chapter 17E of the General Statutes.  'Law enforcement officer' also means the sheriff of a county, the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, the Director of the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation.  'Law enforcement officer' shall also mean all members of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina reported by their employers as law enforcement officers on July 1, 1995."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 143-166.50(a)(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	'Law-enforcement officer' means a full-time paid employee of an employer, who possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement officer oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by G.S. 11-11, and who is certified under the provisions of Chapter 17C or Chapter 17E of the General Statutes. 'Law enforcement officer' also means the sheriff of a county, the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, the Director of the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation.  'Law enforcement officer' shall also mean all members of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina reported by their employers as law enforcement officers on July 1, 1995."
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to all persons enrolled in the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina on or after that date.