GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 532
SENATE BILL 992

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT SWORN AND CERTIFIED JAILERS AND TELECOMMUNICATORS EMPLOYED BY THE MECKLENBURG 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 Mecklenburg Sheriff's Department serving as a sworn and certified jailer or telecommunicator.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies only to persons who were employees of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department enrolled in the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System between July 1, 1994, and the date of ratification of this act.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of July, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives