A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to extend the sunset for allowing retired teachers to return to work after six months without losing retirement benefits and to direct a study of the impact of allowing retired state employees to return to work.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Subsection (d) of Section 28.24 of S.L. 1998‑212, as rewritten by Section 28.10 of S.L. 2002‑126 and by Section 31.18A of S.L. 2004‑124, reads as rewritten:
"(d)	This section becomes effective January 1, 1999, and expires June 30,  2006."
SECTION 2.  The introductory language of Section 67 of S.L. 1998‑217, as rewritten by Section 28.10 of S.L. 2002‑126 and by Section 31.18A of S.L. 2004‑124, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 67.  Effective January 1, 1999, through June 30, 2006, G.S. 135‑3(8)c., as rewritten by Section 28.24(a) of S.L. 1998‑212 reads as rewritten:".
SECTION 3.  Subsection (b) of Section 67.1 of S.L. 1998‑217, as rewritten by Section 28.10 of S.L. 2002‑126 and by Section 31.18A of S.L. 2004‑124, reads as rewritten:
"(b)	This section becomes effective January 1, 1999, and expires June 30,  2006."
SECTION 4.  Subsection (c) of Section 32.25 of S.L. 2001‑424, as rewritten by Section 28.10 of S.L. 2002‑126 and by Section 31.18A of S.L. 2004‑124, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 32.25.(c)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2001, and expires June 30,  2006."
SECTION 5.  The Department of Public Instruction and the Office of State Personnel, in consultation with the Retirement Systems Division, shall study the impact of eliminating the postretirement earnings restriction for teachers and shall also evaluate the potential for eliminating that restriction for all State employees. The study shall provide separate evaluations for eliminating the restriction for all State employees, alternatively applying both a two‑month waiting period and a six‑month waiting period prior to reemployment. The Department of Public Instruction and the Office of State Personnel shall report their findings and any recommendations to the 2007 General Assembly.
SECTION 6.  This act becomes effective June 30, 2005.