A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to Revise the membership of the board of trustees of the local governmental employees' retirement system.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 128‑28(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Members of Board. – The Board shall consist of (i) seven members of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement  System appointed under G.S. 135‑6(b): the State Treasurer; the Superintendent of Public Instruction; the two members appointed by the General Assembly; and the three members appointed by the Governor who are not members of the teaching profession or State employees; and  (ii) seven members designated by the Governor:
(1)	One  member shall be a  mayor or a member of the governing  body of a city or town participating in the Retirement  System;
(2)	One member shall be a county commissioner  of a county participating in the Retirement  System;
(3)	One member shall be a law‑enforcement officer employed by an employer participating in the Retirement System;
(4)	One member shall be a county manager of a county participating in the Retirement System;
(5)	One member shall be a city or town manager of a city or town participating in the Retirement System;
(6)	One member shall be an active local governmental employee of an employer; and
(7)	One member shall be a retired local governmental employee of an employer.
The Governor shall designate  seven members on April 1 of years in which an election is held for the office of Governor, or as soon thereafter as possible, and the  seven members designated by the Governor shall serve on the Board in addition to the regular duties of their city, town, or county office: Provided, that if for any reason any  member appointed pursuant to subdivisions (1) through (6) of this subsection vacates the city, town, or county office or employment which  the member held at the time of this designation, the Governor shall designate  another member to serve until the next regular date for the designation of  members to serve on the Board."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law, and the additional members shall be designated by the Governor to serve until April 1, 2008, when their successors shall be designated.