A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE mitchell county to enroll its employees or retirees in the teachers' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' COMPREHENSIVE MAJOR MEDICAL PLAN; and to establish a two‑year moratorium on participation in the plan of local governments not participating or authorized to participate as of a certain date.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 31.26(j) of S.L. 2004‑124, as amended by Section 29.32 of S.L. 2005‑276, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 31.26.(j)  This section applies to:
(1)	Bladen, Cherokee, Rutherford, Washington, Mitchell, and Wilkes Counties only, and
(2)	The Town of Forest City only."
SECTION 2.  A local government that is not participating in or not authorized by an act of the General Assembly or by the Plan to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan (Plan) as an employing unit effective on or before July 1, 2007, may not participate as an employing unit in the Plan, nor otherwise enroll its employees in the Plan prior to July 1, 2009.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.  Section 2 of this act expires July 1, 2009.