A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System to include the north Carolina Sheriffs' association as an employer.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association is an instrumentality of the State because it is controlled by the constitutionally elected Sheriffs of the State; acts on a collective basis to support the Sheriffs in their constitutionally mandated duties; provides coordination between State government officials and agencies; serves as a central information clearinghouse for Sheriffs' offices; provides input on minimum standards for the operation of local confinement facilities; and is required by statute to appoint members to boards and commissions, including the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission.
SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 128‑21 reads as rewritten:
"§ 128‑21.  Definitions.
The following words and phrases as used in this Article, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
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(11)	"Employer" shall mean any county, incorporated city or town, the board of alcoholic control of any county or incorporated city or town, the North Carolina League of Municipalities, the State Association of County Commissioners, and the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association. "Employer" shall also mean any separate, juristic political subdivision of the State as may be approved by the Board of Trustees upon the advice of the Attorney General.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.