AN ACT to allow the statutory duties of the house committee on pensions and retirement to be carried out by the house committee on state personnel.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 14A of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 120‑111.5.  House Standing Committee on State Personnel.
If the House of Representatives does not have a Committee on Pensions and Retirement but does have a Committee on State Personnel, then any reference to the "Committee on Pensions and Retirement" in the remainder of this Article shall, as to the House of Representatives, be construed as a reference to the "Committee on State Personnel."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of March, 2011.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 2:13 p.m. this 25th day of March, 2011