North Carolina General Statutes 135-28. Transfer of members to employment covered by the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 135-28
- Accumulated contributions: shall mean the sum of all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member and accredited to his individual account in the annuity savings fund, together with regular interest thereon as provided in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Creditable service: shall mean the total of "prior service" plus "membership service" plus service, both noncontributory and purchased, for which credit is allowable as provided in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Employee: shall mean all full-time employees, agents or officers of the State of North Carolina or any of its departments, bureaus and institutions other than educational, whether such employees are elected, appointed or employed: Provided that the term "employee" shall not include any person who is a member of the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, any member of the General Assembly or any part-time or temporary employee. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Employer: shall mean the State of North Carolina, the county board of education, the city board of education, the State Board of Education, the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina, the board of trustees of other institutions and agencies supported and under the control of the State, or any other agency of and within the State by which a teacher or other employee is paid. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Member: shall mean any teacher or State employee included in the membership of the System as provided in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Membership service: shall mean service as a teacher or State employee rendered while a member of the Retirement System or membership service in a North Carolina Retirement System that has been transferred into this system. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Prior service: shall mean service rendered prior to the date of establishment of the Retirement System for which credit is allowable under N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Retirement System: shall mean the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina as defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Service: shall mean service as a teacher or State employee as described in subdivision (10) or (25) of this section. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Teacher: shall mean (i) any teacher, helping teacher, teacher in a job-sharing position under N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
(a) Any member whose services as a teacher or State employee are terminated for any reason other than retirement or death, who, while his account remains active, becomes employed by an employer participating in the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System or an employer which brings its employees into participation in said System while his account is active, may elect to leave his total accumulated contributions in the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System during the period he is in the employment of such employer, or his account remains active in the local system. This subsection shall be effective retroactively as well as prospectively.
(b) Any such member shall retain all the rights, credits and benefits obtaining to him under this Retirement System at the time of such transfer while he is a member of the local system and does not withdraw his contributions hereunder and in addition, he shall be granted membership service credits under this Retirement System on account of the period of his membership in the local system for the purpose of increasing his years of creditable service hereunder in order to meet any service requirements of any retirement benefit under this Retirement System and, if he is a member in service under the local system, he shall be deemed to be a member in service under this Retirement System if so required by such benefit: Provided, however, that in lieu of transfer of funds from one retirement system to another, such member who is eligible for retirement benefits shall file application therefor with each retirement system to the end that each retirement system shall pay appropriate benefits without transfer of funds between the systems.
(c) Any member who became or becomes employed by an employer of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System as provided in (a) above shall be entitled to waive the provisions of (b) above and to transfer to the local system his credits for membership and prior service in this System provided such member shall request this System to transfer his accumulated contributions, interest and service credits to the local system. If such request is made, in addition to the member’s accumulated contributions, interest and service credits, there shall be transferred to the local system the amount of reserve held in this System as a result of previous employer contributions on behalf of the transferring employee. (1953, c. 1050, s. 2; 1961, c. 516, s. 6; 1965, c. 780, s. 1; 1971, c. 117, ss. 16, 18; 1973, c. 241, s. 12.)