North Carolina General Statutes 135-92. Membership
(a) The membership eligibility of the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan shall consist of any of the following individuals who voluntarily elect to enroll in the Plan:
(1) Members of the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 135-92
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- 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
- 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
- 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
(2) Members of the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System.
(3) Members of the Legislative Retirement System.
(4) Members of the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System.
(5) Law enforcement officers as defined under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-166.30 and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-166.50
(6) Participants in the Optional Retirement Program provided for under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-5.1
(7) Members of retirement and pension plans sponsored by political subdivisions of the State so long as such plans are qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.
(8) Individuals required under the Internal Revenue Code to be eligible for participation in the Plan.
(b) The membership of any person in the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan shall cease upon any of the following:
(1) The withdrawal of a member‘s accumulated account.
(2) Retirement under the provisions of the Supplemental Income Retirement Plan.
(3) Death. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 975; 1985, c. 403, s. 2; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 948, s. 1; 2020-48, s. 1.3(b).)