Bill Text: NC S49 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Director of AOC Retirement Option
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-06 - Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging [S49 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S49-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
S 1
SENATE BILL 49
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Short Title: Director of AOC Retirement Option. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Bingham (Primary Sponsor). |
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Referred to: |
Pensions & Retirement and Aging. |
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February 6, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow an incoming director of the administrative office of the courts to elect to participate in either the consolidated judicial retirement system or the teachers' and state employees' retirement system.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A‑341 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑341. Appointment and compensation of Director.
The Director shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, to serve at his pleasure. He shall receive the annual salary
provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly, and
reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the same rate as State
employees generally and longevity pay at the rates and for the service
designated in G.S. 7A‑44(b) for a judge of the superior court. ServiceAt
the time of appointment, an incoming Director shall have the option to
elect to participate in the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System or in the
Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System. If the Director elects to
participate in the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, service as
Director shall be equivalent to service as a superior court judge for the
purposes of entitlement to retirement pay or to retirement for disability."
SECTION 2. G.S. 135‑53(9) reads as rewritten:
"(9) "Judge" shall mean any justice or
judge of the General Court of Justice and the administrative officer of the courts.courts,
if the administrative officer of the courts elects to participate in this
System pursuant to G.S. 7A‑341."
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2013, and applies to persons who are appointed Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts on or after that date.
