GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 556

Corrected Copy 4/4/11

Committee Substitute Favorable 6/1/11
Fourth Edition Engrossed 6/3/11

 

Short Title:        Volunteer Service in Retirement.		(Public)
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March 31, 2011

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the definition of retirement To clarify that service as A volunteer guardian ad litem in the guardian ad litem program or as a volunteer for a state historical and cultural organization is not considered service for the purpose of that definition.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 135‑1(20) reads as rewritten:

"(20)    "Retirement" means the termination of employment and the complete separation from active service with no intent or agreement, express or implied, to return to service. A retirement allowance under the provisions of this Chapter may only be granted upon retirement of a member. In order for a member's retirement to become effective in any month, the member must render no service, including part‑time, temporary, substitute, or contractor service, at any time during the six months immediately following the effective date of retirement. For purposes of this subdivision, service as a member of a school board board, or as an unpaid bona fide volunteer in a local school administrative unit unit, as an unpaid bona fide volunteer Guardian ad Litem in the Guardian ad Litem Program, or as an unpaid bona fide volunteer for a State historical and cultural organization shall not be considered service. For purposes of this subdivision, an unpaid bona fide volunteer for a State historical and cultural organization is prohibited from volunteering for a position in which the individual was previously employed."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.