North Carolina General Statutes 135-70.1. Transfer of members from the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System, or the Legislative Retirement System
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 135-70.1
- 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
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Annuity: shall mean payments for life derived from that "accumulated contribution" of a member. 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
- Creditable service: shall mean for any member the total of his prior service plus his membership service. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-53
- 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
- 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
- Member: shall mean any person included in the membership of the Retirement System as provided in this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-53
- 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
- Retirement System: shall mean the "Consolidated Judicial Retirement System" of North Carolina, as established in this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-53
- 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) The accumulated contributions, creditable service, and reserves, if any, of a former teacher or employee, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-1(25), 135-1(10), and 128-21(10), respectively, or a former member of the General Assembly who is a member of the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System for a period of five or more years may, upon application of the member, be transferred from the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System, or the Legislative Retirement System to the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System. The accumulated contributions, creditable service, and reserves of any member whose service as a teacher or employee or member of the General Assembly is terminated other than by retirement or death and who becomes a member of the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System may, upon application of the member, be transferred from the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System, or the Legislative Retirement System to the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System. In order to effect the transfer of a member’s creditable service from the Local Governmental Retirement System, the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System, or the Legislative Retirement System, to the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, the accumulated contributions of each member credited in the annuity savings fund in the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System, or the Legislative Retirement System shall be transferred and credited to the annuity savings fund in the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System.
(b) The Board of Trustees shall effect such rules as it may deem necessary to administer the preceding subsection and to prevent any duplication of service credits or benefits that might otherwise occur. (1999-237, s. 28.24(h); 2003-284, s. 30.18(e); 2005-276, s. 29.30A(h); 2005-345, s. 42.)