North Carolina General Statutes 135-93. Contributions
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 135-93
- Board of Trustees: shall mean the Board provided for in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
- Compensation: includes all special pay contribution of annual leave made to a 401(a) Special Pay Plan for the benefit of an 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
- 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
(a) Each member may elect to reduce his compensation by the amount of his contribution to the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan and that amount shall be held in the member’s account. Members electing such a reduction in compensation may authorize payroll deductions for making contributions to the Plan.
(b) The State and any of its political subdivisions may make contributions to the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan on behalf of any of its members, provided these contributions are nondiscriminatory in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended, and are duly appropriated by their governing bodies, and the contributions are held in the member’s account. Employer contributions to the Plan are declared expenditures for a public purpose.
(c) The Department of State Treasurer and Board of Trustees shall establish maximum annual additions that may be made to a member’s account and provide for multiple plan reductions in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 975.)