§ 143-166.50 Retirement benefits for local governmental law-enforcement officers

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 143 > Article 12E - Retirement Benefits for Local Governmental Law-Enforcement Officers

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Basic Retirement System: On and after January 1, 1986, law-enforcement officers employed by an employer shall be members of the Local Government Employees' Retirement System, and beneficiaries who were last employed as officers by an employer, or who are surviving beneficiaries of officers last employed by an employer, are beneficiaries of the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System and paid in benefit amounts then in effect. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Court Cost Receipts: Of the sum derived from the cost of court provided for in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Definitions: The following words and phrases as used in this Article, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, have the following meaning:

    (1) . See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50

  • Employer: means a county, city, town or other political subdivision of the State. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • 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
  • Forfeiture of Benefits for Certain Felonies: Participants in the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan for Local Governmental Law-Enforcement Officers whose benefits are forfeited under N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Law-enforcement officer: means a full-time paid employee of an employer, who possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Member: means an officer included in the membership of a retirement system, including former officers no longer employed who also elected to leave their accumulated contributions on deposit with a Retirement System. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Officer: means a "law-enforcement officer. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Rights: Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any accrued or inchoate rights of a member of the Law-Enforcement Officers' Retirement System as of his transfer to the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System on January 1, 1986, including the rights to a vested deferred retirement allowance and to commence retirement at certain ages with required years of service as a law-enforcement officer, may in no way be diminished. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Rights of Participants under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: A participant whose employment is interrupted by reason of service in the Uniformed Services, as that term is defined in section 4303(16) of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Public Law 103-353, hereafter referred to as "USERRA" shall be entitled to all rights and benefits that the participant would have been entitled to under this section had the participant's employment not been interrupted, provided that the participant returns to service as a law enforcement officer while the participant's reemployment rights are protected under the provisions of USERRA. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • State: means the State of North Carolina. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
  • Supplemental Retirement Income Plan for Local Governmental Law-Enforcement Officers: As of January 1, 1986, all law-enforcement officers employed by a local government employer, are participating members of the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan as provided by Article 5 of Chapter 135 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50