North Carolina General Statutes 128-26A. Reciprocity of creditable service with other State-administered retirement systems
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 128-26A
- 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 128-21
- Member: shall mean any person included in the membership of the Retirement System as provided in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 128-21
- Prior service: shall mean the service of a member rendered before the date he becomes a member of the System, certified on his prior service certificate and allowable as provided by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 128-21
- Retirement System: shall mean the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System as defined in this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 128-21
- Service: shall mean service as an employee as described in subdivision (10) of this section and paid for by the employer as described in subdivision (11) of this section. See North Carolina General Statutes 128-21
- 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) Only for the purpose of determining eligibility for benefits accruing under this Article, creditable service standing to the credit of a member of the Legislative Retirement System, Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, or the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System shall be added to the creditable service standing to the credit of a member of this System; provided, that in the event a person is a retired member of any of the foregoing retirement systems, such creditable service standing to the credit of the retired member prior to retirement shall be likewise counted. In no instance shall service credits maintained in the aforementioned retirement systems be added to the creditable service in this System for application of this System’s benefit accrual rate in computing a service retirement benefit unless specifically authorized by this Article.
(b) A person who was a former member of this System and who has forfeited his creditable service in this System by receiving a return of contributions and who has creditable service in the Legislative Retirement System, Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, or the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System may count such creditable service for the purpose of restoring the creditable service forfeited in this System under the terms and conditions as set forth in this Article and reestablish membership in this System.
(c) Creditable service under this section shall not be counted twice for the same period of time whether earned as a member, purchased, or granted as prior service credits. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1066, s. 35(b).)