Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 128-37

  • Board of Trustees: shall mean the Board provided for in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 128-21
  • Compensation: shall mean all salaries and wages prior to any reduction pursuant to sections 125, 401(k), 403(b), 414(h)(2), and 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, not including any terminal payments for unused sick leave, derived from public funds which are earned by a member of the Retirement System for service as an employee in the unit of the Retirement System for which he is performing full-time work. 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

Under such rules and regulations as the Board of Trustees shall establish and promulgate, the boards of county commissioners of any group of counties composing a district health department, or the governing board of any public health authority, or the board of county commissioners of any county as to county boards of health, or the governing authorities of any county and/or city as to city-county boards of health, may elect that employees of such health departments may be members of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System to the extent of that part of their compensation paid by the various counties composing said district health department. (1949, c. 1012; 1951, c. 700; 1997-502, s. 4.)