Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 135 > Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act

• 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
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Annuity: shall mean payments for life derived from that "accumulated contribution" of a member. 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.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• 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
• 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
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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
• 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
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Filing: when used in reference to an application for retirement shall mean the receipt of an acceptable application on a form provided by the Retirement System. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
• 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
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Medical board: shall mean the board of physicians provided for in N. 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
• Membership service: shall mean service as a teacher or State employee rendered while a member of the Retirement System or membership service in a North Carolina Retirement System that has been transferred into this system. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
• month: shall be construed to mean a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Prior service: shall mean service rendered prior to the date of establishment of the Retirement System for which credit is allowable under N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
• property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Regular interest: shall mean interest compounded annually at such a rate as shall be determined by the Board of Trustees in accordance with N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
• Retirement allowance: shall mean the sum of the "annuity and the pensions" or any optional benefit payable in lieu thereof. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-1
• 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
• 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