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NC Gen Stat § 135-18.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 1 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees.|§ 135-18.8 - Deduction for payments allowed.

 135-18.8. Deduction for payments allowed.(a) Any beneficiary who is a member of a domiciled employees' or retirees' association that has at least 2,000 members, the majority of whom are active or retired employees of the State or public school employees, may authorize, in writing, the periodic deduction from the beneficiary's retirement benefits a designated lump sum to be paid to the employees' or retirees' association. The authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the beneficiary. A plan of deductions pursuant to this section shall become void if the employees' or retirees' association engages in collective bargaining with the State, any political subdivision of the State, or any local school administrative unit.(b) Any beneficiary may also authorize, in writing, the monthly deduction from the beneficiary's retirement benefits of a designated lump sum to be paid to the State Health Plan for any dependent whom the beneficiary wishes to cover under the State Health Plan. In the event that the beneficiary's own State Health Plan coverage is contributory, in whole or in part, the beneficiary may also authorize a designated lump sum to be paid to the State Health Plan on behalf of the beneficiary. In addition, a beneficiary may similarly authorize the deduction for supplemental voluntary insurance benefits, provided that the deduction is authorized by the Department of State Treasurer and is payable to a company with which the Department of State Treasurer has or had an exclusive contractual relationship. Any such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the beneficiary.  (1998-212, s. 9.24(a); 1999-237, s. 23; 2002-126, s. 6.4(c); 2012-1, s. 2; 2012-178, s. 4(c); 2014-115, s. 62(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 135-18.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 1 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees.|§ 135-18.9 - Transfer of members from the Legislative Retirement System or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System.

 135-18.9. Transfer of members from the Legislative Retirement System or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System.(a) The accumulated contributions, creditable service, and reserves, if any, of a member of the Legislative Retirement System, as provided for in Article 1A of G.S. 120, or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, as provided for in Article 4 of G.S. 135, who later becomes a member of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System for a period of five or more years may, upon application of the member, be transferred from the Legislative Retirement System or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System. The accumulated contributions, creditable service, and reserves of any member whose service as a member of the Legislative Retirement System or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System is terminated other than by retirement or death and who later becomes a member of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System may, upon application of the member, be transferred from the Legislative Retirement System or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System to the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System. In order to effect the transfer of a member's creditable service from the Legislative Retirement System or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System to the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the accumulated contributions of each member credited in the annuity savings fund in the Legislative Retirement System or the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System shall be transferred and credited to the annuity savings fund in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System.(b) The Board of Trustees shall effect such rules as it may deem necessary to administer subsection (a) of this section and to prevent any duplication of service credits or benefits that might otherwise occur. (2003-284, s. 30.18(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 135-18.10A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 1 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees.|§ 135-18.10A - Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies related to employment or holding office.

 135-18.10A. Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies related to employment or holding office.(a) Except as provided in G.S. 135-4(ii), the Board of Trustees shall not pay any retirement benefits or allowances, except for a return of member contributions plus interest, to any member who is convicted of any felony under federal law or the laws of this State if all of the following apply:(1) The offense is committed while the member is in service.(2) The conduct resulting in the member's conviction is directly related to the member's office or employment.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2020-48, s. 4.3(a), effective June 26, 2020.(c) If a member or former member whose benefits under the System were forfeited under this section, except for the return of member contributions plus interest, subsequently receives an unconditional pardon of innocence, or the conviction is vacated or set aside for any reason, then the member or former member may seek a reversal of the benefit forfeiture by presenting sufficient evidence to the State Treasurer. If the State Treasurer determines a reversal of the benefit forfeiture is appropriate, then all benefits will be restored upon repayment of all accumulated contributions plus interest. Repayment of all accumulated contributions that have been received by the individual under the forfeiture provisions of this section must be made in a total lump-sum payment with interest compounded annually at a rate of six and one-half percent (6.5%) for each calendar year from the year of forfeiture to the year of repayment. An individual receiving a reversal of benefit forfeiture must receive reinstatement of the service credit forfeited.  (2012-193, s. 1; 2020-48, s. 4.3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 135-18.10B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 1 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees.|§ 135-18.10B - Prohibition on purchase of forfeited service.

 135-18.10B. Prohibition on purchase of forfeited service.Any member whose retirement benefits have been forfeited under G.S. 135-18.10 or G.S. 135-18.10A is prohibited from subsequently purchasing or repurchasing either those forfeited benefits or any creditable membership service associated with those forfeited benefits and that service may not be used for the purposes of eligibility for benefits in any retirement system that provides reciprocal benefits.  (2018-52, s. 6(a); 2020-48, s. 4.5(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 135-18.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 1 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees.|§ 135-18.11 - Improper receipt of decedent's retirement allowance.

 135-18.11. Improper receipt of decedent's retirement allowance.A person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the person, with the intent to defraud, receives money as a result of cashing, depositing, or receiving a direct deposit of a decedent's retirement allowance and the person (i) knows that he or she is not entitled to the decedent's retirement allowance, (ii) receives the benefit at least two months after the date of the retiree's or beneficiary's death, and (iii) does not attempt to inform this Retirement System of the retiree's or beneficiary's death.  (2011-232, s. 10(a); 2012-185, s. 3(a); 2013-288, s. 9(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 135-19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-19 - Declaration of policy.

 135-19. Declaration of policy.In order to extend to employees of the State and its political subdivisions and of the instrumentalities of either, and to the dependents and survivors of such employees, the basic protection accorded to others by the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System embodied in the Social Security Act, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature, subject to the limitation of this Article, that such steps be taken as to provide such protection to employees of the State and local governments on as broad a basis as is permitted under applicable federal law.It is also the policy of the legislature that the protection afforded employees in positions covered by a retirement system on the date an agreement under this Article is made applicable to service performed in such positions, or receiving periodic benefits under such retirement system at such time, will not be impaired as a result of making the agreement so applicable or as a result of legislative enactment in anticipation thereof. (1951, c. 562, s. 3; 1955, c. 1154, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-22 - Contributions by State employees.

 135-22. Contributions by State employees.(a) Every employee of the State whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under G.S. 135-21 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, into the contribution fund established by G.S. 135-24, contributions, with respect to wages (as defined in G.S. 135-20), equal to the amount of the employee tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that act. Such liability shall arise in consideration of the employee's retention in the service of the State, or his entry upon such service, after the enactment of this Article.(b) The contribution imposed by this section shall be collected by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution.(c) If more or less than the correct amount of the contribution imposed by this section is paid or deducted with respect to any remuneration, proper adjustments, or refund if adjustment is impracticable, shall be made, without interest, in such manner and at such times as the State agency shall prescribe. (1951, c. 562, s. 3; 1955, c. 1154, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-25 - Rules and regulations.

 135-25. Rules and regulations.The State agency shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, as it finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions with which it is charged under this Article. (1951, c. 562, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-26 - Studies and reports.

 135-26. Studies and reports.The State agency shall make studies concerning the problem of old age and survivors insurance protection for employees of the State and local governments and their instrumentalities and concerning the operation of agreements made and plans approved under this Article and shall submit a report to the legislature at the beginning of each regular session, covering the administration and operation of this Article during the preceding biennium, including such recommendations for amendments to this Article as it considers proper. (1951, c. 562, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-28 - Transfer of members to employment covered by the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.

 135-28. Transfer of members to employment covered by the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.(a) Any member whose services as a teacher or State employee are terminated for any reason other than retirement or death, who, while his account remains active, becomes employed by an employer participating in the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or an employer which brings its employees into participation in said System while his account is active, may elect to leave his total accumulated contributions in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System during the period he is in the employment of such employer, or his account remains active in the local system. This subsection shall be effective retroactively as well as prospectively.(b) Any such member shall retain all the rights, credits and benefits obtaining to him under this Retirement System at the time of such transfer while he is a member of the local system and does not withdraw his contributions hereunder and in addition, he shall be granted membership service credits under this Retirement System on account of the period of his membership in the local system for the purpose of increasing his years of creditable service hereunder in order to meet any service requirements of any retirement benefit under this Retirement System and, if he is a member in service under the local system, he shall be deemed to be a member in service under this Retirement System if so required by such benefit: Provided, however, that in lieu of transfer of funds from one retirement system to another, such member who is eligible for retirement benefits shall file application therefor with each retirement system to the end that each retirement system shall pay appropriate benefits without transfer of funds between the systems.(c) Any member who became or becomes employed by an employer of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System as provided in (a) above shall be entitled to waive the provisions of (b) above and to transfer to the local system his credits for membership and prior service in this System provided such member shall request this System to transfer his accumulated contributions, interest and service credits to the local system. If such request is made, in addition to the member's accumulated contributions, interest and service credits, there shall be transferred to the local system the amount of reserve held in this System as a result of previous employer contributions on behalf of the transferring employee. (1953, c. 1050, s. 2; 1961, c. 516, s. 6; 1965, c. 780, s. 1; 1971, c. 117, ss. 16, 18; 1973, c. 241, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-29 - Referenda and certification.

 135-29. Referenda and certification.(a) With respect to employees of the State and any other individuals covered by Article 1 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes, Volume 17, as amended and as may be hereafter amended, the Governor is empowered to authorize a referendum, and with respect to the employees of any political subdivision he shall authorize a referendum upon request of the governing body of such vision covered by Article 3 of Chapter 128 of the General Statutes, Volume 16, as amended and as the same may be hereafter amended, or by some other retirement system established either by the State or by the political subdivision; and in either case the referendum shall be conducted, and the Governor shall designate an agency or individual to supervise its conduct, in accordance with the requirements of section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act, on the question of whether service in positions covered by a retirement system established by the State or by a political subdivision thereof should be excluded from or included under an agreement under this Article. The notice of referendum required by section 218(d)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act to be given to employees shall contain or shall be accompanied by a statement, in such form and such detail as the agency or the individual designated to supervise the referendum shall deem necessary and sufficient, to inform the employees of the rights which will accrue to them and their dependents and survivors, and the liabilities to which they will be subject, if their services are included under an agreement under this Article.(b) Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him that with respect to any such referendum the conditions specified in section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act have been met, the Governor or such State official as may be designated by him, shall so certify to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. (1955, c. 1154, s. 11; 1961, c. 516, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-30 - State employees members of Law-Enforcement Officers' Benefit and Retirement Fund.

 135-30. State employees members of Law-Enforcement Officers' Benefit and Retirement Fund.The federal-state agreement provided in G.S. 135-21 shall be revised and extended to provide that, effective on, or retroactively as of, such date as may be fixed by the Board of Commissioners of the Law-Enforcement Officers' Benefit and Retirement Fund, all or some of the members of said fund who are employees of the State of North Carolina or any of its agencies, shall be covered by the Social Security Act, dependent upon a referendum or referendums held pursuant to federal laws and regulations, at the request of said board, with the approval of the Governor: Provided, that such action shall be subject to the conditions and terms set forth in such agreement and subject to all applicable provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes not inconsistent herewith: Provided, however, that the effecting of social security coverage shall not cause to be reduced or lowered the amount of the contributions to be made to the Law-Enforcement Officers' Benefit and Retirement Fund by any State employee who is a member thereof nor the amount to be contributed by the State to said fund with respect to each State employee member; provided, further, from and after the date the above-described employees become subject to the Social Security Act, there shall be deducted from each such employee's salary for each and every payroll period such sum as may be necessary to pay the amount of contributions of taxes required on his account with respect to social security coverage, and the State, or the appropriate State agency, as an employer, shall pay the amount of contributions or taxes with respect to such person, as may be necessary on his account to effect the above-described social security coverage. (1959, c. 618, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 2 - Coverage of Governmental Employees under Title II of the Social Security Act.|§ 135-31 - Split referendums.

 135-31. Split referendums.The provisions of this Article shall be construed as authorization for the State or political subdivisions or instrumentalities of government which have not heretofore secured social security coverage, and which are otherwise authorized to secure such coverage, to hold any type of referendum with respect thereto which federal law now or hereafter may authorize, and not be restricted to the types of referendums authorized by federal law at the time of the original enactment of this Article. (1959, c. 618, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 135-37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 3 - Other Teacher, Employee Benefits; Child Health Benefits.|§ 135-37 - through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.

 135-37 through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.
NC Gen Stat § 135-38 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 3 - Other Teacher, Employee Benefits; Child Health Benefits.|§ 135-38 - through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.

 135-37 through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.
NC Gen Stat § 135-38.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 3 - Other Teacher, Employee Benefits; Child Health Benefits.|§ 135-38.1 - through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.

 135-37 through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.
NC Gen Stat § 135-39 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 3 - Other Teacher, Employee Benefits; Child Health Benefits.|§ 135-39 - through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.

 135-37 through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.
NC Gen Stat § 135-39.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 3 - Other Teacher, Employee Benefits; Child Health Benefits.|§ 135-39.1 - through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.

 135-37 through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.
NC Gen Stat § 135-39.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 3 - Other Teacher, Employee Benefits; Child Health Benefits.|§ 135-39.2 - through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.

 135-37 through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.
NC Gen Stat § 135-39.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 135 - Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees|Article 3 - Other Teacher, Employee Benefits; Child Health Benefits.|§ 135-39.3 - through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.

 135-37 through 135-42.1: Recodified and renumbered as G.S. 135-43 to 135-47.3.