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NC Gen Stat § 120-4.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.20 - Contributions by the State.

 120-4.20. Contributions by the State.(a) Effective upon convening of the 1985 Regular Session of the General Assembly, the State shall contribute annually an amount equal to the sum of the "normal contribution" and the "accrued liability contribution."(b) The normal contribution for any period shall be determined as a percentage, equal to the normal contribution rate, of the total compensation of the members for the period. The normal contribution rate shall be determined as the percentage represented by the ratio of (i) the annual normal cost to provide the benefits of the Retirement System, computed in accordance with recognized actuarial principles on the basis of methods and assumptions approved by the Board of Trustees, in excess of the part thereof provided by the members' contributions, to (ii) the total annual compensation of the members of the Retirement System.(c) The accrued liability contribution for any period shall be determined as a percentage, equal to the accrued liability contribution rate, of the total compensation of the members for the period. The accrued liability contribution rate shall be determined as the percentage represented by the ratio of (i) the level annual contribution necessary to amortize the unfunded accrued liability over a period of 15 years, computed in accordance with recognized actuarial principles on the basis of methods and assumptions approved by the Board of Trustees, to (ii) the total annual compensation of the members of the Retirement System.(d) The unfunded accrued liability as of any date shall be determined, in accordance with recognized actuarial principles on the basis of methods and assumptions approved by the Board of Trustees, as the excess of (i) the then present value of the benefits to be provided under the Retirement System in the future over (ii) the sum of the assets of the Retirement System then currently on hand in the Annuity Savings Fund and the Pension Accumulation Fund, plus the then present value of the stipulated contributions to be made in the future by the members, plus the then present value of the normal contributions expected to be made in the future by the State.(e) The normal contribution rate and the accrued liability contribution rate shall be determined after each annual valuation of the Retirement System and shall remain in effect until a new valuation is made.(f) The annual contributions by the State for any year shall be at least sufficient, when combined with the amount held in the Pension Accumulation Fund at the start of the year, to provide the retirement allowances and other benefits payable out of the fund during the current year. (1983, c. 761, s. 238.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.22 - Disability retirement benefits.

 120-4.22. Disability retirement benefits.(a) Eligibility; Application. - Upon application by or on behalf of the member, any member in service who has completed at least five years of creditable service and who has not reached his 60th birthday may, after medical certification, be retired on a disability retirement allowance by the Board of Trustees on the first day of the particular calendar month designated by the applicant. The designated date shall be no less than one day nor more than 120 days from the filing of the application.(b) Medical Certification. - After a medical examination of the member, the medical board shall certify to the Board of Trustees that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for further performance of duty as a member of the General Assembly, that the incapacity was incurred at the time of active employment and has been continuous thereafter, that the incapacity is likely to be permanent and whether the member should be retired.(c) Computation. - Upon retirement for disability pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a member shall receive a disability retirement allowance equal to a service retirement allowance calculated on the basis of the member's "highest annual salary" and the creditable service he would have had by the age of 60 had he continued in service.(d) Limitations. - In no event shall any member receive a disability retirement allowance greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of his "highest annual salary".  (1983, c. 761, s. 238; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, ss. 195, 196; 1987, c. 513, s. 1; c. 738, s. 31(d); 2001-424, s. 32.30(c); 2009-66, s. 3(l).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.23 - Reexamination for disability retirement allowance.

 120-4.23. Reexamination for disability retirement allowance.Any disability retiree who has not reached age 65 shall be reexamined pursuant to G.S. 135-5(e). After he reaches age 65, no further examinations are required. (1983, c. 761, s. 238.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.24 - Return to membership of former member.

 120-4.24. Return to membership of former member.If a retired former member of the Retirement System or of the Legislative Retirement Fund returns to service as a member of the General Assembly, his retirement allowance shall cease and he shall be restored as a member of the Retirement System. The computation of the amount of benefits to which he may subsequently become entitled under this Article shall be computed as follows:Upon his subsequent retirement, he shall be paid a retirement allowance determined as follows:(1) For a member who earns at least three years' membership service after restoration to service, the retirement allowance shall be computed on the basis of his compensation and service before and after the period of prior retirement without restrictions.(2) For a member who does not earn three years' membership service after restoration to service, the retirement allowance shall be equal to the sum of the retirement allowance to which he would have been entitled had he not been restored to service, without modification of the election of an optional allowance previously made, and the retirement allowance that results from service earned since being restored to service. (1983, c. 761, s. 238; 1987, c. 738, s. 39(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.25 - Return of accumulated contributions.

 120-4.25. Return of accumulated contributions.If a member ceases to be a member of the General Assembly except by death or retirement, the member shall, upon submission of an application, be paid not earlier than 60 days following the date of termination of service the sum of the member's accumulated contributions provided the member has not in the meantime returned to service. Upon payment of this sum his or her membership in the System ceases. If the individual becomes a member afterwards, no credit shall be allowed for any service previously rendered except as provided in G.S. 120-4.14 and the payment shall be in full and complete discharge of any rights in or to any benefits otherwise payable under this Article. Upon receipt of proof satisfactory to the Board of Trustees of the death, prior to retirement, of a member or former member, there shall be paid to the person or persons the member or former member nominated by electronic submission in a form approved by the Board of Trustees or by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board of Trustees, if the person or persons are living at the time of the member's death, otherwise to the member's legal representatives, the amount of the member's accumulated contributions at the time of the member's death, unless the beneficiary elects to receive the alternate benefit under the provisions of G.S. 120-4.28.  (1983, c. 761, s. 238; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 197; 1987, c. 738, s. 31(e); 1993, c. 531, s. 1; 2009-66, s. 11(k); 2014-88, s. 2(c); 2017-129, s. 3(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.26A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.26A - Benefits on death after retirement.

 120-4.26A. Benefits on death after retirement.In the event of the death of a retired member while in receipt of a retirement allowance under the provisions of this Article, there shall be paid to such person or persons as the retiree shall have nominated by electronic submission in a form approved by the Board of Trustees or by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board of Trustees, if such person or persons are living at the time of the retiree's death, otherwise to the retiree's legal representatives, a death benefit equal to the excess, if any, of the accumulated contributions of the retiree at the date of retirement over the total of the retirement allowances paid prior to the death of the retiree.In the event that a retirement allowance becomes payable to the designated survivor of a retired member under the provisions of G.S. 120-4.26 and such retirement allowance to the survivor shall terminate upon the death of the survivor before the total of the retirement allowances paid to the retiree and the designated survivor combined equals the amount of the accumulated contributions of the retiree at the date of retirement, the excess, if any, of such accumulated contributions over the total of the retirement allowances paid to the retiree and the survivor combined shall be paid in a lump sum to such person or persons as the retiree shall have nominated by electronic submission in a form approved by the Board of Trustees or by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board of Trustees, if such person or persons are living at the time such payment falls due, otherwise to the retiree's legal representative.  (1993, c. 321, s. 74.1(b); 2009-66, s. 11(l).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.28 - Survivor's alternate benefit.

 120-4.28. Survivor's alternate benefit.The designated beneficiary of a member who dies in service before retirement but after age 60 and after completing five years of creditable service or after completing 12 years of creditable service is entitled to Option 2 prescribed by G.S. 120-4.26.In the event that a retirement allowance becomes payable to the one and only one beneficiary designated to receive a return of accumulated contributions pursuant to this subsection and that beneficiary dies before the total of the retirement allowances paid equals the amount of those accumulated contributions over the total of the retirement allowances paid to the beneficiary, the allowance shall be paid in a lump sum to the person or persons the member has designated as the contingent beneficiary for return of accumulated contributions, if the person or persons are living at the time the payment falls due, otherwise to the one and only one beneficiary's legal representative.  (1983, c. 761, s. 238; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 199; 1985, c. 400, s. 3; 1987, c. 738, ss. 31(d), 37(c); 2012-130, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.29 - Exemption from garnishment, attachment.

 120-4.29. Exemption from garnishment, attachment.Except for the applications of the provisions of G. S. 110-136, and in connection with a court-ordered equitable distribution under G.S. 50-20, the right of a person to a pension, annuity, or retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, or to the receipt of the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this Article, and the moneys in the various funds created by this Article, are exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as this Article specifically provides. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, any overpayment of benefits or erroneous payments to a member in a State-administered retirement system, the Disability Salary Continuation Plan, or the Disability Income Plan of North Carolina, including any benefits paid to, or State Health Plan premiums or claims paid on behalf of, any member who is later determined to have been ineligible for those benefits or unentitled to those amounts, may be offset against any retirement allowance, return of contributions, or any other right accruing under this Article to the same person, the person's estate, or designated beneficiary.  (1983, c. 761, s. 238; 1985, c. 402; c. 649, s. 5; 1989, c. 792, s. 2.2; 1991, c. 636, s. 13; 2017-135, s. 9(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.30 - Termination or partial termination; discontinuance of contributions.

 120-4.30. Termination or partial termination; discontinuance of contributions.In the event of the termination or partial termination of the Retirement System or in the event of complete discontinuance of contributions under the Retirement System, the rights of all affected members to benefits accrued to the date of such termination, partial termination, or discontinuance, to the extent funded as of such date, or the amounts credited to the members' accounts, shall be nonforfeitable and fully vested. (1987, c. 177, s. 1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.32 - Deduction for payments allowed.

 120-4.32. 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 eligible for coverage under the State Health Plan 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.  (2002-126, s. 6.4(d); 2012-178, s. 4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.33A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.33A - Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies related to employment or holding office.

 120-4.33A. Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies related to employment or holding office.(a) Except as provided in G.S. 120-4.12(g), 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 serving as a member of the General Assembly.(2) The conduct resulting in the member's conviction is directly related to the member's office.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2020-48, s. 4.3(d), 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. 7; 2020-48, s. 4.3(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.33B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.33B - Prohibition on purchase of forfeited service.

 120-4.33B. Prohibition on purchase of forfeited service.Any member whose retirement benefits have been forfeited under G.S. 120-4.3 or G.S. 120-4.3A 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(d); 2020-48, s. 4.5(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-4.34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.|§ 120-4.34 - Improper receipt of decedent's retirement allowance.

 120-4.34. 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(d); 2013-288, s. 9(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 120-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.|§ 120-5 - Presiding officers may administer oaths.

 120-5. Presiding officers may administer oaths.The President of the Senate is authorized to administer oaths for the qualification of Senators and officers of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives is authorized to administer oaths for the qualification of all officers of the House and all members who shall appear after the election of Speaker. (1883, c. 19; Code, s. 2855; Rev., s. 4400; C.S., s. 6089.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.|§ 120-6 - Members to convene at appointed time and place.

 120-6. Members to convene at appointed time and place.Every person elected to represent any county or district in the General Assembly shall appear at such time and place as may be appointed for the meeting thereof, on the first day, and attend to the public business as occasion shall require. (1787, c. 277, s. 1, P.R.; R.C., c. 52, s. 27; Code, s. 2847; Rev., s. 4401; C.S., s. 6090.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-6.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.|§ 120-6.1 - Request that reconvened session not be held.

 120-6.1. Request that reconvened session not be held.(a) As provided by Section 22(7) of Article II of the Constitution of North Carolina, if within 30 days after adjournment, a bill is returned by the Governor with objections and veto message to that house in which it shall have originated, the Governor shall reconvene that session as provided by Section 5(11) of Article III of the Constitution for reconsideration of the bill, unless the Governor prior to reconvening the session receives written requests dated no earlier than 30 days after such adjournment, signed by a majority of the members of each house that a reconvened session to reconsider vetoed legislation is unnecessary. If sufficient requests are received such that the session will not be reconvened, the Governor shall immediately issue a proclamation to that effect and so notify the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the principal clerks and presiding officers of both houses.(b) The form for the requests shall be:"To the Governor:  A reconvened session to reconsider vetoed legislation is unnecessary. This ________ day of ________, ________,__________, Member of the [Senate] [House of Representatives]"  Petitions as they are received are public records and shall be maintained by the Office of the Governor. (1995, c. 20, s. 15.1; 1997-1, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.|§ 120-7 - Penalty for failure to discharge duty.

 120-7. Penalty for failure to discharge duty.If any member shall fail to appear, or shall neglect to attend to the duties of his office, he shall forfeit and pay for not appearing ten dollars ($10.00), and two dollars ($2.00) for every day he may be absent from his duties during the session, to be deducted from his pay as a member; but a majority of the members of either house of the General Assembly may remit such fines and forfeitures, or any part thereof, where it shall appear that such member has been prevented from attending to his duties by sickness or other sufficient cause. (1787, c. 277, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 52, s. 28; Code, s. 2848; Rev., s. 4402; C.S., s. 6091.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.|§ 120-8 - Expulsion for corrupt practices in election.

 120-8. Expulsion for corrupt practices in election.If any person elected a member of the General Assembly shall by himself or any other person, directly or indirectly, give, or cause to be given, any money, property, reward or present whatsoever, or give, or cause to be given by himself or another, any treat or entertainment of meat or drink, at any public meeting or collection of the people, to any person for his vote or to influence him in his election, such person shall, on due proof, be expelled from his seat in the General Assembly. (1801, c. 580, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 52, s. 24; Code, s. 2846; Rev., s. 4403; C.S., s. 6092.)
NC Gen Stat § 120-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 120 - General Assembly|Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.|§ 120-9 - Freedom of speech.

 120-9. Freedom of speech.The members shall have freedom of speech and debate in the General Assembly, and shall not be liable to impeachment or question, in any court or place out of the General Assembly, for words therein spoken. (1787, c. 277, s. 3, P.R.; R.C., c. 52, s. 29; Code, s. 2849; Rev., s. 4404; C.S., 6093; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1037, s. 1; 2000-140, s. 28.)