NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 251

HOUSE BILL 642

AN ACT RELATING TO THE FORSYTH COUNTY OR CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM EMPLOYEES BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Should the City of Winston-Salem or County of Forsyth become a member of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees Retirement System, the board of aldermen of the city or board of county commissioners of the county may provide for its employees to receive prior service credit in the Local Governmental Employees Retirement System equal to the period of prior service credit which such employee has in the City of Winston-Salem or County of Forsyth retirement system at the time the city or county retirement system is merged into the Local Governmental Employees Retirement System, and no other prior service credit shall be given for service with the City of Winston-Salem or County of Forsyth.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith, to the extent of such conflict, shall be inapplicable to the City of Winston-Salem and County of Forsyth.

Sec. 3. This act shall apply to the City of Winston-Salem and County of Forsyth only.

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of April, 1977.