GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1019

SENATE BILL 14

 

AN ACT TO ELIMINATE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AT AGE 70 FOR PERSONS COVERED UNDER THE STATE EMPLOYEES OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 128-27(a)(2) and G.S. 135-5(a)(2) are repealed.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 116-11(5a) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(5a)    The Board of Governors may by resolution provide that, until July 1, 1998, every president, vice-president, and other administrative officer of the University whom it elects and who is not subject to Chapter 126 of the General Statutes, and every chancellor, vice-chancellor, senior academic officer, senior administrative officer, and faculty member who serves a constituent institution or agency of the University and who is not subject to Chapter 126 of the General Statutes, shall retire on July 1 coincident with or next following his seventieth birthday, unless continued in service on a year-to-year basis in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board of Governors."

Sec. 2.1.  G.S. 115C-47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(27)   To Provide Retirement Age. The local board of education may by resolution provide that every administrative officer whom it elects and every certificated personnel who serve that local school administrative unit shall retire on July 1 coincident with or next following their seventieth birthday, unless continued in service on a year-to-year basis in accordance with regulations adopted by the local board of education."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1984.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of June, 1984.