NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 976

HOUSE BILL 1040

 

 

AN ACT TO ADD A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MEMBER OF THE SENATE, AND A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT FUND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143-166(b) is rewritten to read:

"(b)      For the purpose of determining the recipients of benefits under this article and the amounts thereof to be disbursed and for formulating and making such rules and regulations as may be essential for the equitable and impartial distribution of such benefits to and among the persons entitled to such benefits, there is hereby created a board to be known as 'The Board of Commissioners of the Law Enforcement Officers' Benefit and Retirement Fund'. The membership of the Board of Commissioners shall consist of 10 members, as follows:

(1)        the State Treasurer, who shall be chairman ex officio;

(2)        the State Auditor, who shall be a member ex officio;

(3)        the State Insurance Commissioner, who shall be a member ex officio;

(4)        five members to be appointed by the Governor and to serve at his will, one of whom shall be a sheriff, one a police officer, one a law enforcement officer employed by the State, one a retired law enforcement officer in receipt of an allowance from the Retirement Fund, and one representing the public at large;

(5)        two members, one a member of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House and one a member of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate, neither of whom shall be an active or retired law enforcement officer, to serve terms beginning July 1, 1979 for the duration of their current terms of office with their successors thereafter appointed for two-year terms to run concurrently with the organization of the General Assembly."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-166(c) is repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.