GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

SESSION LAW 2007-143

HOUSE BILL 654

AN ACT to amend the definition of retirement To clarify that service as a member of a school board is not considered service for the purpose of that definition.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 135-1(20) reads as rewritten:

"(20)   "Retirement" means the termination of employment and the complete separation from active service with no intent or agreement, express or implied, to return to service. A retirement allowance under the provisions of this Chapter may only be granted upon retirement of a member. In order for a member's retirement to become effective in any month, the member must render no service, including part-time, temporary, substitute, or contractor service, at any time during the six months immediately following the effective date of retirement. For purposes of this subdivision, service as a member of a school board shall not be considered service."

SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28^th day of June, 2007.

                                                                    s/ Marc Basnight

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 2:03 p.m. this 29^th day of June, 2007