North Carolina General Statutes
Article 3 - Retirement System for Counties, Cities and Towns.
§ 128-36 - Local laws unaffected; when benefits begin to accrue.

128-36. Local laws unaffected; when benefits begin to accrue.
Nothing in this Article shall have the effect of repealing any public-local or private act creating or authorizing the creation of any officers' or employees' retirement system in any county, city or town or prohibiting the enactment of any public-local or private act creating or authorizing the creation of any officers' or employees' retirement system in any county, city, or town. No payment on account of any benefit granted under the provisions of G.S. 128-27, subsections (a) to (d) inclusive, shall become effective or begin to accrue until the end of one year following the date the System is established nor shall any compulsory retirement be made during that period. The provisions of this Article shall apply only to those counties, cities or towns whose governing authorities voluntarily elect to be bound by same. (1939, c. 390, s. 16; 1941, c. 357, s. 9B; 1945, c. 526, s. 7A.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 128 - Offices and Public Officers

Article 3 - Retirement System for Counties, Cities and Towns.

§ 128-21 - Definitions.

§ 128-22 - Name and date of establishment.

§ 128-23 - Acceptance by cities, towns and counties.

§ 128-23.1 - Inactive employers.

§ 128-24 - Membership.

§ 128-26 - Allowance for service.

§ 128-26A - Reciprocity of creditable service with other State-administered retirement systems.

§ 128-27 - Benefits.

§ 128-28 - Administration and responsibility for operation of System.

§ 128-29 - Management of funds.

§ 128-30 - Method of financing.

§ 128-31 - Exemptions from execution; employing unit to offset amount owed by member or beneficiary.

§ 128-32 - Protection against fraud.

§ 128-32.1 - Failure to respond.

§ 128-33 - Certain laws not applicable to members.

§ 128-33.1 - Public records held by the Retirement System.

§ 128-34 - Transfer of members.

§ 128-35 - Obligations of pension accumulation fund.

§ 128-36 - Local laws unaffected; when benefits begin to accrue.

§ 128-37 - Membership of employees of district health departments or public health authorities.

§ 128-37.1 - Membership of employees of county social services department.

§ 128-37.2 - Continued membership for certain fire departments.

§ 128-38 - Reservation of power to change.

§ 128-38.1 - Termination or partial termination; discontinuance of contributions.

§ 128-38.2 - Internal Revenue Code compliance.

§ 128-38.3 - Deduction for payments allowed.

§ 128-38.4 - Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies committed while serving as elected government official.

§ 128-38.4A - Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies related to employment or holding office.

§ 128-38.4B - Prohibition on purchase of forfeited service.

§ 128-38.5 - Improper receipt of decedent's retirement allowance.

§ 128-38.6 - Employee protection and remedies against unlawful retaliation for furnishing information to the Retirement Systems Division.

§ 128-38.10 - Qualified Excess Benefit Arrangement.