135-66. Administration; management of funds; method of financing.
(a) The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the assets of this Retirement System and shall invest them in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3.
(b) The assets of this Retirement System shall include employers' contributions held with the Pension Accumulation Fund established under G.S. 135-8 and employees' contributions held in the Annuity Savings Fund similarly established under G.S. 135-8.
(c) The Board of Trustees shall have performed an annual actuarial valuation of the System and shall have the financial responsibility for maintaining the System on a generally accepted actuarial basis.
(d) An actuarially determined employer contribution shall be calculated annually by the actuary using assumptions and a cost method approved by the Actuarial Standards Board of the American Academy of Actuaries and selected by the Board of Trustees.
(e) Notwithstanding Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Board of Trustees may adopt a contribution policy that would recommend a contribution not less than the actuarially determined employer contribution.
(f) The recommended employer contribution rate by the Board of Trustees each year shall not be less than the actuarially determined employer contribution. (1973, c. 640, s. 1; 1979, c. 467, s. 18; 2020-48, s. 1.6.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 4 - Consolidated Judicial Retirement Act.
§ 135-50 - Short title and purpose.
§ 135-52 - Application of Article 1; administration.
§ 135-54 - Name and date of establishment.
§ 135-56 - Creditable service.
§ 135-56.01 - Reciprocity of creditable service with other State-administered retirement systems.
§ 135-56.2 - Creditable service for other employment.
§ 135-56.3 - Repayments and Purchases.
§ 135-57 - Service retirement.
§ 135-58 - Service retirement benefits.
§ 135-59 - Disability retirement.
§ 135-60 - Disability retirement benefits.
§ 135-61 - Election of optional allowance.
§ 135-62 - Return of accumulated contributions.
§ 135-63 - Benefits on death before retirement.
§ 135-64 - Benefits on death after retirement.
§ 135-65 - Post-retirement increases in allowances.
§ 135-66 - Administration; management of funds; method of financing.
§ 135-67 - Assets of Retirement System.
§ 135-68 - Contributions by the members.
§ 135-69 - Contributions by the State.
§ 135-70 - Transfer of members to another system.
§ 135-71 - Return to membership of retired former member.
§ 135-73 - Termination or partial termination; discontinuance of contributions.
§ 135-74 - Internal Revenue Code compliance.
§ 135-75 - Deduction for payments allowed.
§ 135-75.1B - Prohibition on purchase of forfeited service.
§ 135-75.2 - Improper receipt of decedent's retirement allowance.