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~~~-a~-o-oo~. <br />Orange County Personnel Ordinance Issue Date: August 22, 2005 <br />9.5 Additional Retirement Benefits for Law Enforcement Officers <br />9.5.2 Special Separation Allowance. Local governments are required to <br />pay a special separation allowance to sworn local law enforcement <br />officers i.n accordance with N.C. Gen.:Stat. § 143-1.66.42. <br />1. Eligibility. The local law enforcement officer must ~ m_ee_ t <br />one of the following two criteria: <br />(1) are at least age 55 and have 5 years creditable <br />service as a law enforcement officer, or <br />(2) have at least 30 years creditable service (regardless <br />of age) in the Local Government Employees <br />Retirement system with at least 50% of that service <br />being in law enforcement. <br />2. Termination of Benefits. ~f the law enforcement officer------ <br />-- ------------------------------------------- <br />meets one of the two criteria in 9.5.2-1, the officer is ~' <br />entitled to a special separation allowance from retiremen>t__ - <br />ntil: <br />(1) The death. of the_officer________ ____ _ _____ <br />f______________________ _ _ <br />(2) The last day of the month in which the officer <br />attains 62 years of age; or <br />(3) The first day of reemployment by a local <br />government employer in any capacity; however, an <br />officer may be employed in a public safety position <br />in a capacity not requiring participation in the <br />Local Government Employees' Retirement system. <br />and doing so will not cause payments to cease Q _ _ <br />A~4 ~. <br />2 <br />Deleted: who <br />Formatted: Indent: Left: 0', <br />Hanging: 2" <br />Deleted: 9 <br />Deleted: s <br />Deleted: from rctnement mtil the <br />officer reaches the age of 62 calculated as <br />follows <br />Deleted: <br />Formatted: Bullets and Numbering <br />---- --- Deleted:: <br />Calculation of Benefits. T'he Special Separation Allowance•---- <br />received by the officer shall be calculated as provided by <br />N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-166.42----------------------------------- ---" <br />4. The benefits payable under this section are not subject to <br />any increases in salary or retirement allowances that may <br />be authorized by the Board of County Commissioners. <br />Formatted: Indent: Hanging: 2" <br />Deleted: 85% times years of creditable <br />service in the Local Government <br />Employees Retirement System time rate <br />of pay <br />Article IV -Page 15 <br />