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3 <br /> GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> SESSION 2025 <br /> SESSION LAW 2025-8 <br /> HOUSE BILL 50 <br /> AN ACT PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL SEPARATION ALLOWANCE OPTION <br /> FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH AT LEAST <br /> THIRTY YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE. <br /> The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br /> SECTION 1. G.S. 143-166.41 reads as rewritten: <br /> "§ 143-166.41. Special separation allowanee.allowance options for State law enforcement <br /> officers. <br /> (a) Annual Special Separation Allowance.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, <br /> every sworn law-enforcement officer as defined by G.S. 135 !(1 le) or G.S. 143166.30(a)(4) <br /> employed by a State department, agency, or institution who qualifies under this section shall <br /> reseie;receive an annual special separation allowance beginning in the month in which he-the <br /> officer retires on a basic service retirement under the provisions of G.S. 135 5(a) a annual <br /> 0 <br /> ) of the ammal equivalefft <br /> of the base fate ef eompensatien fnest r-eeently applieable to him for- eaeh year- of er-edita <br /> sefviee-G.S. 135-5(a). The allowance shall be paid in equal installments on the payroll frequency <br /> used by the employer-. To qualify fer-the allewanee the oineer- shall!. <br /> Have(i) , doted 30 o mofe years of e-editable sefviee r (ii)hrwe „#aif3oa <br /> 55 years of age and reemplet d five years of er-editable sef viee; an <br /> (2) Not ha-,�e attained 62 years of age; and <br /> (-3) Have eempleted at least five years of eentinuous serviee as a!a-w enfer-eement <br /> break in the 6eatifTAtisscrice required by this subreeti vr because of <br /> disability retirement or disability salary eentixuatien benefits- shall <br /> et <br /> adversely aff-eet-an effieer's-qualifeatien tezeeeivethe alleanc pre Tided <br /> the offieer-r-etums to sefviee within 4 5 days after-the disability benefits eease <br /> and is ethef ise qualified to r e the allewanee.gmployer from which the <br /> officer retired. <br /> (al) Repealed by Session Laws 2014-88, s. 30), effective July 30, 2014. <br /> (b) As used inthis eetion"er-editable sefvise meansth-e-Definitions. - The following <br /> definitions apply in this section: <br /> Allowance. - The annual special separation allowance for State law <br /> enforcement officers provided for under this section. <br /> Creditable service. - The service for which credit is allowed under the <br /> retirement system of which the officer is a member pr-olvided that at i east fifty <br /> 0 <br /> ) of the sefviee is as a law enfer-eement offleer-as herein de <br /> ,.,,i.atien par-ole e ffieer-as defined i r c 135 I II 7-'.member. <br /> (33,) Law enforcement officer. - As defined in either G.S. 135-1 or <br /> G.S. 143-166.30(a). <br /> (44,) Officer. -A law enforcement officer. <br /> Probation/parole officer. -As defined in G.S. 135-1. <br /> 111111111111111111 <br /> * H 5 0 - V - 4 * <br />