Bill Summary for H 160 (2017-2018)

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Apr 20 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 160 (Public) Filed Tuesday, February 21, 2017
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE RECEIPT OF BENEFITS FROM THE CONSOLIDATED JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUDGES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED OR REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
Intro. by Burr, Lewis, Bumgardner, Bert Jones.

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House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Deletes all provisions and replaces them with the following.

Enacts new GS 135-75.1B (Forfeiture of retirement benefits for conviction on impeachment or removal from office). Prohibits the Board of Trustees of the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees (Board of Trustees) from paying any retirement benefits or allowances, except for a return of member contributions plus interest, to any justice or judge who is convicted on impeachment for reasons other than physical and mental incapacity, or is removed from office under GS 7A-376(b). Authorizes a justice or judge whose conviction on impeachment or removal from office is vacated or set aside to seek a reversal of the benefit forfeiture by presenting evidence to the State Treasurer. Authorizes the State Treasurer to reverse benefit forfeitures as appropriate. Provides for repayment and rate of interest on repayment.

Amends GS 135-56 to require justices or judges who have not vested in the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System on December 1, 2017, and are impeached or removed from office for acts committed after December 1, 2017, to forfeit all benefits under the system except for a return of member contributions plus interest. Justices or judges who have vested on December 1, 2017, who are convicted on impeachment or removed from office for acts committed after December 1,2017, are not entitled to creditable service after December 1, 2017.

Makes a conforming change to GS 7A-376(b).

Directs the General Assembly and the supreme court to notify the State Treasurer and the Board of Trustees of the conviction on impeachment or removal from office of a justice or judge.

Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.