Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition deletes the content of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.

Amends GS 143-166.41(b1) and GS 143-166.42(b1) to add that a break in required continuous service due to retirement (was, disability retirement) salary will not impact an otherwise eligible officer’s qualification to an allowance under this subdivision if the officer returned to service within 45 days after such benefits ceased. Makes clarifying changes to GS 143-166.41(c)(2)(b) and GS 143-166.42(c)(2)(b).

Amends GS 143-166.41(c)(3) to provide that the payments to a retired officer will cease on the first day of reemployment by a State department, agency, or institution in a position that requires participation in the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System and (a) is subject to the North Carolina Human Resources Act and/or (b) is in the agency from which the officer retired. Applies to any reemployment under this subdivision on or after the act’s effective date.

Makes conforming changes to the act’s titles.