Identical to S 363, filed 3/20/25.

Part I.

Amends GS 135-5.3 by amending the provision under which a charter school is given provisional entry into the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (System) for one year to now allow the provisional entry to be extend by up to two additional years or allows the charter school, after the provisional year, to apply to become a participating employer in the System. Allows schools whose provisional entry is extended to apply to become a participating employer at any time during the extend period. Makes conforming changes to the timing of the required actuarial and financial reviews. Prohibits granting entry into the System to any charter school that is unable to provide the required information for the financial review.

Part II.

Amends GS 135-18.10A (applicable to the System); GS 128-38.4A (applicable to the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System); GS 135-75.1A (applicable to the Consolidated Judicial Retirement Act); and GS 120-4.33A (applicable to the Legislative Retirement System of North Carolina) to give each system’s Board of Trustees, instead of the State Treasurer, the power to make a decision on a reversal of benefit forfeiture for a person convicted of a felony.

Part III.

Amends GS 84-4.1 by amending the fee paid by an out-of-state attorney granted the ability to practice in a limited capacity so that $20 of the fee is transferred using the State’s electronic accounting system and changes the recipient from the State Treasurer to the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.

Part IV.

Amends GS 147-86.73 (concerning administration of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act) to prohibit the State from filing a claim, upon the death of a designated beneficiary for payment from the beneficiary’s account for any medical assistance paid for the designated beneficiary, unless it is required by federal law. Makes conforming changes.

Part V.

Amends GS 120-32, GS 135-3, GS 135-3, GS 135-5, GS 135-5.1, GS 135-27, and GS 143B-1491 by correcting a statutory cross-reference and making other clarifying changes.

Part VI.

Amends GS 153A-82, concerning educational requirements for county managers, and GS 160A-184, concerning educational requirements for city managers, to update the reference to the Local Government Commission’s authority to Article 11 of GS Chapter 159 and to refer to a letter instead of unit letter from the Commission. Amends GS 159-25 to update the reference to the Local Government Commission’s authority to Article 11 of GS Chapter 159.

Part VII.

Makes a clarifying change to GS 12-4.21. Amends GS 120-4.28 by making clarifying, organizational, and technical changes. Amends membership in the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System by changing references to the Firemen’s and Rescue Squad Workers’ Pension Fund to the North Carolina Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers Pension Fund; makes other technical and clarifying changes. Recodifies GS 128-26A as GS 128-26.1. Corrects a statutory cross-reference in GS 135-48.40.