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Ch. SL 2020-41House | 2020-06-26Signed by Gov. 6/26/2020House | 2020-06-26Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2020House | 2020-06-18RatifiedHouse | 2020-06-17Ordered EnrolledHouse | 2020-06-16Concurred In S Com SubHouse | 2020-06-16Placed On Cal For 06/16/2020House | 2020-06-15Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House | 2020-06-15Withdrawn From ComHouse | 2020-06-15Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2020-06-11Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com SubHouse | 2020-06-11Special Message Sent To HouseSenate | 2020-06-11Passed 3rd ReadingSenate | 2020-06-11Passed 2nd ReadingSenate | 2020-06-11Reptd FavSenate | 2020-06-10Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2020-06-09Com Substitute AdoptedSenate | 2020-06-09Reptd Fav Com SubstituteSenate | 2020-06-09Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2020-06-08Withdrawn From ComSenate | 2020-06-08Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2020-06-04Passed 1st ReadingSenate | 2020-06-04Special Message Received From HouseSenate | 2020-06-04Special Message Sent To SenateHouse | 2020-06-04Passed 3rd ReadingHouse | 2020-06-04Passed 2nd ReadingHouse | 2020-06-04Placed On Cal For 06/04/2020House | 2020-06-03Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House | 2020-06-03Withdrawn From ComHouse | 2020-06-03Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2020-06-03Reptd Fav Com SubstituteHouse | 2020-06-03Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2020-05-27Passed 1st ReadingHouse | 2020-05-27FiledHouse | 2020-05-26
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APPROPRIATIONS
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BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE
BUDGETING
CJRS
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
EDUCATION
EMERGENCY SERVICES
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HIGHER EDUCATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
INSURANCE
INSURANCE
HEALTH
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RETIREMENT
SALARIES & BENEFITS
STATE EMPLOYEES
DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE TREASURER
TEACHERS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TITLE CHANGE
STATE HEALTH PLAN
TSERS
UNC
CHAPTERED
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS
PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BOARD
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143C-1-1 (Sections)
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No counties specifically cited.
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H1218: Salary-Related Contribs./Debt Service Funds. Latest Version
Session: 2019 - 2020
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2019
SESSION LAW 2020-41
HOUSE BILL 1218
AN ACT to make adjustments to the state employer salary‑related contributions and appropriating funds for the state's debt service obligations.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) Section 3.15(c) of S.L. 2019‑209 reads as rewritten:
SECTION 3.15.(c) Effective July 1, 2020, the State's employer contribution rates budgeted for retirement and related benefits as a percentage of covered salaries for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year for teachers and State employees, State law enforcement officers (LEOs), the University and Community Colleges Optional Retirement Programs (ORPs), the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System (CJRS), and the Legislative Retirement System (LRS) are as set forth below:
Teachers State ORPs CJRS LRS
and State LEOs
Employees
Retirement 14.36%14.78% 14.36%14.78% 6.84% 36.00%36.44% 29.00%27.30%
Disability 0.10%0.09% 0.10%0.09% 0.10%0.09% 0.00% 0.00%
Death 0.16% 0.16% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Retiree Health 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68%
NC 401(k) 0.00% 5.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Total Contribution
Rate 21.44%21.71%26.44%26.71%13.76%13.61%42.82%43.12%35.82%33.98%
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SECTION 1.(b) If House Bill 1136, 2020 Regular Session, becomes law, then subsection (a) of this section is repealed.
SECTION 1.(c) If House Bill 1136, 2020 Regular Session, becomes law, then Section 3.15(c) of S.L. 2019‑209, as amended by Section 2(a) of House Bill 1136, 2020 Regular Session, reads as rewritten:
SECTION 3.15.(c) Effective July 1, 2020, the State's employer contribution rates budgeted for retirement and related benefits as a percentage of covered salaries for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year for teachers and State employees, State law enforcement officers (LEOs), the University and Community Colleges Optional Retirement Programs (ORPs), the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System (CJRS), and the Legislative Retirement System (LRS) are as set forth below:
Teachers State ORPs CJRS LRS
and State LEOs
Employees
Retirement 14.36%14.78% 14.36%14.78% 6.84% 36.00%36.44% 29.00%27.30%
Disability 0.10%0.09% 0.10%0.09% 0.10%0.09% 0.00% 0.00%
Death 0.13% 0.13% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Retiree Health 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68% 6.82%6.68%
NC 401(k) 0.00% 5.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Total Contribution
Rate 21.41%21.68%26.41%26.68%13.76%13.61%42.82%43.12%35.82%33.98%
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SECTION 1.(d) Section 3.15(e) of S.L. 2019‑209 reads as rewritten:
SECTION 3.15.(e) Effective July 1, 2020, the maximum annual employer contributions, payable monthly, by the State for each covered employee or retiree for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year to the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees are (i) for Medicare‑eligible employees and retirees, five thousand one hundred sixty‑five dollars ($5,165) sixty‑one dollars ($5,061) and (ii) for non–Medicare‑eligible employees and retirees, six thousand six hundred forty‑seven dollars ($6,647).five hundred twelve dollars ($6,512).
SECTION 2. No later than August 15, 2020, the Office of State Budget and Management shall adjust the appropriations for State retirement and State Health Plan contributions of all applicable agencies, departments, or institutions to reflect the changes implemented in Section 1 of this act, representing a decrease in General Fund net appropriations totaling five million forty‑eight thousand seven hundred ten dollars ($5,048,710) in recurring funds for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year.
SECTION 3. From the funds made available pursuant to Section 1 and Section 2 of this act, there is appropriated from the General Fund the sum of five million forty‑eight thousand seven hundred ten dollars ($5,048,710) in recurring funds for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year for the purpose of meeting the State's General Fund debt service obligations. It is the intent of the General Assembly to restore employer contribution rates for Retiree Health and to the State Health Plan to the amounts in S.L. 2019‑209, as originally enacted on August 3, 2019, in the event the federal government provides additional relief funds or additional flexibility on existing relief funds that can be used to support the General Fund.
SECTION 4.(a) Departmental receipts, as defined in G.S. 143C‑1‑1, are appropriated for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year up to the amounts needed to implement the provisions in this act for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year.
SECTION 4.(b) The provisions of the State Budget Act, Chapter 143C of the General Statutes, are reenacted and shall remain in full force and effect and are incorporated in this act by reference.
SECTION 4.(c) Except where expressly repealed or amended by this act, the provisions of any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session of the General Assembly expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act shall remain in effect.
SECTION 5. This act becomes effective July 1, 2020.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of June, 2020.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 9:51 a.m. this 26th day of June, 2020