NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 854

HOUSE BILL 1489

AN ACT TO CORRECT A STATUTORY REFERENCE CONCERNING NORTH WILKESBORO PENSIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 5.2(d) of the Charter of the Town of North Wilkesboro, as enacted by Chapter 263, Session Laws of 1977, is rewritten to read:

"(d)      Any member who has served 20 years as a fireman in the North Wilkesboro Fire Department and has attained the age of 55 shall be entitled to receive a monthly pension from the 'Supplementary Pension Fund' in the applicable amount as set forth below:

Retirement Age                                                              Amount

20 years service and at least 55                                    $30.00

21 years service and at least 56                                    $32.00

22 years service and at least 57                                    $34.00

23 years service and at least 58                                    $36.00

24 years service and at least 59                                    $38.00

25 years service and at least 60                                    $40.00"

Sec. 2. Retired members of the fire department who were receiving monthly pensions under the provisions of Section 5.2(d) of the Charter of the Town of North Wilkesboro as it existed prior to the effective date of this act shall be entitled to receive in lieu thereof monthly pensions in the applicable amounts as set forth in Section 1 of this act, beginning with the full calendar month following the effective date of this act.

Sec. 3.  Chapter 366, Session Laws of 1979, is repealed.

Sec. 4. This act is effective retroactively from and after April 17, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.