GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 981

SENATE BILL 1286

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERANCE PAY OR DISCONTINUED SERVICE RETIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SEPARATED DUE TO A REDUCTION IN FORCE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-27.2 is amended in the first paragraph by deleting the first sentence and inserting in its place the following two sentences:

"When the Director of the Budget determines that the closing of a State institution or a reduction in force will accomplish economies in the State Budget, he shall pay either a discontinued service retirement allowance or severance wages to any affected State employee, provided reemployment is not available. In determining whether to pay a discontinued service retirement allowance or severance wages, the Director of the Budget shall consider the recommendation of the department head involved and any recommendation of the State Personnel Director."; and by adding a new sentence at the end of the paragraph to read:

"Severance wages shall be paid according to the policies adopted by the State Personnel Commission."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of July, 1986.