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%
…."
SECTION 1.(b) If House Bill 1136, 2020 Regular Session, becomes law, then subsection (a) of this section is repealed.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%
…."
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 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