North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H487: Shorter Separation for Retired ADAs and APDs.
Status: Introduced, April 9, 2025
What the bill says
An act to allow retired assistant district attorneys and retired assistant public defenders to return to work for the state after a thirty-day separation.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALLOW RETIRED ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND RETIRED ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDERS TO RETURN TO WORK FOR THE STATE AFTER A THIRTY-DAY SEPARATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 135-1(20) reads as rewritten: (20) "Retirement" under this Chapter, except as otherwise provided, means the commencement of monthly retirement benefits along with termination of employment and the complete separation from active service with no intent or agreement, express or implied, to return to service. A retirement allowance under the provisions of this Chapter may only be granted upon retirement of a member. In order for a member's retirement to become effective in any month, the member must perform no work for an employer, including part-time, temporary, substitute, or contractor work, at any time during the six months immediately following the effective date of retirement. retirement, except that in the case of a member who is a retired assistant district attorney or retired assistant public defender, the period of separation required is days. A member who is a full-time faculty member of The University of North Carolina may effect a retirement allowance under this Chapter, notwithstanding the six-month requirement above, provided the member immediately enters the University's Phased Retirement Program for Tenured Faculty as that program existed on May 25, 2011. For …
Sponsors
- Smith, Carson (R, 16) · primary sponsor
- Wheatley, Diane (R, 43) · primary sponsor
- Alston, Vernetta (D, 29)
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Brockman, Cecil (D, 60)
- Butler, Deb (D, 18)
- Carney, Becky (D, 102)
- Cervania, Maria (D, 41)
- Harrison, Pricey (D, 61)
- Hawkins, Zack (D, 31)
- Johnson, Todd (R, 35)
- Longest, Tim (D, 34)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations
- : Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- : Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COUNCIL OF STATE, BUDGETING, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC DEFENDERS, STATE EMPLOYEES, COURTS, PUBLIC
Common questions
- What is H487?
- H487 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Shorter Separation for Retired ADAs and APDs.
- What does H487 do?
- In its own words: An act to allow retired assistant district attorneys and retired assistant public defenders to return to work for the state after a thirty-day separation.
- What is the status of H487?
- Introduced as of April 9, 2025. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations (April 9, 2025).
- Who sponsored H487?
- Smith, Carson (R, 16), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H487?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H487
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