NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1187

HOUSE BILL 1198

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO SICK LEAVE OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICES OF THE CLERKS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  All assistant clerks, deputy clerks and other employees of the clerks of the Superior Court of this State and court reporters of the superior courts, who have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, changed in status from county employees to State employees by reason of the enactment of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes, shall be entitled to transfer sick leave accumulated as a county employee pursuant to any county system and standing to the credit of such employee at the time of such change of status to State employee, not exceeding earned sick leave in an amount totaling 30 work days. Such earned sick leave credit shall be certified to the Administrative Office of the Courts by the official or employee responsible for keeping sick leave records for the county, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall accord such transferred sick leave credit the same status as if it had been earned as a State employee.

Sec. 2.  All clerks, assistant clerks, deputy clerks and other employees of any court inferior to the superior court which has been or may be abolished by reason of the enactment of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes, who shall thereafter become a State employee by employment in the office of the clerk of the superior court, shall be entitled to transfer sick leave earned as a municipal or county employee pursuant to any municipal or county system in effect on the date said court was abolished, not exceeding earned sick leave in an amount totaling 30 work days. Such earned sick leave credit shall be certified to the Administrative Office of the Courts by the official or employee responsible for keeping sick leave records for the municipality or county, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall accord such transferred sick leave credit the same status as if it had been earned as a State employee.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification and shall be effective retroactively to December 5, 1966, with respect to employees whose status has already been changed by operation of law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of July, 1967.