GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2010-137

SENATE BILL 1256

AN ACT to authorize brevard academy, an existing charter school, to elect to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the state health plan for teachers and state employees.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the time limitation contained in G.S. 135-5.3 and G.S. 135-45.5, the Board of Directors of Brevard Academy, a charter school located in Brevard, may elect to become a participating employer in the Teachers and State Employees Retirement System in accordance with Article 1 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes and may also elect to become a participating employing unit in the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees in accordance with Article 3A of Chapter 135. The elections authorized by this act shall be made no later than 30 days after the effective date of this act and shall be made in accordance with all other requirements of G.S. 135-5.3 and G.S. 135-45.5.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9^th day of July, 2010.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 5:35 p.m. this 21^st day of July, 2010