20 NCAC 02C .0704         WORKERS' COMPENSATION LEAVES OF ABSENCE

(a)  Purchases of creditable service for leaves of absence prior to July 1, 1983 shall be made in the same manner as prescribed in 20 NCAC 02C .1500, as then effective.

(b)  Members who had leaves of absence which otherwise met all requirements of law for purchase as creditable service except that the leaves of absence interrupted membership in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System or the Law Enforcement Officers' Retirement System and whose membership service before and after the leaves of absence has become membership service in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, may purchase creditable service as in Paragraph (a) of this Rule.

(c)  Members may purchase creditable service for leaves of absence only when they have membership service credits immediately prior to and immediately after the leaves of absence and such membership service is creditable service at the time of purchase.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 128‑26(1); 128‑28(g);

Eff. December 1, 1983;

Amended Eff. August 1, 1988;

Readopted Eff. March 1, 2023.