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Panel Advances Bill Letting Catawba Nation Join State Police Retirement System
Summary
The Retirement Subcommittee for Finance voted to give a favorable report to S.127, which would admit the Catawba Nation to the Police Officers Retirement System upon application and waiver of sovereign immunity; committee testimony focused on recruitment needs, membership rules, and limited waiver terms.
The Retirement Subcommittee for Finance voted unanimously to give a favorable report to S.127, a bill that would allow the Catawba Nation, upon admission, to be treated as an employer under the Police Officers Retirement System.
Olivia (committee staff) told the subcommittee the bill "adds the Catawba nation upon its admission to the definition of an employer for the police officers retirement system" and sets application procedures under the statutes cited in the bill. The bill text requires the Nation to apply to the system board, specify a requested admission date, comply with board rules, and accept that disputes arising from…
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