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Subcommittee advances bill letting Catawba Nation join state police pension plan
Summary
The Retirement Subcommittee for Finance voted to favorably report S.127, which would allow the Catawba Nation to join the Police Officers Retirement System if the tribe applies, complies with board rules, and waives sovereign immunity limited to the retirement system; the measure now goes to the full committee.
The Retirement Subcommittee for Finance voted to give S.127 a favorable report to the full committee after hearing that the bill would let the Catawba Nation join the state Police Officers Retirement System if the tribe applies and accepts specified conditions.
Olivia, a staff presenter, told the subcommittee that the bill would "add the Catawba nation upon its admission to the system to the definition of an employer for the police officers retirement system," set application requirements referencing sections 9-11-40 and 9-11-43, require compliance with board rules, and require that tribal employees be principally engaged in governmental police duties; she also stated that "the act would take…
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