N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-19.3: Membership in fund and assessment - Retired military personnel - Exception

A teacher may choose not to be a member of the fund and pay the assessment on the teacher's salary under section 15-39.1-09 if the teacher is:

1.Contractually employed in teaching in this state;

2.In the teacher's first year of teaching; and

3.An individual who served at least twenty years in any branch of the armed forces of the United States on full-time active duty and retired with full military retirement benefits before becoming a licensed teacher.