{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-135-160","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-160","heading":"Administration of Death Benefit Plan.","body":"(a)\tProvisions Applicable. - The Death Benefit Plan is administered by the Board of Trustees. The provisions of G.S. 135-6 and G.S. 135-7 are applicable to the Death Benefit Plan.\n(b)\tEffect of Vote Related to Contributory Death Benefit. - No decision of the Board of Trustees related to the fully contributory death benefit for retirees provided for under any of the following takes effect unless and until this same decision has been made and voted on by the Board of Trustees of the Local Governmental Employees Retirement System:\n(1)\tG.S. 120-4.27.\n(2)\tG.S. 135-64.\n(3)\tG.S. 134-166.60.\n(c)\tRulemaking. - The Board of Trustees may adopt temporary or permanent rules, as necessary, for all aspects of administration of this Article. (2025-11, ss. 1(a), (j), (j1), 3; 2025-25, s. 18(b).)","path":["Chapter 135. Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.","Article 8. Death Benefit Plan for State Employees and Retirees."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_135/GS_135-160.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:42Z","sha256":"45f6e4d4d5d4d5cc1d2bff8d38450f1a64593c774577e1dd6d1f6271c941a86c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-135-155","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-135-165"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}