{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-135-66","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-66","heading":"Administration; management of funds; method of financing.","body":"(a)\tThe State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the assets of this Retirement System and shall invest them in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3.\n(b)\tThe assets of this Retirement System shall include employers' contributions held with the Pension Accumulation Fund established under G.S. 135-8 and employees' contributions held in the Annuity Savings Fund similarly established under G.S. 135-8.\n(c)\tThe Board of Trustees shall have performed an annual actuarial valuation of the System and shall have the financial responsibility for maintaining the System on a generally accepted actuarial basis.\n(d)\tAn actuarially determined employer contribution shall be calculated annually by the actuary using assumptions and a cost method approved by the Actuarial Standards Board of the American Academy of Actuaries and selected by the Board of Trustees.\n(e)\tNotwithstanding Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Board of Trustees may adopt a contribution policy that would recommend a contribution not less than the actuarially determined employer contribution.\n(f)\tThe recommended employer contribution rate by the Board of Trustees each year shall not be less than the actuarially determined employer contribution. (1973, c. 640, s. 1; 1979, c. 467, s. 18; 2020-48, s. 1.6.)","path":["Chapter 135. Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.","Article 4. Consolidated Judicial Retirement Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_135/GS_135-66.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:42Z","sha256":"137782786e56e21469dfda3d5fa18ce56e4a4a0f2088f00d72c3f70f35589d7f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-135-65","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-135-67"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}