North Carolina § 135-48 - 56. Education of covered active and retired employees.

§ 135-48. 56. Education of covered active and retired employees.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that active employees and retired employees covered under the Plan and its successor Plan shall have several opportunities in each fiscal year to attend presentations conducted by Plan management staff providing detailed information about benefits, limitations, premiums, co-payments, and other pertinent Plan matters. To this end, the Plan's management staff shall conduct multiple presentations each year to Plan members and association groups representing active and retired employees across all geographic regions of the State. Regional meetings shall be held in locations that afford reasonably convenient access to Plan members. The presentations shall be designed not only to present information about the Plan but also to hear and respond to Plan members' questions and concerns. History (1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1398, s. 6; 1983, c. 922, s. 2; 1985, c. 732, ss. 7, 9, 23, 24, 50, 51; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1020, ss. 3, 20; 1987, c. 857, ss. 6, 7; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1091, s. 5; 1989, c. 752, s. 22(a); 1991, c. 427, s. 3; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 679, s. 10.3; 1997-468, s. 2; 1997-519, s. 3.15; 1998-1, s. 4(c); 2000-141, s. 3; 2001-253, ss. 1(a), 1(q); 2001-487, s. 85.5; 2006-249, s. 4(b); 2007-323, s. 28.22(i); 2008-107, s. 10.13(a); 2008-168, ss. 1(a), 2(a), (k), (j); 2009-16, s. 5(b); 2011-85, s. 2.5(d); 2011-326, s. 27.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-85, s. 2.5(d), as amended by Session Laws 2011-326, s. 27, effective January 1, 2012, recodified former G.S. 135-44.4(26) as G.S. 135-48.56 . The remainder of G.S. 135-44.4 was repealed by Session Laws 2011-85, s. 2.9, effective January 1, 2012. Former G.S. 135-44.4 itself was formerly codified as G.S. 135-39.5. It was recodified as G.S. 135-38.7 under Part 2A of Article 3A of Chapter 135 by Session Laws 2008-168, s. 2(j), effective July 1, 2008, but was renumbered as G.S. 135-44.4 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Legal Periodicals. - For 1997 legislative survey, see 20 Campbell L. Rev. 469 (1998).