North

Carolina

Federation

of

Chapters of NARFE
Text Box: The Federation vigorously supports and works toward NARFE’s nationally mandated goals – repealing GPO and WEP, enacting Premium Conversion, and protecting your earned benefits. As a federal retiree living in North Carolina, and if you had five or more years of creditable service on or before August 12, 1989, your annuity is exempt from North Carolina state income tax, the result of the very successful Bailey/Patton Settlement of 1998. The NC Federation is supporting efforts to include all federal retirees under the “Bailey/Patton Settlement” through legislation. Another state legislative highlight, is the North Carolina Seniors Homestead Act, which would “freeze” the property tax assessment for those seniors 70 years or older and have owned and lived in their home for five years or more, without regard to income. This bill was first introduced in 2002 and again in 2007 and has received ever increasing support as it proceeds through the legislature. The NC Federation has been behind this bill every step of the way and will continue its efforts to pass this bill. passed. Text Box: How am I Represented by NC Federation of Chapter?

• Aggressively Recruit and Retain Members.

• Continue the fight to keep our earned benefits which includes annual COLAs and affordable health care insurance options.

• Continue to solidify the working relationship with both national and state legislative representatives.

• Monitor legislative activities which affect retirees and alert the membership to action when necessary.

• Maintain an efficient and effective communications network for the exchange of information and ideas among our members and chapters.
Text Box: Text Box: Yor North Carolina Chapter Text Box: Welcome to your Federation Text Box: A listing of current Federation Officers may be found at www.ncnarfe.info Text Box: Specifically, what is the mission of the NC Federation of Chapters?

Why I belong to NARFE...
"I joined NARFE for one main reason. It is the only organization that works to protect and enhance the retirement benefits that I earned as a federal employee."
— Richard Strombotne, Gaithersburg, MD