RALEIGH, N.C.  — The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association is pleased to announce that at 1:30 PM today in the Old House Chambers of the State Capitol Building Governor Bev Perdue will sign SB 411(766) in to law.

SB 411, Amend Survivor’s Alternate Benefit, provides that the survivor and family of an officer killed in the line of duty may choose a life time pension benefit rather than a one time withdrawal of the funds the officer contributed to the state retirement system.

This bill was introduced at the request of PBA and filed in honor of Winston-Salem Police Sergeant and PBA member Howard Plouff who was shot and killed in the line of duty after responding to assist fellow officers on February 23,2007.

Sgt. Plouff was a 17 and 1/2 year veteran officer who left behind his wife and high school sweetheart, Ms. Joyce Plouff and two daughters.

Ms. Plouff will be joined at the bill signing by several PBA and police officials and bill sponsors Senator Pete Brunstetter, and Representatives Larry Womble and Earline Parmon.