NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 244

SENATE BILL 130

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 95 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 95 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Article as follows:

"Article 13.

"Payments to or for Benefit of Labor Organizations

"Sec. 95-101.1.  Definition. As used in this Article, the term 'labor organization' means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which employee or employees participate and which exists for the purpose in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.

"Sec. 95-101.2.  Agreement to Pay Labor Organization. It shall be unlawful for any carrier or shipper of property or any association of such carriers or shippers to agree to pay, or to pay, to or for the benefit of a labor organization, directly or indirectly, any charge by reason of the placing upon, delivery to, or movement by rail, or by a railroad car, of a motor vehicle, trailer, or container which is also capable of being moved or propelled upon the highways and any such agreement shall be void and unenforceable.

"Sec. 95-101.3.  Acceptance of Payment. It shall be unlawful for any labor organization to accept or receive from any carrier or shipper of property, or any association of such carriers or shippers, any payment described in Section 95-101.2 above.

"Sec. 95-101.4.  Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation, association or partnership which or who agrees to pay, or does pay, or agrees to receive, or does receive, any payment described in this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense. Each act of violation, and each day during which such an agreement remains in effect, shall constitute a separate offense."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of April, 1963.