NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 281

SENATE BILL 238

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT REGARDING BENEFITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 97-29 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)  In lines five and six of such section the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)".

(b)  In line six of said section the word "ten" is hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

(c)  In line eight of said section the word "eighteen" is hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

(d)  In line fourteen of said section the word "eighteen" is hereby stricken out and there is substiuted in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

(e)  In line seventeen of said section the word "eighteen" is hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

(f)   In line nineteen of said section the word "eighteen" is hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

(g)  In line twenty-four of said section the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)".

(h)  In line twenty-six of said section the word "ten" is hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 97-30 is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)" as the same appear in lines six and seven thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 97-38 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)  In line six of said section the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)".

(b)  In line seven of said section the word "ten" is hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 97-41 is hereby amended by striking out the word "eighteen" as the same appears in line five and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 97-61.5(b) is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)" as the same appear in lines thirteen and fourteen of such subsection and by substituting in lieu thereof "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)", and by striking out the words and figures "ten dollars ($10.00)" as the same appear in line fourteen of such subsection and by substituting in lieu thereof "twenty dollars ($20.00)".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 97-61.6 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)  In line eleven of such subsection the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)".

(b)  In line twelve of such subsection the words and figures "ten dollars ($10.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof "twenty dollars ($20.00)".

(c)  In line fourteen of such subsection the words and figures "eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)".

(d)  In lines nineteen and twenty of such subsection the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)".

(e)  In line thirty-one of such subsection the words and figures "eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)".

Sec. 7.  This act shall be in full force from and after July 1, 1971, and shall apply only to cases originating on and after July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of May, 1971.