NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1059

SENATE BILL 1231

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT REGARDING ACCIDENTS TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE THE STATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-36 is hereby repealed and Article 1 of Chapter 97 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section 97-36.1 to read as follows:

"§97-36.1.  Accidents taking place outside State, employees receiving compensation from another state. — Where an accident happens while the employee is employed elsewhere than in this State and the accident is one which would entitle him or his dependents or next of kin to compensation if it had happened in this State, then the employee or his dependents or next of kin shall be entitled to compensation (1) if the contract of employment was made in this State, or (2) if the employer's principal place of business is in this State; provided, however, that if an employee or his dependents or next of kin shall receive compensation or damages under the laws of any other state nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to permit a total compensation for the same injury greater than is provided for in this Article."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1974, and shall apply only to cases arising on and after July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1974.