NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1137

SENATE BILL 949

AN ACT TO CONTINUE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LIABILITY INSURANCE STUDY COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Law Enforcement Officers Liability Insurance Study Commission created by Chapter 979 of the 1977 Session Laws is hereby continued.

Sec. 2.  The commission shall submit written reports and recommendations to the 1979 Session of the General Assembly.

Sec. 3.  The unexpended balance of the appropriation to the commission is continued for the use of the commission until its termination.

Sec. 4.  The Law Enforcement Officers Liability Insurance Study Commission shall terminate on July 1, 1979.

Sec. 5.  In addition to the powers, authority and responsibility granted to the commission by Chapter 979 of the 1977 Session Laws, the commission is authorized and empowered to contact members of the insurance industry to determine the feasibility of providing liability insurance coverage to public officers and employees and to determine the probable cost of providing such coverage.

Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1978.