GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 174

HOUSE BILL 389

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 118-6 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is amended by inserting in the last paragraph after the third sentence, which ends with the word "office", a new sentence to read:

"The cost of this bond may be deducted by the Insurance Commissioner from the receipts collected pursuant to G.S. 118-2 before distribution is made to local relief funds."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 118-7 is amended by adding after subdivision (2) a new subdivision to read:

"(2.1)  To provide assistance, upon approval by the Secretary of the State Firemen's Association, to a destitute member fireman who has served honorably for at least five years."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 118-7(5) is amended by deleting the word "additional".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 118-12 is amended by rewriting the last sentence to read:

"Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Executive Board of the North Carolina State Firemen's Association is hereby authorized to grant educational scholarships to the children of members, to subsidize premium payments of members over 65 years of age to the Firemen's Fraternal Insurance Fund of the North Carolina State Firemen's Association, and to provide accidental death and dismemberment insurance for members of those fire departments not eligible for benefits pursuant to standards of certification adopted by the State Firemen's Association for the use of local relief funds."

Sec. 5.  G.S. 118-6 is amended in the last paragraph by rewriting the third sentence to read:  "The treasurer of said board of trustees shall give a good and sufficient surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of moneys in his hand, to be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance."

Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of May, 1987.