GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 284
AN ACT TO ASSURE THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT EXTENDS TO INJURIES OUTSIDE THE STATE FOR EMPLOYEES WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT IS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 97-36 reads as rewritten:
"§ 97-36. 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 (i) if the contract of employment was made in this State, or (ii)
if the employer's principal place of business is in this State; State,
or (iii) if the employee's principal place of employment is within 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 becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies to all claims arising on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of June, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives