Bill Text: NC H1198 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Workers Comp/Volunteer Fire Departments

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-31 - Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance [H1198 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-H1198-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 1198

 

 

Short Title:        Workers Comp/Volunteer Fire Departments.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representative Pierce (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Government, if favorable, Finance.

May 31, 2012

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide that volunteer firefighters serving with the City of Raeford Fire Department may participate in the volunteer safety workers compensation fund.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 58‑87‑10(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       Definition. – As used in this section, the term "eligible unit" means a volunteer fire department or volunteer rescue/EMS unit that is not part of a unit of local government and is exempt from State income tax under G.S. 105‑130.11.G.S. 105‑130.11, or a volunteer firefighter serving with a municipal fire department."

SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the City of Raeford.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.