NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 556

HOUSE BILL 636

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTERS 861 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1957 AND 406 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1961 RELATING TO THE JOHNSTON COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 2 of Chapter 861 of the Session Laws of 1957 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. 'Peace Officers' as used in this Act shall be deemed to include all State, county and municipal law enforcement officers in Johnston County or in any municipality therein, who are duly sworn and are fulltime, salaried law enforcement officers, actively engaged in the performance of the duties of peace officers. Any part-time or nonsalaried peace officer who is a member of the Johnston County Peace Officers Relief Association, in good standing at the time of ratification of this amendment, shall remain a member of this association and receive all benefits provided as long as his tenure in office is continuous."

Sec. 2. Section 10 of Chapter 861 of the Session Laws of 1957 is amended by striking out the comma following the word "report" in the fourth line in said Section, and by deleting the words and punctuation "together with any refund to be made" from the fourth line of said Section.

Sec. 3. Section 3 of Chapter 861 of the Session Laws of 1957 is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end to read as follows:

"Before approving the application of a new member to the Johnston County Peace Officers Relief Association, the executive board of said association shall require a physical examination of said applicant by a medical doctor approved by the executive board of said association. The expense of the medical examination shall be borne by the applicant. The executive board shall make a final determination as to the acceptability of an applicant after receiving a medical report from the examining physician."

Sec. 4. Chapter 406 of the Session Laws of 1961 is amended by deleting the last two sentences thereof.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of May, 1963.