NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 309

HOUSE BILL 71

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 107 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1931 RELATING TO THE CITY OF HIGH POINT TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLICE AND FIRE RESERVE AND TO MAKE THE NORTH CAROLINA WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 8 of Article III of Chapter 107 of the Private Laws of 1931, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following:

"The City Council may provide for the organization, recruiting, training, equipping, and appointing of auxiliary policemen and auxiliary firemen for the City of High Point.

"Duly appointed auxiliary policemen and firemen shall, while training and while performing duties on behalf of the city incidental to their appointment, be entitled to workmen's compensation benefits to the same extent as regular city employees. Compensation payments to auxiliary policemen shall be based upon the entrance salary of a regular city police patrolman at the time of the injury. Compensation payments to auxiliary firemen shall be based upon the entrance salary of a regular city fireman at the time of the injury.

"Auxiliary policemen and firemen shall not be entitled to remuneration for their services unless called into active duty by the City Council because of an emergency, in which event they may receive such compensation for their services as shall be fixed by the Council. Auxiliary policemen and firemen shall not be entitled to any benefits of compensation other than those provided by or pursuant to this Section. This subsection shall not in any manner affect the rights of any person to benefits provided by the State of North Carolina or by Act of Congress for civilian defense workers or auxiliary policemen and firemen.

"The City of High Point shall be entitled to the same immunities with respect to the action of auxiliary policemen and auxiliary firemen in the performance of their duties or training or otherwise, to which it is entitled with respect to the actions of regular city policemen and firemen in the performance of their duties."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. 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 27th day of April, 1965.