NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1006

HOUSE BILL 1771

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 459 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1963 RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF MORGANTON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Section 4 of Chapter 459 of the Session Laws of 1963 is hereby amended by rewriting the first paragraph of the section to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. Eligibility for Supplemental Benefits. All firemen of the Morganton Fire Department, both uniformed and volunteer firemen, shall be eligible to receive supplemental benefits from this fund upon reaching fifty-five years of age, provided such firemen have twenty years of active service with the Morganton Fire Department. For the purpose of this section 'supplemental benefit' as used herein shall be defined to mean any sum of money payable by the fund to a fireman of the Morganton Fire Department who becomes eligible for said benefits as hereinbefore set forth."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of March, 1974.