NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 246

HOUSE BILL 455

 

 

AN ACT REGARDING WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR DEATH AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-61.6 is amended by adding at the end of the fifth paragraph the following:

"If the employee was totally disabled as a result of asbestosis or silicosis, compensation shall be paid for any remaining portion of the 104 weeks specified in G.S. 97-61.5 for which the employee has not previously been paid compensation, and in addition shall be paid for an additional 300 weeks."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of April, 1979.