NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 249

HOUSE BILL 499

 

 

AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE PAYMENT OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-18(c) is amended by deleting the word "seven" and inserting in lieu thereof the number "14".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 97-18(c) is further amended by adding the following new language at the end of the subsection:

"A payment becomes due within the meaning of this subsection the day following expiration of time for appeal of an award or judgment or after notice waiving right of appeal by all parties has been received by the commission, whichever is sooner. Except that if the applicable time for appeal is longer than 14 days, then payment must be made within five days after it becomes due as herein defined."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

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