NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 980

SENATE BILL 394

 

 

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 1212 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1959 CREATING A FIREMAN'S PENSION FUND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1212 of the Session Laws of 1959 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)       Amend that paragraph thereof designated as Section 118-18 by inserting after the comma after the word "hazard" in line 14 of said Section 118-18, as the same appears in the Session Laws of 1959, and before the word "there", in line 14, the following words: "and in recognition of the public service rendered to the State of North Carolina and its citizens by the 'eligible firemen', as hereinafter defined,".

(b)       Amend that paragraph designated as Section 118-22 by deleting the last sentence thereof.

(c)       Amend that Section designated as Section 118-25 by adding the following at the end of said Section: "The pension herein provided for shall be in addition to all other pensions or benefits provided for under any other statutes of the State of North Carolina or the United States, notwithstanding any exclusionary provisions of other pensions or retirement systems provided for by law."

(d)       Strike out all of Section 2 of Chapter 1212 and renumber the following Sections accordingly.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 17th day of June, 1961.