NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 515

HOUSE BILL 819

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT REGARDING BENEFITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 97-29 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)        In lines five and six of said section the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "eighty dollars ($80.00)".

(b)        In line twenty-six of said section the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "eighty dollars ($80.00)".

(c)        In line eight of said section the words and figures "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500)".

(d)        In lines sixteen and seventeen of said section the words and figures "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "thirty‑two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500)".

(e)        In lines nineteen and twenty of said section the words and figures "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500)".

(f)         In line twenty-one of said section the words and figures "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500)".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 97-30 is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "fifty‑six dollars ($56.00)" as the same appear in line seven thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "eighty dollars ($80.00)".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 97-31 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)        Subsection (21) is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "five thousand dollars ($5,000)" as the same appear in line three and by substituting in lieu thereof "seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500)".

(b)        Subsection (22) is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "five thousand dollars ($5,000)" as the same appear in lines six and seven and by substituting in lieu thereof "seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500)".

(c)        Subsection (24) is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "five thousand dollars ($5,000)" as the same appear in line five and by substituting in lieu thereof "seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500)".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 97-38 is hereby amended as follows: In lines six and seven of said section the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "eighty dollars ($80.00)".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 97-41 is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" as the same appear in line eight and by substituting in lieu thereof "thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500)".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 97-61.5(b) is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "fifty‑six dollars ($56.00)" as the same appear in line fourteen of said subsection and by substituting in lieu thereof "eighty dollars ($80.00)".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 97-61.6 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)        In line eleven of said subsection the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "eighty dollars ($80.00)".

(b)        In line fourteen of said subsection the words and figures "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500)".

(c)        In line twenty of said subsection the words and figures "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "eighty dollars ($80.00)".

(d)        In lines 31 and 32 of said subsection the words and figures "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" are hereby stricken and there is substituted in lieu thereof "thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500)".

Sec. 8.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 9.  This act shall be in full force from and after July 1, 1973, and shall apply only to cases originating on and after July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1973.