NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 908

HOUSE BILL 1329

AN ACT TO PROVIDE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COVERAGE AND OTHER BENEFITS FOR PERSONS SERVING AS VOLUNTEER A.B.C. OFFICERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-20 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (c) thereto to read as follows:

"(c)       A city or county board of alcoholic control may provide by resolution that persons who serve as volunteer A.B.C. officers at the request of the chief A.B.C. officer and under his authority, while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of the city or county A.B.C. Board pursuant to orders or instructions of said chief A.B.C. officer shall be entitled to benefits under the North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits for which such persons qualify."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.