GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 164
AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN VOLUNTEER AND MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 95-148 is amended by adding three new paragraphs at the end to read:
"This section shall not apply to volunteer fire departments not a part of any municipality.
Any municipality with a population of 10,000 or less may exclude its fire department from the operation of this section by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality.
The North Carolina Fire Commission shall recommend regulations and standards for fire departments."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of April, 1983.