NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 406

HOUSE BILL 546

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 861 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1957 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADJUSTING THE HOSPITALIZATION AND OTHER BENEFITS OF THE JOHNSTON COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 9 of Chapter 861 of the Session Laws of 1957 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 9. The executive board shall use the funds derived under this Act for the purpose of purchasing group insurance for the members of the Johnston County Peace Officers' Relief Association with life insurance benefits not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), with double indemnity clause, and group hospital benefits not exceeding the current bill or charges for each member while confined within a lawfully operated hospital under the care of a physician or surgeon and not exceeding the current bill or charges for each such member for physicians' fees while so confined, and not exceeding the current bill or charges for each such member for surgical fees, together with other benefits ordinarily contained in such group policies, said benefits to remain in effect during the terms of the membership of said members under the forms of insurance known as group insurance. Six months after the end of each fiscal year the Association shall refund to the County of Johnston the surplus funds accumulated by the Association during said fiscal year (not including initiation fees and annual dues). The funds thus returned shall be placed in the general fund of the county receiving the same."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 9th day of May, 1961.