NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 614

HOUSE BILL 1126

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 576 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1951 PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FOR RETIRED FIREMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DURHAM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 576 of the Session Laws of 1951, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following at the end of Section 5:

"Provided, however, notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, which determines the amount paid a retired fireman, the Board is hereby authorized to pay an additional amount, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month, to every retired fireman of the Durham Fire Department, both present and future. The Board of Trustees herein created is authorized to adjust such payment and other expenditures to remain within the funds available from interest on investments and from amounts received from the Firemen's Relief Fund. It is the intent of this proviso to pay this additional amount to every retired fireman and not subject to the limitations contained in this act."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1971.