NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 419

HOUSE BILL 731

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 97-2(15) OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF WIDOWER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-2(15) is hereby amended by striking out "who at the time of her death lived with her and was dependent for support upon her" as the same appears in lines two and three of such subsection, and by substituting in lieu thereof "living with or dependent for support upon her at the time of her death or living apart for justifiable cause or by reason of her desertion at such time".

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1977.