NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION
CHAPTER 714
SENATE BILL 765
AN ACT TO RETITLE THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT AS THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 97-1 is rewritten to read:
"§ 97-1. Short title. — This Article shall be known and cited as The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act."
Sec. 2. The following sections of the General Statutes are amended by deleting the word "workmen's" whenever that word appears and inserting in lieu thereof the word "workers'", and are amended by deleting the word "Workmen's" whenever that word appears and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Workers'".
15A-405(b) 97-108 115-160
20-185 97-109 115-192
58-72(15) 97-110 130-11(5)
58-131.36(8) 97-113(a) 143-166.5
69-25.8 97-114 143-296
97-13(b) 97-115 160A-164
97-45 97-116 160A-282
97-52 97-117 160A-283
97-64 97-122 166A-14(b)
97-105 105-228.5 143B-491(b)
97-107 115-159.1 115D-21
Sec. 3. Section 1 of Chapter 86, Session Laws of 1979 is amended by deleting the word "Workmen's", and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Workers'".
Sec. 4. Chapter 97 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 97-1.1. References to Workmen's Compensation. — Any reference in any act, public or local, to the 'Workmen's Compensation Act', 'Workmen's Compensation', or 'workmen's compensation' shall be deemed to refer respectively to 'Workers' Compensation Act', 'Workers' Compensation' or 'workers' compensation'."
Sec. 5. Any and all forms that are prepared by the State and in existence at the time of the effective date hereof may be used notwithstanding the fact they refer to "Workmen's" instead of "Workers'".
Sec. 6. This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1979.