GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 344
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The Sheriffs of Caswell, Davidson, Edgecombe, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Person, Vance and Warren Counties may provide for the organization, recruiting, training, equipping, and appointing of special deputies in the Counties of Caswell, Davidson, Edgecombe, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Person, Vance and Warren.
Duly appointed special deputies shall, while training and while performing duties on behalf of the Counties of Caswell, Davidson, Edgecombe, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Person, Vance and Warren incidental to their appointment, be entitled to worker's compensation benefits to the same extent as employees of the Sheriff's Department who are regular Deputy Sheriffs I. Compensation payments to special deputies at the time of the injury shall be based upon the entrance salary of a regular Deputy Sheriff I.
Special deputies shall not be entitled to remuneration for their services unless called into active duty by the Sheriffs of Caswell, Davidson, Edgecombe, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Person, Vance and Warren Counties in which event they may receive such compensation for their services as shall be fixed by the Board of County Commissioners for the Counties of Caswell, Davidson, Edgecombe, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Person, Vance and Warren. Special deputies shall not be entitled to any benefits of compensation other than those provided by or pursuant to this section. This subsection shall not, in any manner, affect the rights of any person to benefits provided by the State of North Carolina or by act of Congress for civilian defense workers or special deputy sheriffs.
The Counties of Caswell, Davidson, Edgecombe, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Person, Vance and Warren shall be entitled to the same immunities with respect to the action of special deputies in the performance of their duties or training or otherwise, to which it is entitled with respect to the actions of regular deputy sheriffs in the performance of their duties.
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.