GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 544

SENATE BILL 349

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES TO EXCLUDE ONLY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN FROM OSHA COVERAGE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 95-148 is amended by rewriting the seventh paragraph to read:

"Any municipality with a population of 10,000 or less may exclude its fire department from the operation of this section by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality, except that the resolution may not exclude those firefighters who are employees of the municipality."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1985.