GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-222
AN ACT TO STREAMLINE THE FIREMEN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 58-86-25 reads as rewritten:
"§ 58-86-25. "Eligible firemen" defined; determination and certification of volunteers meeting qualifications.
"Eligible firemen" shall mean all firemen of the
State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof, including those
performing such functions in the protection of life and property through fire
fighting within a county or city governmental unit and so certified to the
Commissioner of Insurance by the governing body thereof, and who belong to a
bona fide fire department which, as determined by the Commissioner, is
classified as not less than class "9" or class "A" and
"AA" departments in accordance with rating methods, schedules,
classifications, underwriting rules, bylaws or regulations effective or applied
with respect to the establishment of rates or premiums used or charged pursuant
to ArticlesArticle 36 or 40 of this Chapter or by such other
reasonable methods as the Commissioner may determine, and which operates fire
apparatus and equipment of the value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more,
and said fire department holds drills and meetings not less than four hours
monthly and said firemen attend at least 36 hours of all drills and meetings in
each calendar year. "Eligible firemen" shall also mean an employee of
a county whose sole duty is to act as fire marshal of the county, provided the
board of county commissioners of that county certifies the fire marshal's
attendance at no less than 36 hours of all drills and meetings in each calendar
year. "Eligible firemen" shall also mean those persons meeting the
other qualifications of this section, not exceeding 25 volunteer firemen plus
one additional volunteer fireman per 100 population in the area served by their
respective departments. Each department shall annually determine and report the
names of those firemen meeting the eligibility qualifications of this section
to its respective governing body, which upon determination of the validity and
accuracy of the qualification shall promptly certify the list to the board.North
Carolina State Firemen's Association. The Firemen's Association shall provide a
list of those persons meeting the eligibility requirements of this section to
the State Treasurer by July 1 of each year. For the purposes of the
preceding sentence, the governing body of a fire department operated: by a
county is the county board of commissioners; by a city is the city council; by
a sanitary district is the sanitary district board; by a corporation, whether
profit or nonprofit, is the corporation's board of directors; and by any other
entity is that group designated by the board."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective January 1, 2002, and applies to reports issued on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 4:34 p.m. this 15th day of June, 2001