GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2012-45
SENATE BILL 929
AN ACT to revise the residency requirements for members of the BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF a firemen's LOCAL RELIEF fund.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 58-84-25(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)
Administration. - These funds shall be held by the treasurer of a fire district
as a separate and distinct fund. The fire district shall immediately pay the
funds to the treasurer of the local board of trustees upon the treasurer's
election and qualification, for the use of the board of trustees of the
firemen's local relief fund in each fire district, which board shall be
composed of five members, residents of the fire district as hereinafter provided
for, to be used by it for the purposes provided in G.S. 58-84-35."
SECTION 2. G.S. 58-84-30 reads as rewritten:
"§ 58-84-30. Trustees appointed; organization.
For each county, town or city
complying with and deriving benefits from the provisions of this Article, there
shall be appointed a local board of trustees, known as the trustees of the
Firefighters' Relief Fund, to be composed of five members, two of whom shall be
elected by the members of the local fire department or departments who
are qualified as beneficiaries of such fund, two of whom shall be elected by
the mayor and board of aldermen or other local governing body, and one of whom
shall be named by the Commissioner of Insurance. Their selection and term of
office shall be as follows:
(1) The members of the fire department shall hold an election each January to elect their representatives to above board. In January 1950, the firefighters shall elect one member to serve for two years and one member to serve for one year, then each year in January thereafter, they shall elect only one member and his term of office shall be for two years. Members elected pursuant to this section shall be either (i) residents of the fire district or (ii) active or retired members of the fire department.
(2) The mayor and board of aldermen or other local governing body shall appoint, in January 1950, two representatives to above board, one to hold office for two years and one to hold office for one year, and each year in January thereafter they shall appoint only one representative and his term of office shall be for two years. Members appointed pursuant to this section shall be residents of the fire district.
(3) The Commissioner of Insurance shall appoint one representative to serve as trustee and he shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner. The member appointed pursuant to this section shall be either (i) a resident of the fire district or (ii) an active or retired member of the fire department.
All of the above trustees shall hold office for their elected or appointed time, or until their successors are elected or appointed, and shall serve without pay for their services. They shall immediately after election and appointment organize by electing from their members a chairman and a secretary and treasurer, which two last positions may be held by the same person. The treasurer of said board of trustees shall give a good and sufficient surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of moneys in his hand, to be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance. The cost of this bond may be deducted by the Insurance Commissioner from the receipts collected pursuant to G.S. 58-84-10 before distribution is made to local relief funds. If the chief or chiefs of the local fire departments are not named on the board of trustees as above provided, then they shall serve as ex officio members without privilege of voting on matters before the board."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 2012.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 12:07 p.m. this 20th day of June, 2012