During the 2005 Session, the N.C.
General Assembly ratified and Governor Michael F. Easley signed into law the
following bills affecting N.C.
Gen. Stat. Chapter 97 and other statutes governing workers’ compensation
claims and tort claims against the state.
House
Bill 99—Session Law 2005-448 (An Act to Amend the Workers’
Compensation Act and to Create the Study Committee on Workers’ Compensation
Benefits)—Ratified August 24. Signed by Governor Michael F. Easley on
September 29.
House
Bill 105—Session Law 2005-435 (An
Act to Modify the Taxation of Motor Fuels, to Make Technical, Clarifying, and
Administrative Changes to the Revenue Laws and Related Statutes, and to Allow
Interstate Passenger Air Carriers a Refund of Sales and Use Taxes on Fuel)—Ratified August
24. Signed by Governor Easley
on September 27.
House
Bill 320—Session Law 2005-345 (An Act to Make Technical, Clarifying,
and Other Modifications to the Current Operations and Capital Improvements
Appropriations Act of 2005)—Ratified August 30. Signed by Governor Easley
on August 31.
House
Bill 1086—Session Law 2005-359 (An
Act Revising the Jurisdiction of the General Assembly Police and the Oath of
Office to Reflect that Change, and to Make a Technical Amendment)—Ratified August
23. Signed by Governor Easley
on September 7.
Senate
Bill 148—Session Law 2005-376 (An Act to Extend the Law Enforcement
Officers’, Firemen’s, Rescue Squad Workers’, and Civil Air Patrol
Members’ Death Benefit to Permanent Part-Time and Temporary Law Enforcement
Officers and Detention Officers)—Ratified August 24. Signed by Governor
Easley on September 8.
Senate
Bill 319—Session Law 2005-400 (An Act Establishing the North Carolina
Self-Insurance Security System and Clarifying the Procedures by Which Subsidiary
and Affiliate Companies May Be Licensed as Self-Insurers for Workers
Compensation and to Make Other Conforming and Technical Changes to the Workers
Compensation Laws Respecting Individual Self-Insurers in Article 5 of Chapter 97
of the General Statutes)—Ratified August 24. Signed by Governor Easley on
September 14.
Senate
Bill 327—Session Law 2005-396 (An
Act to Make Changes to the Statutes Regarding the North Carolina State Bar and
to Provide the State Bar with Explicit Statutory Authority to Impose Fees To
Support Its Work)—Ratified August 23. Signed by Governor Easley on
September 14.
Senate
Bill 622—Session Law 2005-276 (An Act to Make Base Budget
Appropriations for Current Operations of State Departments, Institutions, and
Agencies, and for Other Purposes)—Ratified August 11. Signed by Governor
Easley on August 13.
Senate
Bill 685—Session Law 2005-124 (An Act to Revise the Professional
Employer Organization Act by Providing for the Cancellation of Surety Bonds
Under Certain Circumstances, Establishing the Requirements for De Minimis
Registration, Providing That Applicants for Licensure Are Not Required to
Provide Evidence to the Commissioner That the Workers’ Compensation Premium
Paid by the Applicant Is Commensurate with Exposure and Anticipated Claim
Experience for All Employees Covered Under Policies in the Name of the Licensee,
Revising the Law Governing Evidence of Financial Responsibility for
Organizations Applying for Licensure on or Before July 1, 2005, Providing for
Conditional Authority for a Professional Employer Organization to Operate
Pending Consideration of its License Application Upon a Showing of Financial
Stability and Need, and Authorizing the Use of Funds from the Insurance
Regulatory Fund for Regulation of Professional Employer Organizations)—Ratified
June 23. Signed by Governor Easley on June 29.
North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law:
All the excerpts from the North Carolina General
Statutes that pertain to the North Carolina
Industrial Commission and its activities.