58-84-25. Disbursement of funds by Insurance Commissioner. (a) Distribution. – The Insurance Commissioner shall deduct the sum of three percent (3%) from the tax proceeds credited to the Department pursuant to G.S. 105-228.5(d)(3) and pay the same over to the treasurer of the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association for administrative purposes. The Insurance Commissioner shall […]
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 local Firefighters’ Relief Fund, to be composed of five members, two of whom shall be elected by the members […]
58-84-32. Prudent management of funds. Local boards of trustees shall manage local relief funds as prudent trustees of the funds, subject to Chapter 36E of the General Statutes. (2014-64, s. 1(a).)
58-84-33. Maximum fund balances. (a) The balance of a local fire department’s Firefighters’ Relief Fund for a given year shall not exceed the product of multiplying the number of members on the department’s roster as of January 1 for that year by the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). (b) The North Carolina […]
58-84-35. Disbursement of funds by trustees. (a) The board of trustees shall have entire control of the funds derived from the provisions of this Article, and shall disburse the funds only for the following purposes: (1) To safeguard any firefighter in active service from financial loss, occasioned by sickness contracted or injury received while in […]
58-84-40. Trustees to keep account and file certified reports. (a) Each local board of trustees shall keep a correct account of all moneys received and disbursed by them. On a form prescribed by the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association, each local board shall certify by October 31 of each year the following to the Association: […]
58-84-41. Commissioner of Insurance to maintain database of reports; fire department identification numbers. (a) Working with the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association, the Commissioner of Insurance shall develop and maintain a database of the information reported under G.S. 58-84-40(b) and the certifications filed under G.S. 58-84-46. (b) The Commissioner of Insurance shall issue to each […]
58-84-46. Certification to Commissioner. On or before October 31 of each year, the fire chief of each city or county that has a local board of trustees under G.S. 58-84-30 shall file a certificate of eligibility with the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association on a form prescribed by the Association. If the certificate is not […]
58-84-5. Definitions. The following definitions apply in Articles 84, 85, 85A, 87, and 88 of this Chapter: (1) City. – A fire district. (2) Clerk. – The clerk of a fire district or, if there is no clerk, the person so designated by the governing body of the fire district. (3) Fire district. – Any […]
58-84-50. Fire departments to be members of North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association. For the purpose of supervision and as a guaranty that provisions of this Article shall be honestly administered in a businesslike manner, it is provided that every department enjoying the benefits of this law shall be a member of the North Carolina State […]
58-84-52. Benefits available to individual firefighters whose departments are not members of the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association. (a) Individual firefighters whose departments are not members of the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association shall be covered under the line of duty coverage offered by the Association. (b) Benefits under this section shall be paid from […]
58-84-55. No discrimination on account of race. The local boards of trustees of the local Firefighters’ Relief Funds shall make no discrimination based upon race in the payment of benefits. (1907, c. 831, s. 10; C.S., s. 6073; 1985, c. 666, s. 62; 2007-246, s. 8; 2014-64, s. 1(a).)
58-84-60. Immunity. A person serving on a local board of trustees of a local Firefighters’ Relief Fund shall be immune individually from civil liability for monetary damages, except to the extent covered by insurance, for any act or failure to act arising out of this service, except where the person: (1) Was not acting within […]
58-84-65. Repeal of certain local laws inconsistent with this Article. The following provisions contained within any local act enacted or amended prior to January 1, 2014, are hereby repealed: (1) Any redirection, at the time of receipt, of funds directed to a fire district under G.S. 58-84-25(c) to a fund other than a local relief […]
