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North Carolina

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Code Part: Chapter 58, Article 86, Chapter 97

Description: North Carolina Firemen's and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund. § 58‑86‑1. Fund established; administration by board of trustees; rules and regulations. For the purpose of furthering the general welfare and police powers and obligations of the State with respect to the protection of all its citizens from the consequences of loss or damage by fire and of injury by serious accident or illness, of increasing the protection of life and property against loss or damage by fire, of improving fire fighting and life saving techniques, of increasing the potential of fire departments, rescue squads, organizations and groups, of fostering increased and more widely spread training of personnel of these organizations and groups, and of providing incentive and inducement to participate in fire prevention, fire fighting and rescue squad activities and for the establishment of new, improved or extended fire departments, rescue squads, organizations and groups to the end that ultimately all areas of the State and all of its citizens will receive the benefits of fire protection and rescue squads' activity and a resulting reduction of loss or damage to life and property by fire hazard or injury by serious accident or illness, and in recognition of the public service rendered to the State of North Carolina and its citizens by "eligible firemen and rescue squad workers," as defined by this Article, there is created in this State a fund to be known, and designated as "The North Carolina Firemen's and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund" to be administered as provided in this Article. The North Carolina Firemen's and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund is established to provide pension allowances and other benefits for eligible firemen and rescue squad workers in the State who elect to become members of the fund. The board of trustees created by this Article shall have authority to administer the fund and shall make necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Article. § 97‑1. Short title. This Article shall be known and cited as The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act.

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