NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1060

SENATE BILL 1232

 

 

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME LIMITATION FOR FILING AND REOPENING CERTAIN CLAIMS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-24(a) is hereby amended by striking the words and punctuation ", and if death results from the accident, unless a claim be filed with the Commission within one year thereafter" from lines three and four of such subsection.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 97-47 is hereby amended by striking the words "12 months" from line eight of such section and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "two years".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 97-58(c) is hereby amended by striking the words "one year" from lines two and five of such subsection and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "two years".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1974, and shall apply only to cases arising on and after July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1974.