NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 SESSION

CHAPTER 84
SENATE BILL 80

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, REGARDING BENEFITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 97-29 is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	In lines 5 and 6 of such Section, the words and figures "thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50)" are hereby stricken out, and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-two dollars ($42.00)."
(b)	In line 8 of such Section, the word "twelve" is hereby stricken out and the word "fifteen" is inserted in lieu thereof.
(c)	In line 14 of such Section, the word "twelve" is hereby stricken out and the word "fifteen" is inserted in lieu thereof.
(d)	In line 17 of such Section, the word "twelve" is hereby stricken out and the word "fifteen" is inserted in lieu thereof.
(e)	In line 19 of such Section, the word "twelve" is hereby stricken out and the word "fifteen" is hereby inserted in lieu thereof.
(f)	In line 19 of such Section, the word "four" is hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "five."
(g)	In line 23 of such Section, the words and figures "thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50)" are hereby stricken out, and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-two dollars ($42.00)".
Sec. 2. G.S. 97-30 is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50)" as the same appear in lines 6 and 7 thereof, and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-two dollars ($42.00)".
Sec. 3. G.S. 97-31 is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	Subsection (21) is hereby amended by striking out "three thousand five hundred" as the same appears in line 3 of such subsection and by substituting in lieu thereof "four thousand".
(b)	Subsection (22) is hereby amended by striking out "three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00)" as the same appears in lines 6 and 7 of such subsection and by substituting in lieu thereof "four thousand dollars ($4,000.00)".
(c)	Subsection (24) is hereby amended by striking out "three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00)" as the same appears in line 5 of such subsection and by substituting in lieu thereof "four thousand dollars ($4,000.00)".
Sec. 4.  G.S. 97-38 is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	In lines 6 and 7 of such Section, the words and figures "thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50)" are hereby stricken out, and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-two dollars ($42.00".
(b)	In line 8 of such Section the word "four" is stricken out, and there is substituted in lieu thereof the word "five".
Sec. 5.  G.S. 97-40 is hereby amended by striking out "four hundred dollars ($400.00)" as the same appears in line 5 of the second paragraph of such Section and by substituting in lieu thereof "five hundred dollars ($500.00)".
Sec. 6.  G.S. 97-41 is hereby amended by striking out the word "twelve" as the same appears in line 5 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifteen".
Sec. 7.  G.S. 97-61.5(b) is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50)" as the same appear in lines 13 and 14 of such subsection, and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-two dollars ($42.00)".
Sec. 8.  G.S. 97-61.6 is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	In lines 11 and 12 of such subsection the words and figures "thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-two dollars ($42.00)".
(b)	In line 14 of such subsection the words and figures "twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00)".
(c)	In lines 19 and 20 of such subsection, the words and figures "thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-two dollars ($42.00)".
(d)	In lines 29 and 30 of such subsection the words and figures "twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00)" are hereby stricken out and there is substituted in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00)".
Sec. 9.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 10.  This Act shall be in full force from and after July 1, 1967, and shall apply only to cases originating on and after July 1, 1967.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of March, 1967.