NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 893
HOUSE BILL 740

AN ACT TO REDUCE THE MAXIMUM WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION PAYABLE FOR THE DEATH OF A MINOR WITHOUT DEPENDENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 97-2(5), as it appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2D of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by inserting in paragraph 4, line 2 after the word "dies", the words "leaving dependents surviving" and by inserting after the word disability on line 8, the words "or for the death of a minor without dependents".
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification and shall apply to all accidents which occur on or after July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.