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NC Gen Stat § 58-85-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85 - Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.|§ 58-85-1 - Application of fund.

 58-85-1. Application of fund.The money paid into the hands of the treasurer of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association shall be known and remain as the "Firefighters' Relief Fund" of North Carolina, and shall be used as a fund for the relief of firefighters and county fire marshals, who are members of this Association, who may be injured or rendered sick by disease contracted in the actual discharge of duty as firefighters or county fire marshals, and for the relief of surviving spouses, children, and if there be no surviving spouse or children, then dependent mothers of the firefighters and county fire marshals killed or dying from disease so contracted in the discharge of duty; to be paid in the manner and in the sums to the individuals of the classes herein named and described as may be provided for and determined upon in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the Association, and any provisions and determinations made under the constitution and bylaws shall be final and conclusive as to the persons entitled to benefits and as to the amount of benefit to be received, and no action at law shall be maintained against the Association to enforce any claim or recover any benefit under this Article or under the constitution and bylaws of the Association; but if any officer or committee of the Association omit or refuse to perform any duty imposed upon the officer or them, nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any proceedings against that officer or committee to compel the officer or them to perform that duty. Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Executive Board of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association is hereby authorized to grant educational scholarships to members and the children of members, to subsidize premium payments of members over 65 years of age to the Firemen's Fraternal Insurance Fund of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association, and to provide accidental death and dismemberment insurance for members of fire departments.  (1891, c. 468, s. 3; Rev., s. 4393; C.S., s. 6058; 1925, c. 41; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1215; 1987, c. 174, s. 4; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 678, s. 33; 2004-199, s. 22(a); 2007-246, s. 1; 2014-64, s. 1(e); 2016-51, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-85-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85 - Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.|§ 58-85-10 - Treasurer to file report and give bond.

 58-85-10. Treasurer to file report and give bond.The treasurer of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association shall make a detailed report to the State Treasurer and the Commissioner of Insurance of the yearly expenditures of the appropriation under Articles 84 through 88 of this Chapter on or before the end of the fiscal year, showing the total amount of money in his hands at the time of the filing of the report, and shall give a bond to the State of North Carolina with good and sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the Treasurer of the State of North Carolina in a sum not less than the amount of money on hand as shown by said report.  (1891, c. 468, s. 4; Rev., s. 4394; C.S., s. 6059; 1925, c. 41; 2014-64, s. 1(e); 2016-51, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-85-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85 - Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.|§ 58-85-15 - Who shall participate in the fund.

 58-85-15. Who shall participate in the fund.The line of duty entitling one to participate in the fund shall be so construed as to mean actual fire duty only, and any actual duty connected with the fire department or county fire marshal office when directed to perform the same by an officer in charge. (1891, c. 468, s. 5; Rev., s. 4395; C.S., s. 6060; 1925, c. 41; 2004-199, s. 22(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-85-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85 - Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.|§ 58-85-20 - Who may become members.

 58-85-20. Who may become members.Any organized fire company in North Carolina, holding itself ready for duty, may, upon compliance with the requirements of its constitution and bylaws, become a member of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association, and any firefighter of good moral character in North Carolina, and belonging to an organized fire company, who complies with the requirements of the constitution and bylaws of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association, may become a member of the Association. Any county fire marshal office may, upon compliance with the requirements of its constitution and bylaws, become a member of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association, and any employee of a county fire marshal office of good moral character whose sole duty is to act as a fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or firefighter of the county, who complies with the requirements of its constitution and bylaws, may become a member of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association.  (1891, c. 468, s. 6; Rev., s. 4396; C.S., s. 6061; 1925, c. 41; 2004-199, s. 22(c); 2014-64, s. 1(e); 2016-51, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-85-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85 - Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.|§ 58-85-25 - Applied to members of regular fire company.

 58-85-25. Applied to members of regular fire company.G.S. 58-85-1, 58-85-10, 58-85-15, 58-85-20, and 58-85-25 shall apply to any firefighter or fire marshal who is a member of a regularly organized fire company or county fire marshal office, and is a member in good standing of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association.  (1891, c. 468, s. 7; Rev., s. 4397; C.S., s. 6062; 1925, c. 41; 2004-199, s. 22(d); 2014-64, s. 1(e); 2016-51, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-85-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85 - Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.|§ 58-85-30 - Treasurer to pay fund to Volunteer Firemen's Association.

 58-85-30. Treasurer to pay fund to Volunteer Firemen's Association.(a) The treasurer of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association shall pay to the treasurer of the North Carolina State Volunteer Firemen's Association one sixth of the funds arising from the three percent (3%) paid the treasurer of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association by the Commissioner each year to be used by the North Carolina State Volunteer Firemen's Association for the purposes set forth in G.S. 58-84-35.(b) Local units of the North Carolina State Volunteer Firemen's Association shall maintain records and report to the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association in accordance with G.S. 58-84-40, and shall be subject to the sanctions in G.S. 58-84-40.  (1925, c. 41; 1985, c. 666, s. 65; 2003-221, s. 11; 2016-51, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-85-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85 - Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.|§ 58-85-35 - Prudent management of Firefighters' Relief Fund.

 58-85-35. Prudent management of Firefighters' Relief Fund.The North Carolina State Firefighters' Association shall manage the Firefighters' Relief Fund as a prudent trustee of the funds, subject to Chapter 36E of the General Statutes.  (2014-64, s. 1(e); 2016-51, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-85A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 85A - State Fire Protection Grant Fund.|§ 58-85A-1 - Creation of Fund; allocation to local fire districts and political subdivisions of the State.

 58-85A-1. Creation of Fund; allocation to local fire districts and political subdivisions of the State.(a) There is created in the Department of Insurance the State Fire Protection Grant Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to compensate local fire districts and political subdivisions of the State for providing local fire protection to State-owned buildings and their contents.(b) The Department of Insurance shall develop and implement an equitable and uniform statewide method for distributing any funds to the State's local fire districts and political subdivisions.(c) It is the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate annually to the State Fire Protection Grant Fund up to four million one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($4,180,000) from the General Fund, one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($158,000) from the Highway Fund, and one million three hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($1,345,000) from University of North Carolina receipts. Funds received from the General Fund shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by the General Fund; funds received from the Highway Fund shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by the Highway Fund; and funds received from University of North Carolina receipts shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by University of North Carolina receipts.  (1997-443, s. 23(a); 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2007-323, ss. 23.4(a), 23.4(b); 2008-107, s. 22.2; 2011-145, s. 25.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-1 - Fund established; administration by board of trustees; rules and regulations.

 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 firefighting 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, firefighting 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 firefighters 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 Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund" to be administered as provided in this Article.The North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund is established to provide pension allowances and other benefits for eligible firefighters 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.  (1957, c. 1420, s. 1; 1959, c. 1212, s. 1; 1961, c. 980; 1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 2013-284, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-6 - Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund Advisory Panel.

 58-86-6. Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund Advisory Panel.There is created an advisory panel to be known as the Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund Advisory Panel, hereinafter referred to as "the advisory panel."The advisory panel shall consist of seven persons:(1) The Director of the Retirement Systems Division of the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer or his or her designee, who shall act as chair.(2) A designee of the State Insurance Commissioner.(3) Five members to be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System: one paid firefighter, one volunteer firefighter, one paid rescue squad worker, one volunteer rescue squad worker, and one representing the public at large, for terms of four years each. One member of the advisory panel appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System must be a member of that Board. Members of the advisory panel may succeed themselves if reappointed by the Board of Trustees of the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.The persons serving on the Board of Trustees of the Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund on June 30, 2013, may serve as members of the advisory panel until the expiration of their current terms. No member of the advisory panel shall receive any salary, compensation, or expenses other than that provided in G.S. 138-6 for each day's attendance at duly and regularly called and held meetings of the advisory panel.  (2013-284, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-10 - Powers and duties of the board.

 58-86-10. Powers and duties of the board.The Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System shall administer the Pension Fund. The board shall request appropriations out of the general fund for administrative expenses and to provide for the financing of this pension fund, employ necessary clerical assistance, determine all applications for pensions, provide for the payment of pensions, make all necessary rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the governance of this fund, prescribe rules and regulations of eligibility of persons to receive pensions, expend funds in accordance with the provisions of this Article, and generally exercise all other powers necessary for the administration of the fund created by this Article. Should any change or error due to the submission of fraudulent or incorrect information result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the Retirement System more or less than he or she would have been entitled to receive had their records been correct, the Board of Trustees shall correct such error, and as far as practicable, shall adjust the payment in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.  (1957, c. 1420, s. 1; 1959, c. 1212, s. 1; 1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 2013-284, s. 1(a); 2015-88, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-11 - Powers and duties of the advisory panel.

 58-86-11. Powers and duties of the advisory panel.The advisory panel shall meet at least once annually upon call of the chair. The advisory panel shall have no administrative authority but shall prepare an annual report to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System regarding the status and needs of the North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.  (2013-284, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-20 - State Treasurer to be custodian of fund; appropriations; contributions to fund; expenditures.

 58-86-20. State Treasurer to be custodian of fund; appropriations; contributions to fund; expenditures.The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund and shall invest its assets in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3. The appropriations made by the General Assembly out of the general fund to provide money for administrative expenses shall be handled in the same manner as any other general fund appropriation. One-fourth of the appropriation made out of the general fund to provide for the financing of the pension fund shall be transferred quarterly to a special fund to be known as the North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund. There shall be set up in the State Treasurer's office a special fund to be known as the North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund, and all contributions made by the members of this pension fund shall be deposited in the special fund. All expenditures for refunds, investments or benefits shall be in the same manner as expenditures of other special funds.  (1957, c. 1420, s. 1; 1959, c. 1212, s. 1; 1961, c. 980; 1971, c. 30; 1979, c. 467, s. 10; 1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 2013-284, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-25 - Determination and certification of eligible firefighters.

 58-86-25. Determination and certification of eligible firefighters.For purposes of this Article, eligible firefighters must attend 36 hours of training sessions in each calendar year. Each eligible fire department shall annually determine and report a certified roster of the names of those firefighters meeting the eligibility qualifications of this Article to its respective governing body, which upon determination of the validity and accuracy of the qualification, the department shall promptly submit the list to the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association. Submission of such information by a department to the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association constitutes a certification of its accuracy under accounting standards set forth by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation. The North Carolina State Firefighters' Association shall provide a list of those persons meeting the eligibility requirements of this Article to the State Treasurer by January 31 of each year. For the purposes of the preceding sentences, the governing body of a fire department operated: by a county is the county board of commissioners; by a city is the city council; by a sanitary district is the sanitary district board; by a corporation, whether profit or nonprofit, is the corporation's board of directors; and by any other entity is that group designated by the board. An "eligible firefighter" may not also qualify as an "eligible rescue squad worker" in order to receive double benefits available under this Article.  (1957, c. 1420, s. 1; 1959, c. 1212, s. 1; 1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 1983, c. 416, s. 7; 1985, c. 241; 2000-67, s. 26.22; 2001-222, s. 1; 2003-362, s. 1; 2009-66, s. 2(b); 2013-284, s. 1(a); 2015-88, s. 3; 2016-51, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-30 - Determination and certification of "eligible rescue squad worker."

 58-86-30. Determination and certification of "eligible rescue squad worker."Eligible rescue squad workers must attend at least 36 hours of training sessions in each calendar year. Each rescue or emergency medical services squad eligible for membership in the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Inc., must file a roster certified by the secretary of the association of those rescue or emergency medical services squad workers meeting the requirements of this section with the State Treasurer by January 31 of each calendar year. Submission of such information by a department to the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Inc., constitutes a certification of its accuracy under accounting standards set forth by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation.An "eligible rescue squad worker" may not qualify also as an "eligible firefighter" in order to receive double benefits available under this Article.  (1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 833, s. 3; 1995, c. 507, s. 7.21A(h); 2009-66, s. 2(c); 2013-284, s. 1(a); 2015-88, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-35 - Firefighters' application for membership in fund; monthly payments by members; payments credited to separate accounts of members; termination of membership.

 58-86-35. Firefighters' application for membership in fund; monthly payments by members; payments credited to separate accounts of members; termination of membership.Those firefighters who are eligible pursuant to G.S. 58-86-25 may apply to the board for membership. Each firefighter upon becoming a member of the fund shall pay the director of the fund the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per month; each payment shall be made no later than March 31 subsequent to the end of the calendar year in which the month occurred. The Pension Fund shall not award fully credited service based on payments received later than March 31 subsequent to the end of the calendar year in which the month occurred unless the payment is applied as provided in G.S. 58-86-45(a1). The monthly payments shall be credited to the separate account of the member and shall be kept by the custodian so it is available for payment on withdrawal from membership or retirement.A member may elect to terminate membership in the fund at any time and request the refund of payments previously made to the fund. However, a member's delinquency in making the monthly payments required by this section does not result in the termination of membership without such an election by the member.  (1957, c. 1420, s. 1; 1959, c. 1212, s. 1; 1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 1995, c. 507, s. 7.21A(d); 2005-91, s. 14; 2005-281, s. 1.2; 2009-66, s. 2(d); 2013-284, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-86-40 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 86 - North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.|§ 58-86-40 - Rescue squad worker's application for membership in funds; monthly payments by members; payments credited to separate accounts of members; termination of membership.

 58-86-40. Rescue squad worker's application for membership in funds; monthly payments by members; payments credited to separate accounts of members; termination of membership.Those rescue squad workers eligible pursuant to G.S. 58-86-30 may apply to the board for membership. Each eligible rescue squad worker upon becoming a member shall pay the director of the fund the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per month; each payment shall be made no later than March 31 subsequent to the end of the calendar year in which the month occurred. The Pension Fund shall not award fully credited service based on payments received later than March 31 subsequent to the end of the calendar year in which the month occurred unless the payment is applied as provided in G.S. 58-86-45(a1). The monthly payments shall be credited to the separate account of the member and shall be kept by the custodian so it is available for payment on withdrawal from membership or retirement.A member may elect to terminate membership in the fund at any time and request the refund of payments previously made to the fund. However, a member's delinquency in making the monthly payments required by this section does not result in the termination of membership without such an election by the member.  (1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 1983, c. 500, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 833, s. 4; 1995, c. 507, s. 7.21A(e); 2005-91, s. 15; 2005-281, s. 1.3; 2009-66, s. 2(e); 2013-284, s. 1(a).)