North Carolina § 106-955 - Definitions.

§ 106-955. Definitions.

As used in this Article: "Firefighter" means an employee of the North Carolina Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services who engages in fire suppression duties or engages in emergency response duties pursuant to G.S. 166A-19.77. "Fire suppression duties" means involvement in on-site fire suppression, participation in Incident Management Team while it is mobilized, Operations Room duty during on-going fires or when required by high readiness plans, mop-up activities to secure fire sites, scouting and detecting forest fires, performance of standby duty, and any other activity that directly contributes to the detection, response to, and control of fires. History (1985, c. 757, s. 160(a); 1989, c. 727, s. 218(54); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2005-386, s. 1.6; 2011-145, s. 13.25(y), (z); 2013-155, s. 14.) Transfer of Division of Forest Resources. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(a), provides: "(a) The Division of Forest Resources is transferred from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with all the elements of a Type I transfer, as defined by G.S. 143A-6 ." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(yy), provides: "The transfers under this section become effective July 1, 2011, and funds transferred shall be net of any changes enacted by this section." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(zz), provides: "Any references in this act to the Division of Forest Resources of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall be construed to refer to the Division of Forest Resources of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Any references in this act to the Forestry Council of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall be construed to refer to the Forestry Council of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services." Editor's Note. - This Article is former Article 4D of Chapter 113 , as recodified by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(y), effective July 1, 2011. The historical citations to the sections in the former Article have been added to the corresponding sections in this Article as recodified. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(y), designated this Article as Article 76 of Chapter 106 . At the direction of the Revisor of Statutes, the new Article has been redesignated as Article 79, and the sections therein renumbered as G.S. 106-955 through G.S. 106-956 . This section was formerly codified as G.S. 113-60.32 . It was recodified as G.S. 106-915 by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(y), effective July 1, 2011, and renumbered as G.S. 106-955 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5 is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(z), effective July 1, 2011, substituted "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services" for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources" in subdivision (1). Session Laws 2013-155, s. 14, effective July 1, 2013, rewrote Article 79.