North Carolina § 143-166 - 13. Persons entitled to benefits under Article.

§ 143-166. 13. Persons entitled to benefits under Article.

The following persons who are subject to the Criminal Justice Training and Standards Act are entitled to benefits under this Article: State Government Security Officers, Department of Administration; State Correctional Officers, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety; State Probation and Parole Officers, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety; Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety; Sworn Law Enforcement Officers in the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the Department of Justice; State Highway Patrol Officers, Department of Public Safety; General Assembly Special Police, General Assembly; Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Health and Human Services; Juvenile Justice Officers, Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety; Insurance Investigators, Department of Insurance; State Bureau of Investigation Officers and Alcohol Law Enforcement Agents, Department of Public Safety; Director and Assistant Director, License and Theft Enforcement Section, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation; Members of License and Theft Enforcement Section, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation, designated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as either "inspectors" or uniformed weigh station personnel; Repealed by Session Laws 2021-23, s. 21, effective May 17, 2021. North Carolina Ports Authority Police, Department of Transportation; Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Environmental Quality; Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Public Safety. Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Revenue. Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, University System. Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The following persons are entitled to benefits under this Article regardless of whether they are subject to the Criminal Justice Training and Standards Act: Driver License Examiners injured by accident arising out of and in the course of giving a road test, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation; Employees of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety injured by a direct and deliberate act of an offender supervised by the Division or while performing supervisory duties over offenders which place the employees at risk of such injury. As used in this Article, the term "eligible person" or "person" shall mean any individual listed under subsection (a) or (b) of this section. History (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1272, s. 1; 1981, c. 348, s. 1; c. 964, s. 19; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(99), c. 751, s. 7(15); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 34; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 20.7(a); 1997-443, ss. 11A.118(a), 11A.119(a); 1997-503, s. 3; 1998-212, s. 28.25(a); 2001-487, s. 89; 2005-359, s. 3; 2011-145, ss. 14.6(d), 19.1(g), (h), ( l ); 2014-100, ss. 17.1(kkk), 35.12(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2015-263, s. 36(d); 2017-186, s. 2(cccccc); 2018-5, s. 35.18(a); 2021-23, s. 21.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2014-100, s. 35.12(b), made subsection (c) of this section, as added by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 35.12(a), effective October 1, 2014, and applicable to injuries occurring on or after that date. The subdivision (a)(5) designation and the substitution of a semicolon for a period at the end of subdivision (a)(5) were all made at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2018.'" Session Laws 2018-5, s. 39.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-359, s. 1, effective September 7, 2005, substituted "General Assembly Special Police" for "State Legislative Building Special Police" in subdivision (a)(7). Session Laws 2011-145, s. 14.6(d), effective January 1, 2011, substituted "Transportation" for "Commerce" in subdivision (a)(15). Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Public Safety" for "Crime Control and Public Safety" in subdivisions (a)(5), (6) and (17). Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Correction" and "Department of Corrections" in subdivisions (a)(2)-(5) and (b)(2); and substituted "Division" for "Department" the second time it appears in subdivision (b)(2). Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1( l ), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention" in subdivision (a)(9). Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(kkk), effective July 1, 2014, substituted the present provisions of subdivision (a)(5) for the former provisions, which read: "Alcohol Law-Enforcement Agents, Department of Public Safety"; and rewrote subdivision (a)(11). Session Laws 2014-100, s. 35.12(a), added subsection (c). See Editor's notes for effective date and applicability. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Environmental Quality" for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources" in subdivision (a)(16). Session Laws 2015-263, s. 36(d), effective September 30, 2015, added subdivision (a)(20). Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(cccccc), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" throughout subsections (a) and (b), and substituted "Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice" for "Division of Juvenile Justice" in subdivision (a)(9). Session Laws 2018-5, s. 35.18(a), effective June 12, 2018, added subdivision (a)(21). Session Laws 2021-23, s. 21, effective May 17, 2021, deleted subdivision (a)(14).