North Carolina § 143-166 - 7. Applicability of Article.

§ 143-166. 7. Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall apply and be in full force and effect with respect to any law-enforcement officer, firefighter, rescue squad worker or senior Civil Air Patrol member killed in the line of duty on or after May 13, 1975. The provisions of this Article shall apply with respect to full-time, permanent part-time and temporary employees of the North Carolina Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 1975. The provisions of this Article shall apply to county fire marshals and emergency services coordinators killed in the line of duty on and after July 1, 1988. The provisions of this Article shall apply to noncustodial employees of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety who are killed in the line of duty on and after April 1, 2017. History (1965, c. 937; 1973, c. 634, s. 3; 1975, c. 284, s. 9; 1981, c. 944, s. 2; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1050, s. 2; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(98); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2011-145, s. 13.25(tt); 2013-155, s. 21; 2018-5, s. 35.29(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2018-5, s. 35.29(d), made the amendment of this section by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 35.29(a), effective retroactively to April 1, 2017, and applicable to qualifying deaths occurring on or after that date. 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 2011-145, s. 13.25(tt), effective July 1, 2011, in the second sentence, deleted "North Carolina" preceding "Division of Forest Resources" and substituted "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services" for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources." Session Laws 2013-155, s. 21, effective July 1, 2013, in the provisions of this section, substituted "North Carolina Forest Service of the" for "Division of Forest Resources" and made a minor punctuation change. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 35.29(a) in the first sentence, substituted "firefighter" for "fireman", added the last sentence, and made minor stylistic changes. For effective date and applicability, see editor's note. §§ 143-166.8 through 143-166.12: Reserved for future codification purposes.