North Carolina § 58-84-46 - Certification to Commissioner.

§ 58-84-46. Certification to Commissioner.

On or before October 31 of each year, the fire chief of each city or county that has a local board of trustees under G.S. 58-84-30 shall file a certificate of eligibility with the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association on a form prescribed by the Association. If the certificate is not filed with the Association on or before January 31 in the ensuing year: The Local Firefighters' Relief Fund for that fire department shall forfeit the payment next due to be paid to the Fund's board of trustees, if the fire chief fails to file the certificate required by this section. The Association shall inform the Commissioner of the local Firefighters' Relief Funds that have not filed the certificate required by this section, and the Commissioner shall pay over that amount otherwise due to those local Funds to the treasurer of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association. That amount shall constitute a part of the Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund. History (2000-67, s. 26.21(b); 2001-421, s. 3; 2007-246, s. 6; 2014-64, s. 1(a); 2016-51, s. 6; 2017-99, s. 3.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2000-67, s. 26.21(c), made this section effective July 1, 2000 and applicable retroactively to October 31, 1998. Session Laws 2016-51, s. 6, provides: "Chapter 251 of the Private Laws of 1889 is hereby amended by replacing the words "North Carolina State Firemen's Association" with the words "North Carolina State Firefighters' Association." "The entity formerly known as the North Carolina State Firemen's Association, and now known as the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association, is hereby authorized to amend its corporate documents to conform them to the association's new name by an appropriate filing with the Secretary of State. "The Revisor of Statutes is hereby authorized to replace any occurrences in the General Statutes of the words 'North Carolina State Firemen's Association,' 'North Carolina Firemen's Association,' 'State Firemen's Association,' or any reasonable derivative thereof, with the words 'North Carolina State Firefighters' Association,' including the following sections of the General Statutes: G.S. 58-2-121 , 58-78-1, 58-80-5, 58-80-25, 58-80-60, 58-84-5, 58-84-25, 58-84-33, 58-84-35, 58-84-40, 58-84-41, 58-84-46, 58-84-50, 58-84-52, 58-85-1, 58-85-10, 58-85-20, 58-85-25, 58-85-30, 58-85-35, 58-86-25, 58-87-10, 135-27, 143-136, 143B-1401, 166A-26, and 166A-69." Session Laws 2017-99, s. 4, made the amendment to this section by Session Laws 2017-99, s. 3, effective July 1, 2017, and applicable to distributions to local firefighters' relief funds on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-246, s. 6, effective July 20, 2007, substituted "Firefighters"' for "Firemen's" in subdivision (3). Session Laws 2014-64, s. 1(a), effective July 1, 2014, inserted "or a fire chief if authorized by such a city or county to file the certificate" in the first sentence of the section; and inserted "Statewide" in subdivision (3). Session Laws 2016-51, s. 6, effective July 1, 2016, substituted "North Carolina State Firefighters' Association" for "North Carolina State Firemen's Association" in subdivision (2). Session Laws 2017-99, s. 3, rewrote the section. For effective date and applicability, see editor's note.