North Carolina § 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. History (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.) Editor's Note. - 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." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-66, s. 2(b), effective July 1, 2009, substituted "January 31" for "July 1" in the next-to-last sentence. Session Laws 2013-284, s. 1(a), effective July 1, 2013, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2015-88, s. 3, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "For purposes of this Article, eligible" for "Eligible" in the first sentence; in the second sentence, inserted "a certified roster of" and substituted ", the department shall promptly submit" for "shall promptly certify"; added the present third sentence; and substituted "preceding sentences" for "preceding sentence" in the present fifth sentence. Session Laws 2016-51, s. 6, effective July 1, 2016, substituted "North Carolina State Firefighters' Association" for "North Carolina State Firemen's Association" twice and once for "Firemen's Association."