GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 912

Short Title:  Workers' Comp/Realtors.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Sherron; Codington, Blackmon, Albertson, and Carpenter.
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Referred to:  Manufacturing and Labor.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW REAL ESTATE BROKERS TO CONTRACT WITH REAL ESTATE SALESPERSONS FOR THE BROKER WHEREBY THE SALESPERSON AGREES TO REIMBURSE THE BROKER FOR THE COST OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 97-21 reads as rewritten:
"§ 97-21. Claims unassignable and exempt from taxes and debts; agreement of employee to contribute to premium or waive right to compensation void; unlawful deduction by employer.
(a)	No claim for compensation under this Article shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from taxes.
(b)	Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no agreement by an employee to pay any portion of premium paid by his employer to a carrier or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by such employer for the purpose of providing compensation or medical services and supplies as required by this Article shall be valid, and any employer who makes a deduction for such purpose from the pay of any employee entitled to the benefits of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this Chapter shall be valid.
(c)	A real estate broker may enter into a contract with its salesperson whereby the salesperson agrees to reimburse the broker for the cost of covering that salesperson under the broker's workers' compensation policy."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to any such contract between a broker and the broker's salesperson entered into on or after that date.