GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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SENATE BILL 992

Short Title:	Workers' Comp. for Prisoners.	(Public)
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Sponsors:	Senator Ballance.
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Referred to:	Judiciary II.
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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW PRISONERS WHO SUFFER PERMANENT INJURY OR DEATH TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT BASED ON THE MINIMUM WAGE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 97-13(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Prisoners. ‑‑ This Article shall not apply to prisoners being worked by the State or any subdivision thereof, except to the following extent: Whenever any prisoner assigned to the State Department of Correction suffers accidental injury or accidental death arising out of and in the course of the employment to which the prisoner had been assigned, such prisoner may receive compensation based on an hourly wage equal to the minimum wage under G.S. 95-25.3.  Any awards made under the terms of this subsection shall be paid by the State Department of Correction from the funds available for the operation of the Department of Correction.  The provisions of G.S. 97‑10.1 and G.S.97‑10.2 shall apply to prisoners and discharged prisoners entitled to compensation under this subsection and to the State in the same manner as these sections apply to employees and employers."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to awards for compensation entered on or after that date.