A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the labor laws of north carolina to increase the range of civil penalties THAT MAY BE IMPOSED when a workplace death occurs DUE TO EMPLOYER NEGLIGENCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 95‑138 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	Any employer whose actual negligence, or whose continued maintenance of an unsafe condition, results in a workplace death may upon the recommendation of the Director to the Commissioner be assessed by the Commissioner a civil penalty of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2004, and applies to acts and omissions occurring on or after that date.