A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT GRANTS TO VOLUNTEER RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL UNITS AND TO ADJUST THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE COSTS OF ADMINISTERING THE RESCUE SQUAD WORKERS' RELIEF FUND.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  A grant of three thousand dollars ($3,000) is awarded from the Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund to each rescue, emergency medical service, or rescue/EMS unit that meets the grant eligibility requirements set in G.S. 58‑87‑5(b).  To obtain a grant, a unit must submit a grant application to the Department of Insurance before June 30, 2008.  A grant made under this section may be used only for equipment purchases or capital expenditures.  A unit is not required to match a grant made under this section.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 58‑88‑30 reads as rewritten:
"§ 58‑88‑30.  Administration costs.
The Association shall withhold fifteen percent (15%) from the money received pursuant to G.S. 20‑183.7(c) for the administration of the Fund. The Commissioner of Insurance shall withhold three percent (3%) from the money received pursuant to G.S. 20‑183.7(c) for the administration of the Fund."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.