| 8 | | - | Sponsors: Representatives Crawford, Pyrtle, Paré, and Roberson (Primary Sponsors). |
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| 9 | | - | For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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| 10 | | - | Referred to: Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, |
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| 11 | | - | Calendar, and Operations of the House |
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| 12 | | - | February 18, 2025 |
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| 13 | | - | *H137 -v-1* |
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| 9 | + | Sponsors: Representative Crawford. |
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| 10 | + | Referred to: |
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| 11 | + | |
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| 12 | + | *DRH40077 -MRap-39* |
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| 14 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AN ACT TO HONOR THE LIFE OF GABE TORRES, A RALEIGH POLICE OFFICER 2 |
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| 16 | 15 | | WHOSE LIFE CAME TO AN END WHILE HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK AFTER 3 |
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| 17 | 16 | | A TRAGIC ACT OF VIOLENCE ON OCTOBER 13, 2022, BY EXPANDING 4 |
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| 18 | 17 | | ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES ' DEATH BENEFITS ACT 5 |
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| 19 | 18 | | TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS KILLED ON THE WAY TO OR FROM WORK. 6 |
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| 20 | 19 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7 |
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| 21 | 20 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 143-166.2 reads as rewritten: 8 |
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| 22 | 21 | | "§ 143-166.2. Definitions. 9 |
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| 23 | 22 | | The following definitions apply in this Article: 10 |
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| 24 | 23 | | … 11 |
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| 25 | 24 | | (9) Official duties. – All duties to which an individual is assigned as part of the 12 |
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| 26 | 25 | | individual's job function. This term shall also include those duties performed 13 |
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| 27 | 26 | | by an individual while (i) en route to, engaged in, or returning from duty or 14 |
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| 28 | 27 | | training; (ii) in the course of responding to, engaged in, or returning from a 15 |
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| 29 | 28 | | call by the department of which the individual is a member; or (iii) in the 16 |
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| 30 | 29 | | course of responding to, engaged in, or returning from a call for assistance 17 |
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| 31 | 30 | | from any department or organization within the State of North Carolina or 18 |
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| 32 | 31 | | within a service area contiguous to the borders of the State of North Carolina 19 |
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| 33 | 32 | | when served or aided by a department from within the State of North Carolina. 20 |
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| 34 | 33 | | While within the State of North Carolina, any covered person who renders 21 |
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| 35 | 34 | | service or assistance, of his or her own volition, at the scene of an emergency, 22 |
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| 36 | 35 | | is performing his or her official duties when both of the following apply: 23 |
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| 37 | 36 | | …." 24 |
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| 38 | 37 | | SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund to 25 |
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| 39 | 38 | | the Department of State Treasurer the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in 26 |
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| 40 | 39 | | recurring funds for both years of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to be used for benefits under the 27 |
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| 41 | 40 | | Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. 28 |
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| 42 | 41 | | SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law 29 |
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| 43 | 42 | | and applies to applicable deaths of covered persons occurring on or after that date. 30 |
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