PREREQUISITES FOR BENEFITS.

Raleigh City Code § 5-3007

in effect

Sec. 5-3007. - PREREQUISITES FOR BENEFITS. (a) Every fireman and policeman of the City who shall be disabled as a result of any injury by accident, or any occupational disease, arising out of and in the course of the employment of such fireman or policeman as an employee of the City under circumstances which shall entitle such fireman or policeman to compensation under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act, G.S. Chapter 97, for temporary partial, temporary total, or permanent total disability, within the meaning of that act, shall be deemed to be an indigent and helpless fireman or policeman, as the case may be, within the meaning of §2.14(31) of the Charter and within the meaning of this chapter, and shall be entitled to compensation payable out of the "Special Fund for Relief of Policemen and Firemen," in an amount equal to the difference between the regular average weekly wages after deductions for social security, Federal and state income taxes and retirement benefits of such employee at the time of injury and the amount of weekly compensation to which such employee shall be entitled for such disability under the Workers' Compensation Act during the period of such disability, but in no case shall the period covered by the compensation provided for by this chapter be greater or longer than ninety-eight (98) weeks, effective on and after February 20, 1955; provided, if the disability shall be for a period of not more than twenty-eight (28) days, full wages or salary shall be payable under this chapter for the first week of such disability. (b) The decision of the industrial commission, subject to judicial review as provided by the Workers' Compensation Act, as to any claim for compensation thereunder, shall be conclusive and final upon the question of the right of any fireman or policeman to compensation under the provisions of this chapter. (Code 1959, §2-54; Ord. No. 1981-654, §1, 5-5-81)

Source: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/raleigh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=DIVIICOGEOR_PT5PUSA_CH3POFISPREFU_S5-3007PRBEFetched: 11/1/2026