159B-28. Personnel.
Personnel employed or appointed by a municipality to work on a joint project or for a joint agency shall have the same authority, rights, privileges and immunities (including coverage under the workers' compensation laws) which the officers, agents and employees of the appointing municipality enjoy within the territory of that municipality, whether within or without the territory of the appointing municipality, when they are acting within the scope of their authority or in the course of their employment.
Personnel employed or appointed directly by a joint agency or by a nonprofit operating agency of the participating municipalities or of the joint agency, shall be qualified for participation in the North Carolina Local Government Employees Retirement System with the same rights, privileges, obligations and responsibilities as they would have if they were employees of a municipality. (1975, c. 186, s. 1; 1991, c. 636, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 159B - Joint Municipal Electric Power and Energy Act
Article 2 - Joint Agencies; Municipalities.
§ 159B-4 - Authority of municipalities to jointly cooperate.
§ 159B-6 - Sale of capacity and output by a municipality.
§ 159B-7 - Licenses, permits, certificates and approvals.
§ 159B-9 - Creation of a joint agency; board of commissioners.
§ 159B-10 - Executive committee, composition; powers and duties; terms.
§ 159B-11 - General powers of joint agencies; prerequisites to undertaking projects.
§ 159B-13 - Sale of excess capacity and output by a joint agency.
§ 159B-14 - Bonds of a joint agency.
§ 159B-15 - Issuance of bonds.
§ 159B-16 - Resolution or trust agreement.
§ 159B-16.1 - Revenues NCEMPA members.
§ 159B-17 - Revenues other municipalities.
§ 159B-18 - Trust funds; investment authority.
§ 159B-20 - Status of bonds under Uniform Commercial Code.
§ 159B-21 - Bonds eligible for investment.
§ 159B-22 - Agreement of the State.
§ 159B-23 - Limited liability.
§ 159B-24 - Approval and sale of bonds.
§ 159B-27 - Taxes; payments in lieu of taxes.
§ 159B-29 - Dissolution of joint agencies.
§ 159B-30.1 - Additional reports.
§ 159B-31 - Legislative consent to the application of laws of other states.
§ 159B-32 - Government grants and loans.
§ 159B-34 - Liability and defense.
§ 159B-35 - Additional method.
§ 159B-36 - Recodified as § 159B-52 by Session Laws 1983, c609, s8.
§ 159B-37 - Actions relating to bonds or to security for bonds.
§ 159B-38 - Confidentiality of contract discussions.
§ 159B-39 - Permitted uses of revenue from electric power rates.