Neither the State nor any municipal corporation within the State, nor any political subdivision thereof, nor any employee of the State or of any such corporation or subdivision, shall have the right to reject the provisions of this Article relative to payment and acceptance of compensation, and G.S. 97-100(c) does not apply to them: Provided, that all such corporations or subdivisions are hereby authorized to self-insure or purchase insurance to secure its liability under this Article and to include thereunder the liability of such subordinate governmental agencies as the county board of health, the school board, and other political and quasi-political subdivisions supported in whole or in part by the municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State. Each municipality is authorized to make appropriations for these purposes and to fund them by levy of property taxes pursuant to G.S. 153A-149 and G.S. 160A-209 and by the allocation of other revenues whose use is not otherwise restricted by law. (1929, c. 120, s. 8; 1931, c. 274, s. 1; 1945, c. 766; 1957, c. 1396, s. 1; 1961, c. 1200; 1973, c. 803, s. 34; c. 1291, s. 4; 2006-105, s. 1.10.)
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North Carolina Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Bd. of Trs., 691 S.E.2d 694 (N.C. 2010).
· cites it 50× “§ 97-7 of the Workers' Compensation Act is a plain and unmistakable waiver of sovereign immunity for the underlying claims involved here, which renders an additional waiver of sovereign immunity in the Guaranty Act itself unnecessary, we reverse. I. Background NCIGA is a…”
Hyler v. GTE Prods. Co., 425 S.E.2d 698 (N.C. 1993).
· cites it 6× “N.C.G.S. § 97-7 (the state, municipal corporations, and other political subdivisions *707 and their employees may not reject Chapter 97 "relative to payment and acceptance of compensation").”
Zocco v. United States, Dep't of the Army, 791 F. Supp. 595 (E.D.N.C. 1992).
· cites it 3× “*605 For example, section 97-7 provides in pertinent part that “such corporations or subdivisions are hereby authorized to self-insure or purchase insurance to secure [insure] its liability under [the Act]_” Id.”
Stanley v. Brown, 134 S.E.2d 321 (N.C. 1964).
· cites it 3× “Form 21 entitled "AGREEMENT FOR COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY MELVIN WILLARD STANLEY (Employee) v CITY OF BURLINGTON (Employer) IOWA NATIONAL MUTUAL INS.”
Brown v. Nc Dept. of Env't, 714 S.E.2d 154 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011).
· cites it 3× “2d 694, 695 (2010) ("we conclude that N.C.G.S. § 97-7 of the Workers' Compensation Act is a plain and unmistakable waiver of sovereign immunity.”
Helsius v. Robertson, 621 S.E.2d 263 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-7 (2004). Employees covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act include “deputy sheriffs and all persons acting in the capacity of deputy sheriffs.”
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